Audition will not recognize my mixer

[CMoore100]

Hey guys!

I'm fairly new here but not a total newb to the Audition world. I've been using Audition for about a month with a USB to PC mic set up and just recently switched to using an audio mixer. My microphones are Behringer and the mixer is also Behringer. I received my mixer and all the new cables on Friday, Jan. 25th. As soon as it arrived I set it all up and it worked like a charm. It was great. When I was done, I unplugged everything and put it away neatly.

Two days later, today, I go back into my office and plug everything in the exact same way I had it on Friday...and Audition will not pick up any of the audio coming from my mixer. My mixer is definitely picking up sound, I can see it on the device, but my program is receiving none of it. I have been messing with settings for about an hour now and I'm pretty close to losing my entire mind.

I can upload images and screen shots of anything you want to see so you can better help me.

Help!

-Chelsea

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

If you are trying to record in Multitrack mode, then make sure that an input is assigned on the channel you want to record on, or nothing at all will happen:

This is what it looks like on my laptop, but if your mixer is recognised, its output(s) should be a record option you can select. If this isn't the problem, report back.

[CMoore100]

Hey SteveG(AudioMasters)!

Thanks for getting back to me. I've attached a few images here. Something my husband and I noticed when we were watching YouTube videos to try to figure this out is that my PC only has one audio/mic jack and it's one input, not two. I hope I explained that correctly. I am running on an HP all-in-one that is just over a year old. I've included a photo of the back of my computer so you can see what I'm working with there. I do have a splitter coming in the mail tomorrow so that I can have two ports instead of the one, my husband is hoping that will solve this problem but I'd like to know what you think about that as well.

[ryclark]

Which Behringer mixer are you using? Which of the connections on the back of your computer is the mixer plugged into? Also it would help to see what settings you have in Audition's Audio Hardware set up page.

[CMoore100]

ryclark​ I am using the Behringer Xenyx 1202 FX mixer.

The mixer is plugged into the only audio/headphone jack available (see above).

I've attached a photo of the Audio Hardware settings from my program.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

A splitter isn't going to solve your problem at all, but a USB-connected mixer would... using the only available audio socket which is shared between playback and recording is going to be an almighty nuisance in the long run - you'll have to keep resetting everything every time you use it.

For not much more than you've paid for your 1202FX you could have a Q1002USB, or even aQ1202USB. This would give you a mixer that transfers your signal digitally into the computer and gets around this issue completely, as well as giving you better signal quality. It's that, or a load of frustration, as you're currently experiencing...

[CMoore100]

SteveG(AudioMasters)​

Will the splitter at least resolve it a little bit in the short run? I'm probably going to be buying a new computer here in the next few weeks as this one is just a bit too slow for the things I want to use it for. Even if I have to reset some things whenever I boot up to use it for a few weeks that's not a big deal to me, I just want it to record my damn voice haha!

[SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Accepted solution]

No the splitter won't help at all. Your problem is that the socket is either one thing or another - it can't be both at the same time. What you have to do is reassign that socket as an input every time it disappears like that. And then you'll have no means of monitoring either, which will be even more of a pain.

[CMoore100]

Thanks a bunch SteveG(AudioMasters)​!

We've gone ahead and processed the return on the mixer and have ordered the replacement you recommended. I appreciate the time you took to help us out with this situation, you're a true blessing! Have a wonderful week, stay warm wherever you are

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

That will be miles better when you've got it set up, as you'll be able to plug headphones or some monitor speakers into it, and easily hear what you're doing, as well!

[CMoore100]

Alright SteveG(AudioMasters)​ and ryclark​, I've got my new Behringer  Q1202 mixer here and it is definitely picking up audio from both mics. But we have a wonderful new problem.

When I'm in Audition (or any other audio program for that matter) both inputs are going into one track. So, for example, I have Host set for Input 1 and Interview set for Input 2...but both Host and Interview are picking up from Input 1. Does that make sense? I want to Host to be recording Input 1 and Interview to be recording Input 2. I've watched lots of videos on how to set this up and according to every video I've watched I'm doing exactly what I should be.

Help!!!

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

The mixer outputs in stereo, so all you need to do is use the pan controls on it to split where the two mic signals are going. Pan one mic hard left and the other hard right, and just record the stereo output, only it won't really be 'stereo' as such but a two-channel recording if you do it like this. Easy to split this into two separate files afterwards in Audition, if that's what you need to do.

[CMoore100]

I've tried that as well and it still isn't working. I sent you a private message SteveG(AudioMasters)​

[CMoore100]

SteveG(AudioMasters)​

I've been sitting here messing around with the mixer for the last hour or so and I noticed that when I do the R and L hard pan I'm getting sound from the L but not the R into Audition. I've tested it numerous ways and even had my husband come in and see for himself what it's doing. What could be causing this??

Edit: I also notice that when I go into Waveform with the R "audio" selected it does pick up some of the audio but very faintly, nothing nearly loud enough for me to hear.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

The first thing to do is to find out whether the mic you can't hear records okay if you pan it to the other channel. If you still can't hear it, then this will be a setting on the mixer (like the gain turned down too low) that's causing it. You should also check the output meter above the ouput level control - do both sides flash equally when using both mics?

[ryclark]

And can you hear them one on each channel when panned fully L and R on headphones plugged directly into the mixer?

[aaronb30332832]

Has anyone solved this yet? I'm having the exact same problem with the same mixer.