Mic Levels are Great on Pre Amp but Terribly Quiet in Audition Recording

Question

I am trying to record a podcast in Audition.

I have three Rode PodMics connected to an Allen and Heath Zedi-10 mixer. The mixer is connected to a 2018 Macbook Pro via USB.

The mixer is boosting the signal +60db and the levels sound and look great when monitored via the Zedi-10, but the waveforms in Audition come in around -24db. You can barely hear anything.

We are recording the audio by speaking directly into the mic from about 3 inches away completely unobstructed.

SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Answer

Audition records very faithfully exactly what it's sent by your sound device. Indeed it's notorious for it, and it has no means of altering the levels of an incoming signal at all. What level do you have the mixer's master fader set to?

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