1. adobe audition
emily stockseth

2. review
"You probably have scissors, a knife, nail file, and corkscrew sitting around…yet you still have a Swiss Army knife because it puts all those things in one convenient place. Audition is like that. It's a surprisingly versatile piece of software with a toolkit that's unlike anything else.”Craig Anderton, Keyboard Magazine, March 2008

3. what is audition 3?
all-in-one toolset for professional audio production
record, mix, edit, and master
video projects/ video game sound
producing a radio spot
composing

4. features VSTi virtual instruments (MIDI)
selection tools/effects paintbrush/spot healing brush
multitrack editing
new effects: convolution reverb, analog delay, mastering tool, tube-modeled compressor
radius time stretching (iZotope)
guitar suite
top/tail views
noise reduction/phase restoration tools
optimized mix engine=faster processing
click-and-drag handles edit waveform

6. for $349.00! audition can be yours…
(a $99.00 upgrade is an option if you have past editions)

7. what is music therapy?
Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. (American Music Therapy Association definition, 2005)
But that’s not all…

8. what do music therapists do?
design music sessions based on client-preferred music
music improvisation
music listening
song writing
lyric discussion
music and imagery
music performance

9. how can they work together?
record yourself during practice sessions
record newly composed songs
slow down music without changing pitch (iZotope radius time stretching)
arranging songs
making a cd for a client, you can fade the songs into each other
record new tracks over pre-existing song
clients can hear what they’ve added to a session
add MIDI to songs to see how other instruments could be incorporated into a session
Record/play a beat to improve over/karaoke

10. pros/cons 30-day free trial!
interface is intuitive and simple to navigate
comes in 6 languages
english, french, german, japanese, italian and spanish
it’s won several awards
best audio-editing software by Electronic Musician Magazine in january 2009
not mac-compatible
unless you’re using it for professional production, you could just use audacity (free!)