Recording in Multitrack records audio from every track into one

Report · May 23, 2017

So I'm having trouble trying to route my audio in (what seems like) a simple way.

I just want to play an instrumental in one track and record my voice into a second track while listening to the first one. However, whenever I record into the second track, Audition records not only the signal from my microphone, but also records the sound from the first track, leaving me no isolated vocals that I can work on independently. I have a small Behringer 2-in 2-out USB interface. I've been able to easily accomplish this simple action on FL Studio, but I want to record my vocals into Audition first. Any ideas?

Report · May 23, 2017

This will depend entirely on the driver provided by Behringer, but if you've had success in FL Studio, you should be able to in Audition as well. So what driver did you set FL to use? Is it ASIO or something else? So first, make sure that in Audition's preferences page (Edit > Preferences > Audio Hardware) the selection is correct. Then let's have a look at the channel strip for the track you're recording into. You've got to zoom in enough to see the controls and selections, of course. And at the top of the strip is the little row of 4 icons to toggle between the various track controls, the first of which is the In/Out one (two arrows). Once that's highlighted, look in the track controls where you wish to record and see what the input is selected to, and if you click on the drop-down, you'll see all the available choices. Sounds like you had it defaulted to "stereo mix" when you just needed to tell it "microphone."

Hope that makes sense and helps.

Report · May 23, 2017

Thanks for the response.

I'm using ASIO4ALL on Audition and FL ASIO on FL Studio.

Every routing I choose changes nothing. The only way I've been able to achieve my goal is to route the first track to the left channel exclusively and the mic/vocals to the right channel exclusively.

Report · May 23, 2017

OK, that's helpful to know. ASIO4ALL is an incredibly helpful tool, but has its limitations. Have you dug around in it for its "complicated" mode to see if it will open up any additional options for you? Audition can only work with what's handed to it, so maybe that would be a way to give it more to work with. Drivers, schmizers....