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thomasbricker
thomasbricker
Inspiring
April 15, 2018
Answered

Mic input not working in Audition CC on Mac

  • April 15, 2018
  • 5 replies
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Im simply trying to use a USB mic to record vocals into Audition.

The mic physically works fine on its own in other apps and I see a signal indication in the Mac Systems Preferences.

But in Audition, Im getting nothing. No evidence of a signal.

Also when I try to use built in Input mic on this iMac, I get NO signal levels.

What am I missing here?

Is there a hidden preference in Audition that "turns on" audio input?

Please advise.

Thanks.

      Correct answer thomasbricker

      I discovered the answer I was looking for.

      One simply needs to click on the Record button which is in the left-hand side of the individual track’s interface that you are trying to record with the microphone onto. It’s a very small inobtrusive button, but it is very critical.

      It is a small square button with the letter R in the middle of it.

      Without that being turned on first, no microphone input works at all.

      Problem solved.

      I’m back in business!

      5 replies

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      Plyr1Abides
      New Participant
      February 20, 2021

      If you're trying to record in the waveform view and can't get levels from the mic it's with your preferences.  I made a video on how to solve that problem https://youtu.be/qRHk77Jm3Is

      M
      Madster07
      New Participant
      May 17, 2024

      OMG, thank you sssoooo much for this video. It worked. duh...lol I didnt know about the security settings. Thanks agian. 😛

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      miracheta
      New Participant
      June 17, 2020

      literally spent two hours trying to fix my mic and trying everything, uninstalling, reinstalling and rebooting hardware just to finally find THIS and feeling like a total moron. THANK YOU!

      SteveG_AudioMasters_
      SteveG_AudioMasters_
      Community Expert
      June 17, 2020

      Yes, there is an awful lot you can miss if you don't work your way through the basic tutorials, isn't there?

      guyb430474
      guyb430474
      New Participant
      April 14, 2020

      Hi,

      Thank you fot putting  up your solve. 
      There is no way I could have figured that out otherwise.
      BRILLIANT.

      Guy

      thomasbricker
      thomasbrickerAuthorCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      April 17, 2018

      I discovered the answer I was looking for.

      One simply needs to click on the Record button which is in the left-hand side of the individual track’s interface that you are trying to record with the microphone onto. It’s a very small inobtrusive button, but it is very critical.

      It is a small square button with the letter R in the middle of it.

      Without that being turned on first, no microphone input works at all.

      Problem solved.

      I’m back in business!

        CuriousBob
        CuriousBob
        New Participant
        October 21, 2021

        Thanks! I had the same issue. I trawled the preferences for far too long. Thanks for posting and saving me a heap of time! 

        ryclark
        ryclark
        Participating Frequently
        April 15, 2018

        The correct audio input for Audition has to be set in Audition's Preferences/Audio Hardware set up page. Normally Audition should default to whatever you have set as your default audio device for your computer. However this may not be correct for what you want to record from. The following YouTube video shows how to set up your mic for Audition.

        How To Setup a Microphone in Adobe Audition - Adobe Audition Tutorial - YouTube

        thomasbricker
        thomasbrickerAuthor
        Inspiring
        April 15, 2018

        Hi Ry,

        Thanks for the suggestion.

        I wish that did work as it should.

        I have already watched that video and a couple of others as well as explored as many threads as I could find.(Most of which are frighteningly outdated.)

        Still no signal whatsoever in Audition.

        A little background:

        The Samson C03U mic I have connected works flawlessly right now with Garageband and Adobe Premier.

        There is nothing wrong with it.

        As I mentioned, I get no input signal, even from the internal mic in my iMac when using Audition.

        I DO get playback from a background music track in the multi-track Audition file I am working in. So I know audio does come out of the app on my system. It's just that the input function is acting like it is shut off even though everything is set correctly.

        Disappointing.

        Makes me want to bag the whole idea of using Audition and just go back to using Garageband.

        Like most things from Apple, they just WORK.

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