Adobe Audition Multitrack recording???
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Posted on Dec 16, 2005 07:08 am
dragonorchid
Sound Gal - Michelle
Member Since: Jul 11, 2005
Has anyone managed to record 8 tracks simultaneously using adobe audtition and an ADAT interface??? I can get it to record either single track or a stereo track, but not multitrack at the moment. I rekon adobe audition would be my dream program if I could get it to do this. I have a VSL 2020 card with 2 adat inputs.
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Dec 16, 2005 07:26 am Nothing helpful to offer here...other than the fact that I too struggles with the same thing, and never did resolve the issue. I was using Cool Edit Pro 2.0 and an E-MU ADAT interface...trying to dump 8 tracks at a time from my VF-16. Never did figure it out, so I'll be watching this thread with interest!!
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 16, 2005 09:19 pm Sonar 5 will record as many tracks as you have available inputs.
jmailjimmie neutronMember
Since: Feb 14, 2005
Dec 17, 2005 12:42 pm If your version supports ASIO, you should be able to do that. But - if you only have WDM or MM available... you can do 2 channels at a time... I've never tried it myself, tho. Perhaps I'll give my old Cool Edit Pro a whirl later and see what it can do... Cubase LE does it fine, too.
Josh RoseJR ProductionsMember
Since: Mar 03, 2005
Dec 17, 2005 01:59 pm Im not sure if this is the same type of thing but as of right now I run a stereo input from my USB audiophile, and then run each channel of my delta 44 onto seprate tracks.
BeerHunterwww.TheLondonProject.caMember
Since: Feb 07, 2005
Dec 17, 2005 08:51 pm I'm using Audition and I record up to 12 channels using 3 M-Audio cards. In Audition, go to device order and make sure that you add each input that you want to use. In my case I will see Delta 44 1/2 and Delta 3/4 etc. I add all the M-Audio cards and then assign them to the tracks in Multitrack view. Assign 1/2 to left and right respectively. Its kind of hard to explain actually. The built-in help should explain it a lot better.
jmailjimmie neutronMember
Since: Feb 14, 2005
Dec 18, 2005 12:53 pm I piddled with my old Cool Edit Pro SE (v1.5?) which did WDM only, and cannot get more than one pair to work at a time. I don't know if/when Adobe implemented ASIO... Or if the interface you're using maybe does multiple wave inputs, or how they might be labeled...
From the looks of things, the VSL2020 is a very nice ADAT interface... 32 channels at 48k 24b, and S-MUX (16 @ 96k?). Inserts & sends... But ASIO "only".
Jan 24, 2006 05:41 am Does anyone know if version 2.0 allows more capability for multi tracking?
BeerHunterwww.TheLondonProject.caMember
Since: Feb 07, 2005
Jan 24, 2006 10:54 am ASIO support has now been added to version 2.0. Dragonchid, I'm not sure I know what you mean about more capability for multitracking. Version 1.5 even had 128 tracks.
olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Jan 24, 2006 10:56 am For starters AA 2.0 supports ASIO Michelle, so that would help I'm sure. 2.0 is a major upgrade that I think is a must have if your going to stay with Audition. :)
Dan
Jan 24, 2006 11:16 am Be aware that with ASIO, unless the driver is specifically designed to share with other devices of the same type, the ASIO standard only allows one sound card to be in use (if that's what you are talking about with better multitracking).
M-Audio, ESI and many others have made drivers that will run multiple cards in sync as long as they are the same type of card so you can run multiple Delta 44's for example...but with WDM you can natively use multiple cards.
Jan 28, 2006 12:20 am Thanks guys, I'll have to check it out...
Jan 28, 2006 03:22 pm Quote: "Has anyone managed to record 8 tracks simultaneously using adobe audtition and an ADAT interface??? I can get it to record either single track or a stereo track, but not multitrack at the moment. I rekon adobe audition would be my dream program if I could get it to do this. I have a VSL 2020 card with 2 adat inputs"
I'm not sure exactly what you are asking here. ADAT is an opticle input or output that is a square fiber optic plug. It will transfer several digital signals at once by fiber optic cable from one machine to another. I use it daily to transfer 8 recorded wav files from a Fostex D-160 recorder into Adobe Audition 1.5, each file to it's own seperate track. All you do for that process is tell the Fostex to send the multitrack signal output as ADAT and then tell Adobe Audition to accept the signal by ADAT and assign it to tracks 1 - 8.
I believe that the VSL 220 card has 4 fiber optic plugs on the card but those are for transferring a fiber optic signal in and out of your computer. You also should have Midi In and Out as well as 4 RCA audio ins and outs.
So, to make your question answerable, what are you trying to record from into your computer?
Adobe Audition is an outstanding program and works very well, giving you the option of multitracking or going to edit view to edit each track seperately. It will also mix down and burn CD's. So it will do the job you're asking of it, if you're using it correctly.
Jan 28, 2006 06:25 pm I have a Fostex VF160, and it is connected to my VSL 2020 via ADAT, and I have sent the signals to ADAT in the Fostex, I just can't seem to get it to assign it to tracks 1 to 8 in Adobe Audition, at the moment I can only get it to assign the sgnal to either one mono track or one stereo track.
I've managed to get it to do it into Sonar fine, just not adobe audition, which is the program I prefer.
Jan 30, 2006 03:50 pm Don't know.......I just have to set the Digital output on my Fostex D160 to ADAT, then when I open up Audition I go to channel 1 and set the input for to my Echo card Digital 1. Then I do the same thing for each or the remaining 7 tracks setting the input to the Echo Digital 2 - 8. That's really the same way that I do it with Sonar 2.2
Have you recorded anything else through that sound card into Audition before ?
Maybe you need to reinstall Audition, as it may not be recognizing the sound card inputs.
TechmonkeyGrand master skankerMember
Since: Feb 22, 2006
Feb 22, 2006 08:02 pm Sorry to be slightly off topic here, but I'm just wondering... I've got Audition 1.5 and I'm just getting into multitrack recording... I'm about to order a Delta 1010 (8 analogue I/Os)- Anyone know if 1.5 will work with that? FWIW it's a PCI card with external interface.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 22, 2006 10:40 pm Welcome to HRC Techmonkey.
The Delta should work just fine in Audition 1.5. I am not sure if Audition 1.5 supports ASIO drivers though, and that will determine how well any audio interface will run for you.
BeerHunterwww.TheLondonProject.caMember
Since: Feb 07, 2005
Feb 22, 2006 11:22 pm AA 1.5 doesn't support ASIO drivers. The latest version 2.0 does though. As for it working, I'm running the Delta 44 and 66 series cards and they worked for me no problems. I would think that you won't have any issues.
With version 1.5 you won't be able to monitor realtime effects though.
