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Participant
May 31, 2017
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HELP! Occasional Garbled Sound and Clicks - Audition CC on a MacBook Pro 16GB

  • May 31, 2017
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I recently changed from Audacity to Audition for Voiceover recordings.

However ever since using the system I have on occasion found that I get a garbled sound (almost like being underwater) and clicks. There is no particular pattern to this (not at the front and end of tracks)

Au Support cleared my machines CACHE and the problem has not been resolved.

I am using the mac above and record through a Rode NT1A mic (with a shock), through a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 into Audition. I record single track mono at 48k with a 32 bit float and have tried changing the Buffer speed which make no difference.  I purchased Audition to assist with ACX audiobook production but at the moment I am struggling due to the above.

The equipment is around 10 months old and is kept in a recording booth so I don't see any issues with damage - it just seems to be an issue with Adobe.

Any ideas would be most greatly appreciated. 

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Inspiring
May 31, 2017

If you open Edit > Preferences > Audio Hardware, what option is selected under "Device Class?"  And what other options (if any) are available when you click on that drop-down arrow?

I suspect Audacity was using a different type of audio driver and you need to switch Audition to the same one.

Participant
May 31, 2017

It only has one device setting which is Core Audio - its a Mac which I think is why?

Inspiring
May 31, 2017

OK, so yes, it's the system audio.  Can you open up Audacity and compare audio settings?  We're looking for anything that's different between the two programs so far as the audio driver goes.  Other than that, I'm hoping a Mac user comes along with better help, as I'm a PC user!