I'm hoping to use Audition in a research project to study patterns in music. I just downloaded it last night and I'm using the trial period to evaluate if it will meet my needs. I am running the program on a Mac.
As stated above, I'm hoping to use Audition in a research project. to study patterns in music. I need to be able to do this with pre-recorded songs (songs downloaded from iTunes). I do not need to actually separate vocals or other elements (i.e. only hear one or the other), but I am hoping to be able to visually see the vocals, melody, base, drums, other accompanying instruments separate from each others (see their separate frequency waves). So for example, I would like to visually see the main vocals increasing in volume, changing from low to high notes, seeing a note sustained for a period of time, and noting how these patterns coincide with other elements in the song.
I am very much a novice so I am not able to describe this in "music terminology". I have seen the "frequency displays" when playing a song that show the right and left channels - but all the elements are merged together making it impossible to really visually see any patterns. I've tried to play around with some of the options in the effects menu (Amplitude and Compression; Filter and EQ), but I have not found an option that provides what I'm looking for.
Does Audition provide the feature I'm hoping for? Can someone help point me in the right direction for achieving this?
Thanks!!!!!