I am trying to record sound that is playing on my system using Audition 3.0.1 on Windows 7 x64. I have Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS sound card with latest driver 2.18.0011. In Audition, I have set audio hardware setup to "Audition 3.0 Windows Sound" and default input to "What U Hear"--which is proper setup to record sound playing on my system. But when I click the record button, I get an error message titled "Adobe Default Windows Sound Driver" error code FF9-5-0044 [8878000a] "device could not be opened". And then Audition only records silence. I've tried using the Sound Recorder program that comes with Windows 7 x64 and that records fine. But Audition won't record any sound. Any ideas? Can this be fixed?
Not all computers have the "Stereo Mix" option. That is the big problem I had when I first started this thread. My Toshiba lap top does not have a "Stereo Mix" option - hidden or unhidden! I don't think there is anything you can do about it other than possibly get another sound card that has that option -- which is not possible with a laptop computer.
i did more testing and it turns out that this problem can be prevented by either of 2 ways...
1) only selecting 1 input port in the "audition 3 > audio hardware setup > control panel". .
OR...
2) if you need to have more than 1 selected, then you will have to uncheck "allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" in what u hear properties.
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