HELP! I can't hear during recording on Audition 1.5
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Posted on Jul 07, 2007 05:27 pm
dragula138
Member Since: Jul 07, 2007
I am desperate. I just got adobe audition 1.5. I have set it up and I am trying to record, but I am not hearing anything while attempting to record. I am recording fine, I am getting a signal and everything but I am not getting an out signal. I am just using my computer's sound card. I have a mixer going into the soundcard with a mic, and it's recording fine, and I can playback the recording fine, but it's just not letting me hear during the actual recording. I have spent hours trying to figure it out, but I am stumped...and desperate..PLEASE HELP!
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Jul 07, 2007 07:24 pm In Audition, go to Options > Device Properties, and make sure your computer's sound card is selected under the Wave In and Wave Out tabs. To find the name of your sound card - Start > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Audio. I'm assuming Windows XP.
MurphyAn outburst for perfectionMember
Since: Dec 11, 2002
Jul 07, 2007 07:29 pm
look for the Windows mixer on the task bar if it's there, if not, you'll find it in the control panel. click on it and go to recording options, make sure you don't have the mic/line input muted.
Jul 07, 2007 07:38 pm The Windows recording mixer is also under the Options tab in Audition. If you're using the line inputs, as you should be if you're using a mixer, make sure line in is selected. And believe it or not, you should turn the slider all the way down.
Jul 07, 2007 07:43 pm I've selected the sound card for both in and out options. I am getting a line in signal, and I can playback audio, but I am still not hearing any audio during the actual recording process. My computer's sound card is the built-in kind, Intel(r) 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller.
Jul 07, 2007 08:14 pm Sounds like you may have a WDM or ASIO issue. Don't ya love those technical thingies? I'll let the experts take it from here.
MurphyAn outburst for perfectionMember
Since: Dec 11, 2002
Jul 08, 2007 09:17 am Herb,
If his line-in is turned down or muted on the windows mixer, he isn't going to get sound out of his pc when recording, is he?
Jul 08, 2007 09:17 am How are you outputting your track, to a master bus, and then the master bus to the sound card?
What are you monitoring thru, just speakers? If so is there an amp between them? Have you tried using headphones? Do they work?
Jul 08, 2007 10:14 am Murphy, AA 1.5 is funny that way. If you move the slider up past the bottom, you get a weird DC offset thing happening in your waveform. At least that's been the case on the three computers I've used AA on. I suppose dragula's may be different. Just going on my experience.
Jul 08, 2007 11:14 am I've tried outputting with and without a bus, to no avail. I am monitoring using headphones that are connected directly to the soundcard. I can't seem to figure this out no matter what I try.
Jul 08, 2007 12:01 pm i donno audition all too well...but the ability of hearing while recording is called "full duplex" (basically it's sound in/sound out" alot of stock computer soundcards cannot do this (although MOST can). try a help file, or (if i were you, i'd do this) search the net for your specific soundcard (even if it's intergrated to the motherboard, and read up on "full duplex" or "input monitoring" or "input echo".
in all honesty, yes it's possible to record and mix with a stock card, but the quality and ease of use are well worth lookin at something else (not sound blaster).
Jul 08, 2007 07:32 pm I wouldn't be surprised if my integrated soundcard is just compatible. It is an older PC and I tried finding the specs for my motherboard and/or soundcard but nothing comes up. I did find something the referred to "half-duplex"? Maybe that is the problem. Would I be better off getting a newer PCI sound card for my PC? Any recommendations?
Jul 08, 2007 07:45 pm yeah, thats the problem, you need full duplex to do audio recording...
half duplex means sound only goes in or out, not both.
Jul 08, 2007 08:11 pm Well, I knew that. Duh. Just didn't occur to me.
Jul 09, 2007 06:18 pm gentlemen, thank you for all your assistance. I have replaced me integrated sound card for a PCI card and now everything is working just dandy! Thanks again!
Jul 09, 2007 06:41 pm glad to hear it!
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