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zachy30234218
zachy30234218
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May 5, 2017
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audio stopped in mid-recording... solution?

  • May 5, 2017
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I was recording into audition CS6, and the for 20-25 minutes the waveform was proceeding as normal, displaying the sound that was being recorded. Suddenly, the audio region stopped advancing to the right. I paused the recording, and when I did the region went grey (displaying an unlinked audio region with no associated file). When I opened the audio file in the project folder, it was blank.

Has anyone had this happen? Does the mac save a backup or archive of the recording in progress?

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    Correct answer ryclark

    If you are recording in the Waveform view mode then the audio is stored in a temp file. This file isn't permanently stored until you Save or Save As. However recording in the Multitrack view is direct to disk so is automatically saved as long as you complete the file by pressing the Stop button in Audition's transport control. So it is generally safer to record in Multitrack view.

    What audio interface are you using to record into Audition? Because if the Playhead stops advancing that usually means that there is problem with your audio interface and Audition has lost it's connection with the audio card driver for some reason.

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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    May 6, 2017

    zachy30234218  wrote

    Suddenly, the audio region stopped advancing to the right. I paused the recording, and when I did the region went grey (displaying an unlinked audio region with no associated file). When I opened the audio file in the project folder, it was blank.

    I think that since the recording shows as being 'unlinked', this was a multitrack recording, as this terminology doesn't occur in Waveform view. So my question is - is the location that you specified the file to be recorded still available? Macs behave differently from PCs from this POV (one of the 'joys' of being a Unix-based), so what may have happened isn't perhaps as clear as it might have been. But, if you make a legitimate direct-to-disk recording to a location that suddenly disappears, for whatever reason, this is exactly what I would expect to happen.

    ryclark
    ryclarkCorrect answer
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    May 5, 2017

    If you are recording in the Waveform view mode then the audio is stored in a temp file. This file isn't permanently stored until you Save or Save As. However recording in the Multitrack view is direct to disk so is automatically saved as long as you complete the file by pressing the Stop button in Audition's transport control. So it is generally safer to record in Multitrack view.

    What audio interface are you using to record into Audition? Because if the Playhead stops advancing that usually means that there is problem with your audio interface and Audition has lost it's connection with the audio card driver for some reason.

    Bob Howes
    Bob Howes
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    May 6, 2017

    +1 for what ryclark said.

    If you were in Waveform view, the audio is stored to a buffer and, if the size of the buffer is exceeded, you lose everything.  You CAN change the place on your system where the temp file is stored (Edit/Preferences/Media and Disk Cache) to allocate a larger space, but...

    You're always better off recording in a Multitrack session because you data (pre named) is stored directly to disk.  In addition, you can specify your work to be backed up in a different location (another drive or even to the cloud if you have adequate net access) as a double backup.

    Bob Howes
    Bob Howes
    Inspiring
    May 6, 2017

    For some reason the edit function isn't working (thanks Jive!) so it has to be another post--I just remembered you mentioned CS6.  Multitrack is still the way to go for recording, but the auto back up feature wasn't added until one of the CC versions.

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