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marshalls80605145
marshalls80605145
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March 30, 2017
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Audition just giving a high pitch squeal

  • March 30, 2017
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When using adobe audition both CC 2017 and CC 2015, when recording the only sound I hear through my headset is a high pitch squeal.

I' using an iMac (retina 5K)

I have a microphone that is plugged into a M-Audio M-Mtrack

We used this same exact set up and it  worked with the same adobe Audition in another computer and it works fine with garage band on this one.

I tried several different settings to even get this to work, but, to no avail. even reaching out to the M-Audio support they tried to find the problem and made sure everything was set up correctly and couldn't understand why Audition wasn't working.

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    Correct answer Bob Howes

    Okay a hunch. From memory your Mac uses a single socket that can handle both input and output. Even q slight misalignment in the "rings" on your jack could cause the output to be looped back.

    Strongly suggest you plug your headphones into the MTrack. This may cure your feedback but will also let you use the latency free direct monitoring feature.

    Sent from my iPhone

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    marshalls80605145
    marshalls80605145Author
    Participant
    April 3, 2017

    I have the input set for the M-Track and the Output set to my headphones that are plugged into the iMac. for the cable layout, it is the microphone>Mic cable>M-Track>USB cable>iMac

    If it is a feedback loop How is the best way to fix it step by step.

    I apologize for not getting back to this sooner.

    Bob Howes
    Bob HowesCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    April 3, 2017

    Okay a hunch. From memory your Mac uses a single socket that can handle both input and output. Even q slight misalignment in the "rings" on your jack could cause the output to be looped back.

    Strongly suggest you plug your headphones into the MTrack. This may cure your feedback but will also let you use the latency free direct monitoring feature.

    Sent from my iPhone

    marshalls80605145
    marshalls80605145Author
    Participant
    April 3, 2017

    Thank you!

    after doing some digging, I found a jack converter to plug it into the M-Track and it works fine now,(the S's are a little sharp but baby steps)

    The only thing is I can listen to it while recording but not when I go back to re listen to the recording. I have to re-switch the output and headphones back into the computer if I want to go back and listen to it.

    ryclark
    ryclark
    Participating Frequently
    March 30, 2017

    Sounds like you have somehow got a feedback loop between the input and output of Audition/M-Track set up. Make sure that the settings are correct for your interface in Audition's Audio Hardware preferences page.

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 31, 2017

    Yup, I'd go for the inadvertent feedback loop too. It may be the case that if you're recording in Multi-track that you have an output sending directly back to the M-Track's monitoring system, and that this is being mixed with the input signal and re-fed back to the input you're recording on - that's all it would take...

    stefan_gru
    stefan_gru
    Inspiring
    March 31, 2017

    MarshallS: Is it a feedback loop that's causing the problem?

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