Audition is still the best audio recording and editing software, but there are free solutions that can do the same for way less.
June 25, 2023
Audition is still the best audio recording and editing software, but there are free solutions that can do the same for way less.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Adobe Audition
At Intertel, we use Adobe Audition to record and create tutorials for our clients and suppliers. Since we make our own software and manage our own support team, we try and make as many tutorials as possible, and we have found that some clients actually prefer audio-only tutorials rather than video tutorials. Also, we record our own "internal" podcast for the team, with the latest info and news from all the departments, and send it out once a month. Lastly, we have a weekly call with our directors and the board, and we record it and use Audition to clean the audio, eliminate any pops and noises, and save it for future reference.
- Clean and eliminate noises and pops from recordings.
- Record our Teams meetings much better than even Teams can.
- Manage our internal database of calls and podcasts.
- Sync our audio with the presentations we usually do for clients.
- Record directly from a source in Windows, even if it isn't the "direct" line.
- Offer options for converting the audio (adding echo, doppler effects, etc.) for video calls.
- Let us have more than one license for users, since it moved to the cloud we can only use one license.
- Cut and paste audio.
- Join different audio sources together.
- Level audio recordings.
- Remove echo, pops, noises, etc., from the audio source.
- Manage our audio content.
- We use Audition because we have a CS license, but if we don't, what we need it for can easily be done with Audacity.
- When we combine different CS tools (like Photoshop) with Audition, it makes a lot of sense to use it.
- The cost for our company was minimal since we already had the license, but if we were to buy it again we probably would not go for it.
We use Audition because we have the license, but for our workflow, Audacity can do everything we need. The only issue we have with Audacity that Audition doesn't have is that when we try to match different audio levels between files, Audacity sometimes "forgets" what we want it to do and levels everything to some parameters we don't use. Other than that, both pieces of software do what we want them to do, following the same workflow and letting us do what we need to do with minimal fuss.
Do you think Adobe Audition delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with Adobe Audition's feature set?
Yes
Did Adobe Audition live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Adobe Audition go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Adobe Audition again?
No