Adobe Audition

Pros: - lots of features for improving the quality of sound or generating your own sound effects
- runs well on laptops
- customizable interface for editing
- audio restoration tools
- exported audio sounds very clean and high quality

Cons: - steep learning curve
- expensive compared to free alternatives like Audacity

Overall: Audition is a good audio editing workstation, with many features designed to improve the quality of your audio. Unfortunately, it is a bit expensive and hard to learn.

Pros: Super easy to use. Had to use this for podcasts in a communications class in college. The editing was super intuitive and didn't lose quality.

Cons: No free version. Super expensive. Probably wouldn't have used it if I didn't get it for free through the college.

Overall: Loved using this program, just hated that there wasn't a free version for students without getting the college to pick it up as a whole. Put a huge detriment on our time to finish the project.

Pros: Very good software for editing audio, especially for podcasts and voiceover. This software creates crisp audio with a multitude of editing options.

Cons: Adobe's subscription model is a huge turnoff with forever fees, and there are better DAW options if you're looking to master for music.

Overall: This is very good audio software that has small limitations. If you need something for options outside music, you can't go wrong here.

Pros: Includes Beginner friendly feature
Multiple views for editing
Audio compression
Lots of sound effects & visualization tools
Audio restoration - Repair damaged audio
Integrates with Adobe Premiere

Cons: The interface is a bit cluttered and takes lot of time & experience to become used to - there should also be a minimal view for simple editing usage.
Standalone monthly plan is expensive.

Overall: Adobe Audition is an advanced software recommended for any and all audio editing needs. It works great for post-production and audio restoration.

Pros: - This is the kind of program where you discover new features each time you open it. There's very little that you cannot do using this software.
- The adaptive noise cancellation works particularly well compared to other software.

Cons: - The monthly pricing model can be a real deal-breaker for some independent artists with no big budget, especially since there are so many other platforms available with free/one-time fee models.

Overall: If you're a beginner you might want to look at something free like Audacity. But if you're looking to step up your game, streamline your workflow, and really improve the quality of your art, then I'd encourage you to give Adobe Audition a try!