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cjack99
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June 20, 2017
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What is the true cost of "Au Shareware" or "Free Download"

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I once was a fairly serious user of pre-Audition, audition.  Then I moved to Audition 3, then 3.01.  And then my HDD crashed.  Long story short, with Windows 10 I can't get anything Audition to install.  I had it going on Win7, but nothing after that.  So I have just about given up.  Just today I see things pop up about Auditon Shareware, free download Audition, and an Adobe add linking to Audition CC purporting to be free, except at the bottom it mentions a subscription, which is a hefty price for someone that uses sound editing software about quarterly.

I also see Magix has it "ACID Music Studio 10" on sale for $20.  I'm thinking my best be is to forget Adobe and Audition forever and move on.  And yes, I paid for Audition 3, had a legal license, and was royally hacked off when the licensing server suddenly had a "technical issue".

I would like to hear some ideas from the community on this.

Thank you all

cjack99

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Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

cjack99  wrote

Thanks for the info Steve.  Only problem is, does not work.  It did work on

Win7 when I moved from my old PC to my new one.  But - Somehow I got

trapped in that automatic Win10 thing that happened...... I guess like Dec

2015, and Audition never worked since.

Well, it must be something you've done - it works fine here on my similarly-upgraded laptop...

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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June 20, 2017

cjack99  wrote

And yes, I paid for Audition 3, had a legal license, and was royally hacked off when the licensing server suddenly had a "technical issue".

I would like to hear some ideas from the community on this.

Well, I can deal with that one for you - look here:

Audition 3 and the activation service

You will have to follow the instructions carefully, but it should work fine on Windows 10 running as a 32-bit emulation.

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cjack99Author
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June 20, 2017

Thanks for the info Steve. Only problem is, does not work. It did work on

Win7 when I moved from my old PC to my new one. But - Somehow I got

trapped in that automatic Win10 thing that happened...... I guess like Dec

2015, and Audition never worked since. I did do a painstaking manual

delete of all things Audition, I went further than the one that's linked in

the page you referenced, and then I downloaded the Audition package, and

the .exe files did there thing, but the installers would open and crash,

end of story. It's not like I've worked on this every second since Jan

2016, but about once a quarter I need to do some sound things, and I try

again, I'm just getting tired of trying.

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:01 PM, SteveG(AudioMasters) <

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cjack99Author
Inspiring
June 21, 2017

The only thing you need to install is ADBEAudition_ESD1_WWEFGJIS.exe using the serial number adjacent to the file download link when asked for it. The Loopology files simply unzip - they don't need installing at all. The other thing you'll probably need is the 3.0.1 patch, and if you read further in the FAQ, you'll find the folders you need to delete, and what you need to remove in the registry - if you've had it installed at all, you'll need rid of this lot before it will install again.


Me again;

I'm taking this very slow, step by step.  I have the downloads, again, including the 3.01 patch.

step one delete the adobe/audition 3 folder - done

step two delete c:windows\installer\{5and a whole bunch of numbers} - fail, there is no windows\installer folder in Win10,,,,, so...???

step three, registry deletes:

installer root - 4CF...............yada - does not exist

root installer products AB14..........etc -  does not exist

ok, switching gears, I think the list there is just too far out of date, reverting to good ole search for audition and delete them all, this will take a while.

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