Audition Freezing when recording or playing audio...

I'm afraid that your file comes up as garbage! The way to get a log file into this thread is to copy the text to the clipboard, and paste it directly - that works fine and we can read it without difficulty.

It's very unlikely that a surfeit of USB points would cause your problem, although having the focus on another app would...

Hey guys,

Thanks so much for the replies. I have a lot of peripherals plugged in (Stream Deck, Steelseries A2D converter, Blue Snowball Mic and some others - so I was wondering if I've run out of  USB endpoints...

Rig -

PC Win 11 - Blue Snowball Microphone (USB)

32GB Ram / 4.2Ghz x8 CPU

Latest log entry 

Once you supply more informatio as SteveG suggested, we can give other guidance.

One thing to try is record with a different microphone and see if that works. It may be the device. 

Often trouble shooting is trial and error to find the cause of the issue.

If the playhead doesn't move, it means that for whatever reason, your sound device has either disconnected itself, or been disconnected by the OS - that's the only thing that will stop the transport. Initially I think you need to tell us a bit more about your setup - MAC or PC, what OS, what sound device, recording in Multitrack or Waveform, and anything else that might be relevant. Might also be worth finding the latest log file (especially any marked Crash) from the Help menu and posting the text of it into this thread.