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guitardude37
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September 27, 2011
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Audition will load tracks, but will not play them

  • September 27, 2011
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I can load tracks into audition, but when I try to play the tracks the cursor will not move and no audio will play. Anyone know what the problem could be?

    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    Invariably when this happens, it is because the transport has become disconnected from your sound device - that's the only reason that it stops. As several people have demonstrated, sometimes this is caused by a fault in the preferences folder that you can 'cure' by having Audition reset it. That really isn't the first thing you should check to cure this problem though,  simply because it will also reset any other preferences you have set up as well. So before trashing your preferences, it's always worth carefully checking out your sound device settings first.

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    ryclark
    ryclark
    Participating Frequently
    September 27, 2011

    This usually means that Audition can't connect with your soundcard. We will need to know a lot more information about your computer, operating system and soundcard before we can give any advice on what may be wrong. have you set up your Audio Hardware and Channel Mapping in Edit/Preferences

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      bajaron
      Participant
      March 12, 2012

      I am having the same problem with my Audition 3.0. It was working fine when I closed it just a few hours ago. My sessions load fine (I've tried both the current one I was editing and others that are complete).

      The transport line does not move in either Multitrack or Edit modes. In Multitrack the cursor line changes from yellow dash to solid white but does not move and no sound. In Edit mode the transport line does not change from yellow dash, does not move and no audio. The Transport Play button changes to green. Sometimes it will stay green, sometimes it goes back to black after a few seconds.

      I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and using the EMU 0202-USB external sound interface. I have the Audio Hardware Setup configured for this as the ASIO audio driver. I have checked the driver in Device Manager and it appears to be fine. I have re-installed the driver with no help. It is the latest driver available and was working fine.

      I have not installed any programs, updates or otherwised changed anything on my computer. I will probably reload Audition if I can't find another solution. Seems to me Audition is having issues with the EMU. The EMU works fine for playback of other audio & video files.

      SteveG_AudioMasters_
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      SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
      Community Expert
      March 12, 2012

      You need to check Audition's hardware setup, not the OS one at this stage. If Audition isn't set to use your device, then it simply won't start. This is the only known condition for the transport to fail - without this it's stunningly reliable.

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