Adobe audition 3 - Not Getting Microphone Input - HELP!
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Posted on Sep 14, 2008 07:02 pm
sardonicusmaxim
Member Since: Sep 14, 2008
Hey all,
I'm new to these boards, but I have a doozy of a question. Hopefully someone can help me out?
Here's the story- I just installed Adobe auditon 3.0 on my Windows Vista-running laptop (Toshiba). I had some issues with a sound driver initially (I guess Vista was designed to protect against copy infringement or something, so at the last minute they screwed with the input/output settings for sound) but I got it resolved by installing ASIO4All. I plugged my MXL 2001 Condenser mic into the front input in the laptop, and it recorded beautifully.
I shouldn't have changed anything, but hindsight's 20/20.
So I then installed Reason 4.0, so I could make some supporting tracks (drums, etc). Now, Reason works great- all effects are good to go, no problems.
However
Now Adobe Audition 3 has decided it won't pick up sound from my mic. I didn't change any hardware, and I didn't touch the driver (though it appears that reason uses Asio4All too). All I did was install Reason 4.0- I know the mic works fine, I've tested it in my amps and it's great. Reason is working great, too.
Is this a settings issue, where perhaps Reason is using the input at all times (even when not open)? I only use Audition for recording my vocals and instruments, and Reason for all my production stuff.. But I gotta be able to record the tracks in audition first! I'm tearing my hair out here guys- What's the problem? Can anyone help me out?
thanks in advance- Peace and Hair Grease
Software: Adobe audition 3, Reason 4.0
Driver: Asio4All
Hardware: MXL 2001 condenser mic, Toshiba Sattelite a-135
Experience: some
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Sep 14, 2008 07:30 pm It may be a simple thing that Reason is not releasing the drivers for Adobe to use. That can happen even if it is shut down. It may take a few minutes for Vista to realize that Reason is not using them.
You could go into control panel or whatever Vista calls it now and check to see if the driver is in use. Otherwise you can look into Adobe's settings for the audio and make sure the driver is selected and active for Adobe to use.
Just remember, it is Vista and it does not play nice with much at the moment, especially third party apps and hardware.
olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Sep 15, 2008 03:34 am You probably just need to go into the audio options and reset Audition to use the driver. If you try and open Audition while any other app is open using the ASIO driver it resets the audio device to none basically. You also need to reset the input selection on the track your trying to record too.
Dan
Dec 17, 2008 04:49 pm HI, new here, hope someone sees this. I'm at wits end - to the point of shooting my cat in the face!
Anyways, I want to record my electronic Roland V-Drums (or anything, for that matter), into Adobe Audition 3. Problem is, It doesn't record anything. My drums are running through the mixer and the mixer is running to the computer via a standard 1/8 cable jack.
The frustrating thing is, I know something is working right - I fired up ye ol' Windows Recorder, plugged a mic into the mixer and Windows records it just fine (albiet the levels arent perfect). I can also record the drums using Windows Recorder. But when I try it with Audition, I get nothing.
I tried the above solution, thinking maybe Audition was picky about sound drivers, so I downloaded and installed the ASIO driver and set all that up in Audition. Still nothing.
It should be noted that when I click the Record button, nothing really happens; ie the little yellow arrow in the MultiTrack view doesnt even move.
If someone could give me some insight into this, I'd appreciate it. If you need further info, feel free to IM drumg0d on yahoo messenger, or shoot me an email, or reply here. Thx in advance
CptTrippsCzar of Turd PolishMember
Since: Jun 20, 2006
Dec 17, 2008 06:05 pm What are you telling audition to record? You must first select the hardware (driver) and then an input for each track. If recording a stereo out of the mixer then you would need to verify track 1 input is Stereo Line In (or whatever it may be called).
Also, if on a desktop using a built in soundcard. Some of them have assignable jacks, for instance on mine the "line in" can also be used as "side out" for a 7.1 channel setup. Of course it needs to be set to line in to recieve a signal.
Dec 17, 2008 06:18 pm Ive tried telling it to use the only options I have ...
"CM6501 Like Sound Device"
Doesn't matter know - I cant even get Audition to play a wav file I drag and drop into it (like a ripped MP3), where as before I started trying to make things "work"...it would at LEAST play something.
Guess I'm back to just listening to music instead of recording my own.
CptTrippsCzar of Turd PolishMember
Since: Jun 20, 2006
Dec 17, 2008 06:25 pm What version of Adobe (3 here) are you using, in mine I have "Asio UX8" and "Windows Audition Sound" as my soundcard choices.
Software version and your OS version would be good starters so we can at least know what your using. Makes a difference in verifying your setup.
Dec 17, 2008 06:30 pm I'm using Adobe Audition 3
After I downloaded the ASIO driver, I had the choice of either CM6501 Like Sound Device or ASIO
OS is Windows XP Pro w/ all the updates, etc
On a side note, I downloaded Reaper and was going to try that...IT wont even playback the damn demo files it came with, so something ir now royally screwed up. The line progress line doesn't even move (in either one).
However, I can play something thru Windows Media Player and hear it fine
