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SquallyPillow
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July 13, 2013
Question

Hear my voice through headphones well recording narration.

  • July 13, 2013
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When I record a narration using Elements 11 I can hear my voice, delayed by a second or two, through the headphones.  I have tried muting the audio have checked all of the levels and setting both in elements and my sound card and this still happens.  If I try recording with anything else, such as windows sound recorder, this does not happen.

Is there a setting I am missing somewhere as it is very distracting to hear yourself on a delay and makes the narration feature unusable.

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jralphdavis
jralphdavis
Participant
August 7, 2017

I'm using Adobe Premiere Elements 15, but I was having the same problem and found a workaround solution that (I hope) will also work for Premiere Elements 11 (and all the Elements in-between).

Go to Edit > Preferences > Audio Hardware

In the Default Output dropdown, chances are, it's set to your headphones. Change it to something else (in my case, I changed it to the laptop speakers).

Mute the volume on the device you're now using for output.

Click OK and then go ahead and record your narration. You should be able to do so without hearing yourself now.

When you want to review the recording, simply go back into Audio Hardware and change the Default Output back to your headphones.

It's a bit of an "around the barn" solution, but it worked for me. Hope it helps others.

mikeo8163327
mikeo8163327
Participant
May 29, 2020

I tried to change the default output to "realtek ASIO", but the program crashes when I click "OK". still having trouble figuring out how to fix this. This thread was not helpful at all. 

mikeo8163327
mikeo8163327
Participant
May 29, 2020

Ok PROBLEM FIXED. I turned the volume down on that little window that pops up when you start a narration through Tools-Narration. Didnt see anyone mention that in this thread. 

    DiamondBackMatt
    DiamondBackMatt
    Participant
    March 28, 2015

    I have been putting up with this annoyance for the longest time myself with PE 10.

    I just figured it out. I have a Corsair headphone mic set and on the cord I have a switch to turn the mic on and off and a volume wheel as well. I just tested it by turning the volume wheel down completely and recording a narration successfully in PE.

    I assumed the volume wheel affected the mic input but it doesn't. So try to find where your controls are and turn the volume down on your headphones then test the mic input.

    Hope this helps!

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    A_T__Romano
    Inspiring
    March 28, 2015

    DiamondBackMatt

    See Timeline Audio Tools/Add Narration...

    What happens to your issue if you just took the Narration Dialog's volume slider all the way to the bottom level?

    ATR

    NatalieJackman
    NatalieJackman
    Participant
    June 24, 2015

    I'm having the same issue.

    I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro with all of the updates. I'm using a Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma USB headphone/microphone. I do not have listen checked in the microphone settings in the control panel.

    If I adjust the buffer too far to the left I do not have any audio recording. It just doesn't work at all. The further to the right I go the longer the delay of hearing myself. However I have no way to not hear myself through the headphones at all while I am recording a narration. So much so that the only work around I have found is to use sound recorder in windows and make a recording and then import it into Premiere Elements.

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    A_T__Romano
    Inspiring
    July 14, 2013

    Squally Pillow

    I have no experience with a headphone and Premiere Elements narration. I have only been successful with the desktop microphone type that plugs into the computer jack. How does the headphone connect to the computer?

    If you have not already, check out what is going on at Premiere Elements 11, Edit Menu/Preferences/Audio Hardware and the settings under ASIO?

    Let us know your progress.

    Thanks.

    ATR

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    SquallyPillowAuthor
    Participant
    July 14, 2013

    I have tried two headsets, one usb and one 3.5mm... both have the same issue.  I have also tried seperate headphones with a USB mic and it has the same issue as well.

    As for the ASIO settings I have looked in there and have only the one microphone selected and the speakers, I do not see any other options.

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    A_T__Romano
    Inspiring
    July 14, 2013

    SquallyPillow

    Thanks for the follow up.

    I got the following idea from a thread that I found. If this works then I will cite the source.

    This is only for when you are creating your narations with that headphone. Go back to default if it does not work.

    Go back to Premiere Elements 11

    Edit Menu/Preferences/Audio Hardware and its ASIO settings.

    At the bottom of that ASIO page should be a setting for Buffer Size. The default is 2048 Samples. Set it all the way to the left, down to 256 samples. Does that impact the issue?

    Looking forward to your results.

    Thanks.

    ATR

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