Audition won't recogize a wav file recorded on a different computer

[karliwalker]

I am currently working on starting a podcast with a friend who lives in a different state. We were practicing talking via Skype while simultaneously recording on our respective computers. My plan was to take my friend's audio file and synch it with mine to be sure it sounds right. However, Audition always gives me the same error message no matter what I've tried doing:

I record on an Asus using Audition. He records on a Mac using GarageBand. I figured having him send me a wav file would work just fine since it's a universally recognized file type, but I can't get this to work. I probably have a beginner understanding of all this, so any help is appreciated. Please feel free to ask for additional information.

Thanks you.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

Try getting him to send it as an .aiff and see if it works then... Audition shouldn't have any difficulty with these. If you still can't open it, he's probably doing something wrong when converting it.

[karliwalker]

Audition doesn't seem to be recognizing that file type. Possibly on account to it being an older version.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

karliwalker  wrote

Audition doesn't seem to be recognizing that file type. Possibly on account to it being an older version.

That's not the reason; Audition 3 recognises .aif files. So if it's been sent as an .aiff try knocking off one of the 'f's, or alternatively, try what it says in the error message. For this to work, you'll need to know what the bit depth and sample rates are.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

The other thing you can try is getting your friend to make a small file of the type you can't open, hosting it on Dropbox (or any other suitable file-sharing system) and posting a link to it here. I'm sure we can work out what's wrong...

[Charles VW]

This looks like an old version of Audition. Which version is this?

[karliwalker]

Ah yea it is. It's version 3.0.1.