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Strange distortion when recording

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
August 20, 2020
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Hi all!

Having a strange audio issue with Audition CC. It started a couple days ago. When I try to record voiceover, I get distortion like this: https://youtu.be/D-taVDR-FB0

It'll go away if I restart the program or I change the audio hardware/buffer size, but then it'll start right back up again. I've tried upping the buffer size to 1024, I've updated all my drivers, reinstalled the drivers for the pre-amp, but nothing seems to fix it. It gets really frustrating when I record 15/20 minutes of material and then find out it's all unusable.

If it matters, I'm using a Lexicon Omega pre-amp and a Rode NT1-A mic.

Any thoughts on how to fix this or what might be going on?

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Ben From Scope

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Im having the same issue, running a Komplete Audio 6 with a board going in. Sounds fine in other programs like OBS but not Audition. What is stranger is that this seemed to work just fine a month or 2 ago.

Has anyone found a solution?

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Regina245385439z0p

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I'm having this issue as well. The recording made by the original poster is spot on. I run a scarlett 4i4 into a Dell Optiplex i5 in an education setting. The weird bit is I am recording 20 different classes. This is only happening to one class. All of the files for that class are "infected". I have had to go through and delete the entire file and start again. There is some connection somewhere that this particular file is making that I can't find.

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DavidStoneDJ

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I am having this exact same issue, I'm using a 2020 Macbook Pro 2.3 GHz 8-Core i9 with 32 GB RAM - and it's often the only thing running outside of Safari (which sips memory as opposed to Chrome). I have absolutely no lack of horsepower. It's incredibly frustrating, as I'm not aware of the issue until after I've been recording and I listen back. It's really taking down my confidence in this software, especially since I have not had any similar issues using something like Ableton Live.

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DavidStoneDJ

Participant

I will add that I'm using the following:

- input from Pioneer DJM 900nexus (input via USB - it has a Core Audio compliant sound card, and drivers are up-to-date)

- Scarlett 2i2 for output monitoring

I am usually recording two - three channels through the DJM 900nexus into the multitrack

It is intermitent and unpredictable, I could be recording fine for one day, then the next day under the same circumstances and the audio is ruined.

SteveG_AudioMasters_

Community Expert

Same symptoms, Mac and PC... Doesn't happen to other people (certainly not reported here, anyway)... Leaves buffer-sized gaps...

Yes I'm pretty sure it's a buffer issue of some sort. Go to Edit>Preferences>Media and Disk Cache and ideally create a separate folder on your HD for the primary temp file - the secondary isn't so important (I manage fine without one). Also whilst you're there, click on the 'clean' button in Shared Media Cache Files. Depending upon what you've been doing, that can easily get clagged up with stuff that really doesn't need to be there.

If none of that fixes anything, report back and I'll escalate it.

SteveG_AudioMasters_

Community Expert

Are you using the latest Lexicon driver?

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RyouniAuthor

Participant

Yes, uninstalled everything and reinstalled with the latest driver. Everything was fine until a couple days ago when this problem just started happening.

SteveG_AudioMasters_

Community Expert

Which driver class are you using? I don't know if there's an ASIO driver included, but if there is, that's the one you should be using on a PC. (You haven't said what you are using - it makes a huge difference with sound devices!)

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