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So for over an hour now, I've been trying to figure out why I'm able to record on Adobe Audition, yet I'm unable to hear playback sound.
Audio Interface: Focusrite 2i4
Plugged in: Two Microphones
DAW: Adobe Audition
So what I'd do first is open up adobe audition to set up my focusrite 2i4 interface with it. I would go to preferences and Audio Hardware. Then I'd click ASIO and Focusrite USB 2.0 Audio Driver. After that, I would open a multitrack and set up my tracks. First track, I'd set as Mono: Input 1. Second track, I'd set as Mono: Input 2. After then I arm both tracks and record at the same time. I'd see the audio waves as I record and it looks as if everything is going fine. Then I stop the recording and now want to hear myself.. I click play and as the line goes across my audio, no sound is coming out.
Please someone I'm desperate for help with someone who has experienced this before or anyone who knows a solution to this stressful problem.
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Hi there, I'm a long time Cool Edit Pro 2.0 on XP user who recently upgraded to Audition 3 and Win7. I should also mention that I'm using an OEM Soundblaster Live card that came with a Dell computer I purchased back in 2002. I know you're probably laughing but it works for me, really all I need is a line input.
So when I tried to record in multitrack view Audition said I should use an ASIO driver instead of the standard WDM driver, so I downloaded and installed ASIO4ALL (up until this point I had never even heard of ASIO). The problem is even after fiddling with some settings I still have unacceptable latency.
I'm getting no latency audio in, it's just once I go to arm a track to record it starts up the ASIO driver and I'm in an echo chamber. If I go in to the edit track view and record from there it seems to bypass the ASIO driver and there's no latency.
So does anyone have a solution, or any ideas on how I can fix this? I'm sure the obvious recommendation is going to be to update my sound card, but even if it is, can you help me to understand what's going on here? Even if I get a new card, I'm going to have to use an ASIO driver, and from my experience so far that's just going to add another layer of latency. I don't understand why I can't just plug in a line input and go like I did with Cool Edit.
Anyway thanks for any help you can provide!
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Audition 3.0 Windows Sound is the default driver, but Adobe recommends that you select an ASIO driver. ASIO is a multichannel protocol that allows compatible software to use the multichannel capabilities of ASIO-compliant sound cards. The benefits of ASIO include. Adobe Audition 2.0 build Record, mix, edit, and master digital audio files with powerful tools that bring flexibility and control to your desktop studio. Easily create music, produce radio spots, and restore imperfect recordings. My current Adobe Audition configuration is as follows: Even though the latency is configured to be 50 ms, in practice it is much higher (300 ms), even if I disable all effects. I understand that MME seems to be notoriously slower than ASIO, however I cannot configure the output to be a virtual audio cable when using ASIO in Adobe Audition on.

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New features included ASIO (Audio stream input output) support, VST (Virtual Studio Technology) support, new mastering tools (many provided by iZotope), and a redesigned UI. Adobe also included Audition 2.0 as part of its Adobe Production Studio bundle. Adobe Audition 3 was released on November 8, 2007.