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Anonymous
January 9, 2020
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Is there a how to walkthrough or video for setting up a MIDI controller in Audition 13?

  • January 9, 2020
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I recently bought an Arturia Keystep 32-key USB MIDI controller. I am looking for some walkthrough or video instructions on how to add/setup a MIDI controller to Audition. I am quite new to this so simple instructions would be most welcome.

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Anonymous
November 30, 2022

Update: I have been using Reaper for over 2 years now and I love it. Audition is extremely overpriced for what it is. It appears to be one of the only DAWs that doesn't support MIDI keyboards while being one of the most expensive to subcribe to. I paid $60 one time for Reaper and it is good for two major releases before I have to pay that again. Tiny releases come about every other week yet so far no new major releases have come during the past two years. Also, I own Reaper, unlike Audition that keeps wanting high monthly payments or you lose it. I can see if one has an Adobe Creative Cloud suscription bundle and Audition comes with it then it might make sense for you though you may still require an additional full DAW to fill Audition's missing gaps. For everyone else, Audition just looks like a cash cow for Adobe to get money from their loyal followers.

 

2 years with Reaper = $60US

2 years with Audition = $21.99US x 24 months = $527.76US

 

Why on earth would one pay more money for fewer features?

    derek273646078qv5
    derek273646078qv5
    Participating Frequently
    December 6, 2022

    Jeskola Buzz is a FREE DAW. And it was a collaborative project created by many designers and app/program coders. A ton of people since 2000ish collectively added machines (instruments and effects) to it over the years. They simplified everything to save processing power, so it is efficient and clear and easy to use. A really well-designed program that can do all kinds of things in intuitive ways. And it has always been FREE.

     

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    Anonymous
    December 7, 2022

    Thanks, Derek. I just looked Jeskola Buzz up to see what it is all about. I believe it is only really for music. I don't see any video support. Reviews point out that it is quite buggy and crashes a lot. It also doesn't seem to be supported with no new releases in 6 years. It does look like a good option to Audacity in the free DAW world. It is not at all in the same league as Reaper. Reaper is also well known for using very low resources to run and has a fantastic community. If you do go down the Reaper road, make sure you check out the Reaper Mania YouTube channel by Kenny Gioia. His how to videos are legend.

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    Anonymous
    January 9, 2020

    Sadly after working with Adobe Support, they informed me Audition 13 does not support MIDI controllers. I have received a full refund for my one year subscription and now the hunt continues for full functioning sound design software for video. I will likely next try the much more expensive Avid Pro Tools. Very dissappointing as Audition seemed so much easier to use and Adobe has a very good reputation.

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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    January 9, 2020

    Interesting. Here is a screen grab of the contoller protocols that Audition 13 supports. If you have a device that can use these protocols, then you should be able to use it without too much difficulty, although I have no idea whether there's any supporting documentation for them, I'm afraid:

     

    That said, these are only controller protocols. Audition itself doesn't inherently support MIDI, as it's an audio editor, not a music generation program as such.

    derek273646078qv5
    derek273646078qv5
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    November 30, 2022

    I'd add that for the very high cost of Audition, it should have MIDI support if it wants to compete with other DAWs. Perhaps Adobe has no interest in competing in that space.

     

    As an update, I found Pro Tools far too difficult to learn and have settled on Reaper. It manages audio editing for video well. It seems to have more abilities than Audition while costing only $60 which is less than two months of an Adobe Audition subscription cost. Their support is more responsive to users as well. I am very happy I didn't stick with Audition.

     


    I find it odd that they have vts3 effects but you can't use a MIDI controller/keyboard to use the knobs as pan pots for the parameters of the vst effects. So strange.

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