Where to find "buffer size" in Audition?

Report · Apr 17, 2021

Hi,

I started with Audition 13 2-3 months ago, thanks to a friend.

To keep the audio latency down, I used to adjust the buffer size in "Edit => Preferences => Audio Hardware".

Now I can't find it anymore because of the newest version.

There is something to adjust the Latency but it doesn't help much, even when I put it into 30 ms. I can't record myself without a big latency that really bugs me.

Can somebody help me, please?

Report · Apr 17, 2021

You haven't told us enough to be able to help you yet. Firstly we need to know if it's on a Mac or a PC. If it's a PC then we need to know whether you're using an external sound device and what driver class you are using...

Report · Apr 18, 2021

Hi, thank you for your answer.

I'm not really into all this stuff, so I hope I'll give you the right answer.

I have a PC (MSI notebook) and I'm recording with this stuff :

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07N3STBXN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My PC is in german, but this if what I found under "Informations about my PC":

Gerätename MSI
Prozessor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installierter RAM 32,0 GB (31,8 GB verwendbar)
Geräte-ID 385AE50B-B198-44DB-B759-0F0B17BCA119
Produkt-ID 00325-81804-52787-AAOEM
Systemtyp 64-Bit-Betriebssystem, x64-basierter Prozessor

Although, I thought Adobe programs look/are all the same, doesn't matter wheter you have a PC or Notebook...

I've recorded without latency not more than 2 weeks ago with the Audition v 13.0.13, all of a sudden, now that same version changed into the v 14.0. and the "Edit => Preferences => Audio Hardware" isn't the same anymore. I always could adjust the buffer size, now I don't even find the buffer size anymore.

I'm thankful for your help, I really appreciate it.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Christophe

Report · Apr 18, 2021

I think that if all of the hardware settings look different, it's likely that the new installation has altered them. In the hardware device class box you should have ASIO selected, not MME. That alone would alter the amount of latency considerably; ASIO cuts out most of the operating system and lets Audition talk rather more directly to your sound device. If you select ASIO as the drive class, then your Presonus should be listed as an available device.

Report · Apr 18, 2021

Hi,

please find attached the Preferences how I know them, the default version and how it looks when I changed the decvice class to "WASAPI" (ASIO isn't an option). With WASAPI, everything got worse.

I really simply would like to know where to adjust the buffer size, this can't be completely gone, this must be somewhere, right?

Thank you.

Report · Apr 18, 2021

The only driver you get a buffer adjustment with is the ASIO one. With MME you get a latency value to alter instead. They call it that, but essentially it does the same thing. Since you insist that it's buffer size you want, then the software upgrade will have reset your audio preferences, as you would only have had this with an ASIO driver anyway - we've had other people reporting this, so it's almost certainly the case. If you don't have ASIO as an option now, then I suggest that you download the latest drivers from Presonus, and install them.

Report · Apr 18, 2021

Hi,

I realized that I uninstalled some things and apparently also everything regarding ASIO.

Long story short, thanks to your last response, I re-installed everything I installed a few months back and finally (a real pain in the ass for an amateur like me) I got the "old preferences" like I wanted in the beginning.

So, without your help, I probably wouldn't have done what I did.

I recorded and there was no latency at all and I'm happy again 🙂

If you were in front of me, I would probably kiss you, that's how happy I am again.

Thank you very very much for your help and your time. I'm sorry for all the inconvenience.

I wish you a nice rest of the day and I hope you'll help a lot of other people like me.

Kind regards,

Christophe