These filters extend the functionality of Cool Edit or Adobe Audition
by providing support for opening and saving additional file formats.
To use any of these filters, simply download and extract the files
to the main Cool Edit or Adobe Audition program folder.
Developers can download source code for the filters here.
FLAC is a lossless format, meaning that audio is compressed without
any loss of information. This leads to higher quality files compared to
lossy formats such as MP3, albeit at the expense of much larger file sizes.
This filter provides support for opening and saving FLAC files.
• FLAC File Filter (113Kb) •
(for Cool Edit & Adobe Audition, updated 12 November 2007)
Ogg Vorbis is an open source alternative to the MP3 format,
achieving arguably higher quality at comparable bitrates.
This filter provides support for opening and saving Ogg Vorbis files.
Please note that Adobe Audition 2.0 already features support for Ogg Vorbis,
so this filter is intended for use with earlier versions only.
• Ogg Vorbis File Filter (261Kb) •
(for Cool Edit & Adobe Audition 1.x, updated 28 July 2007)
Windows Media Audio is one of the main rivals to the MP3 format,
with support for various encoding modes, including lossless encoding.
This filter provides support for opening and saving WMA files.
Adobe Audition already features support for Windows Media Audio,
so this filter is intended for use with Cool Edit only.
Please note that DRM protected content is not supported.
• Windows Media Audio File Filter (29Kb) •
(for Cool Edit, updated 31 March 2006)
(requires Windows Media Player version 9 or later)
QuickTime is the file format used by Apple's iTunes application.
This filter provides support for opening MPEG-4 AAC & Apple Lossless files.
Please note that DRM protected content is not supported.
• Apple QuickTime File Filter (28Kb) •
(for Cool Edit & Adobe Audition, updated 3 April 2006)
(requires QuickTime version 7 or later)
AC3 is the audio format used on most DVD video discs.
This filter provides support for opening AC3 files.
• AC3 File Filter (67Kb) •
(for Cool Edit & Adobe Audition, updated 14 March 2007)
The MOD format originally appeared on the Amiga over 15 years ago
and enabled the creation of surprisingly high quality music files
considering the limited resources available at the time.
This filter provides support for opening MOD, S3M, XM & IT files.
• MOD Music File Filter (115Kb) •
(for Cool Edit & Adobe Audition, updated 2 April 2006)