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Rebecca32535108zzlo
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December 8, 2023
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Microsoft Windows Setup

  • December 8, 2023
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Hello!

 

Really hoping someone can help before I tear my hair out. I've been frantically searching the forums and googling, but I can't find a really simple troubleshooting guide / steps.

 

I bought a Windows laptop rather than a Mac for Audition as I'm more familiar with windows so thought I could get started faster. I've had an absolute nightmare getting it to record single track audio in Audition.

 

I'm struggling with how to set the mic input level in the windows settings. Too low and I'm yelling into that mic even with gain turned up on the audio interface. If I turn the gain up too high the levels are ok but I get distortion and hissing in the recording. There may well be something else going on too but I don't know where to start with checking.

 

This is my Windows spec:

 

OPERATING SYSTEM

Windows 11 Home

PROCESSOR

Intel® Core™ i5 12500H (12th Generation)

MEMORY

16 GB RAM

STORAGE

512 GB SSD

DISPLAY

39.6 cm (15.6"), FHD (1920 x 1080), 9 ms response time

GRAPHICS

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 (6 GB)

 

I would be eternally grateful for any pointers!

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    SuiteSpot
    SuiteSpot
    Inspiring
    December 8, 2023

    You listed everything except what audio interface your using - so I assume you are using the onboard sound
    Probably not the best thing to do - an external audio unit is usually best
    Either way you will need to go to Edit > Preferences > Audio Hardware and make sure things are ok there
    ie select the device and if possible an ASIO driver
    Then you need to setup the Audio Channel Mapping 
    Audition only records what is presented to it from the hardware so the gain structure is crucial
    Apart from all that the best advice would be to get a good external audio interface

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    Rebecca32535108zzloAuthor
    Participant
    December 8, 2023

    Thanks so much for your reply.

    I forgot the rest of my kit! It's:

     

    Audio interface: behringer u-phoria umc 22

     

    Mic: Sennheiser MK4 Professional Microphone

     

    I've tried the ASIOforall driver but when I selected it it wiped out all my other settings in audio hardware and nothing worked 😞

    SuiteSpot
    SuiteSpot
    Inspiring
    December 8, 2023

    I believe that that unit requires the ASIO4All driver and once installed that is the driver you would select in Audition
    This might be a handy guide
    https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/behringer-audio-interface-setup-guide/#:~:text=Although%20most%20Behringer%20audio%20interfaces,UM2%2C%20UCA222%2C%20and%20UCA202.

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