If you truly need Adobe Audition because you collaborate with studios or rely on the specific noise reduction algorithms (which are still industry-leading), do not use version 3.5.

Adobe offers a free trial of Audition CC (Creative Cloud).

Alternatively, buy a second-hand license of Adobe Audition CS6 (the last perpetual version). You can find legitimate discs on eBay for $50–$100. CS6 runs natively on Windows 10 without compatibility mode tricks.


Adobe Audition 3.5 is no longer available for legal free download. It was released in 2008 and is now considered obsolete software. Adobe no longer offers it for sale or official download.

As much as I respect nostalgia, let me give you four practical reasons to avoid this path: