Mic working on other software, but no Audition

Question

I've running the latest 2025 version o Audition.

I'm on Windows 10

I have a USB mic - nothing fancy,

Under Windows Sound Settings - Under the Recording Tab I can see my mic, It's active, When I make noise the green bars move.

When I open Audacity (free audio software) I can record my voice, I can see feedback, it's working.

But In Audition it's not working.

I've checked Audio Hardware Input - it's set to my mic

I've checked Audio Channel mapping and it's mapped to my Mic.

I've rebooted my PC many times, but nothing it working.

I've made this little video showing what i've tried. https://screenrec.com/share/8Y9cVBPzqX

Can anyone help?

SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Answer

It doesn't work because you haven't selected the mic as an input to the track, nor enable the track for recording! Audition isn't Mickey Mouse software like Audacity - you have a lot of flexibility in the input and monitoring arrangements, and without setting them correctly, you'll get no results. So it's the track settings that you need to be looking at now, not Preferences. Here's a bit of a clue:

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