just wanted to chime in.....an Adobe Audition 2.0 user among many others (Reaper , Ardour , SAWStudio)....and yes Audition does have automation.....a quite good one actually !
i definitely feel its in the same leagues as any mastering suite....BIAS, Sound Forge, WaveLab, etc....maybe a tad more versatile...ok....is more versatile... had the chance to really dive into Audition tonight...and it really did live up too what it claims... " audio editing within the Adobe infrastructure".... as mentioned... Auditions stereo spectral editing is phenomenal... and considering its priced below its competition.....it truly is a wonder why more are not adopting it in such a role...granted there are many that give Audtion a run for the money in terms of multi-track recording....Reaper being a big one....it is by all means a worthy app to have in the arsenal for 2bus editing/mastering provided budget can not withstain an ME...
just my two canadian cents
cheers...
two words.....that stands out in this app.......Mastering Rack....
