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Recording Stereo Mix + USB Microphone

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My friend and I have recently started a podcast, and we have been talking using Discord, recording the audio with OBS so as to get a separate audio track for each of us, and editing the episodes with Audition. This can be rather irritating, as I would prefer to use one application for both recording and editing. My microphone uses an audio cable connected to a USB adapter, as I have no microphone port on my laptop. Using Audition, however, I cannot record in multitrack using the stereo mix from my computer as the input for one track and my USB contraption as the input for another track, however, as whenever I set the default input device to one of those in the Audio Hardware settings, the other one disappears from the list of available input devices in the multitrack editor. Is there a workaround to this issue or is it simply not something that is possible to do?

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Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

I have to tell you that the reason that programs like OBS exist (and there are several more) is because multi-sourcing into any 'normal' recording app like Audition is really difficult to set up, if you want feeds from anywhere in the OS (which you do). It's not impossible; if you are using Windows, there is an app called Virtual Audio Cable that will enable you to create the internal routing that Microsoft doesn't provide. But as I said, it's not easy to set up. Also you have to be aware that there are several products called the same thing, and all except one are fakes or malware. The legitimate one is here though: Virtual Audio Cable If you are using a Mac, I believe that there's an app called Loopback that does something similar. If you actually succeed in setting it up, there's a good chance that you can do away with using OBS - you should be able to pick up the Discord and USB mic feeds separately, and have them show as Audition sources. I have to emphasise 'if' though - this really isn't that easy to set up - just a look at the size and complexity of the manual should give you a bit of a clue...

 

But, if you want to record separated streams in Audition from sources within the OS, this is the only route that will enable it, I'm afraid. If I was doing this and I'd got a system that worked, I'd be sticking with it, though, and being perfectly happy just to edit and assemble in Audition.

 

 

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April 17, 2020

I have to tell you that the reason that programs like OBS exist (and there are several more) is because multi-sourcing into any 'normal' recording app like Audition is really difficult to set up, if you want feeds from anywhere in the OS (which you do). It's not impossible; if you are using Windows, there is an app called Virtual Audio Cable that will enable you to create the internal routing that Microsoft doesn't provide. But as I said, it's not easy to set up. Also you have to be aware that there are several products called the same thing, and all except one are fakes or malware. The legitimate one is here though: Virtual Audio Cable If you are using a Mac, I believe that there's an app called Loopback that does something similar. If you actually succeed in setting it up, there's a good chance that you can do away with using OBS - you should be able to pick up the Discord and USB mic feeds separately, and have them show as Audition sources. I have to emphasise 'if' though - this really isn't that easy to set up - just a look at the size and complexity of the manual should give you a bit of a clue...

 

But, if you want to record separated streams in Audition from sources within the OS, this is the only route that will enable it, I'm afraid. If I was doing this and I'd got a system that worked, I'd be sticking with it, though, and being perfectly happy just to edit and assemble in Audition.

 

 

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    Great, thanks for your help!

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