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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.

    Henrik Heigl
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    Henrik HeiglCommunity Expert
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    November 30, 2022

    Hi,

     

    as Steve mentioned there is the possibility that some DAW Controllers will work. See also https://helpx.adobe.com/audition/using/control-surface-support.html

    Also there are some Links on how Adobe Audition can work with MIDI https://www.cinemasound.com/audition-midi-hack/ and often you need the Tool Midi2LR and others to edit the MIDI Chanels and assign the controls to the specific knobs. But that is normally not what everybody wanted to fiddle around with Tools instead of editing music in Audition.
    So I'm afraid because of all that said you can only use SOME DAW Controllers that are uses the Midi Protocol to control but no Midi Keyboard to produce Sonds. Hope that helps.

    regards,Henrik
    derek273646078qv5
    derek273646078qv5
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    December 6, 2022

    Thanks for this!!! I have DAWs but I really love using audition. I will download that program and give it a try. I was puzzled,so I really appreciate this bit of knowledge!!!!! Turning knobs by hand just gives audio a little more humanity.

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