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Try inserting a new empty stereo track and record to it, Kathy.

I think that'll solve the problem.

(dumb, I know, but that's what I've read so far...)

More:

Initially, I found that yes, in EV, Audition is indeed under-recording by 6dB the tone that I set up to come out of the channel, and that I applied directly to the input in EV. But, and please note this, only when the Audition Windows Driver is used.

I checked the same behaviour by switching to another input on the E-Mu with the same tone level applied, and resetting the Audition driver to its ASIO mode. Now the results were perfect - everything records at the correct levels, mono and stereo. Please note that this is without stopping Audition and reloading it, or doing anything at all to the E-Mu CueMix - I've just changed the input assignment in Audition.

So, it looks like a bug in the software coupled with the Windows Driver?

Do you have the option to switch the driver to ASIO?

As the quote above states, the ASIO driver allowed full scale recording in both mono and stereo tracks.

FWIW, it appears to be related to the summing in the edit screen.
Apparently, recording in the multitrack screen will not result in this 6dB bug.

I was wondering about the fact that it's exactly -6dB. It's like the signal was shifted left by one bit. Well, hope Ben's advice helps you fix things.

Wow!! I think you're on to something here! I recorded in stereo in the multitrack view and got a hot, fat wave form with no limits.

This makes no sense to me, but it works!
I'm going to click and read through that forum.

Thanks a million! You guys are the BEST!

Kathy

On behalf of all of the helpful, knowledgeable guys here at RO - you're very welcome!

Glad we could help!

The door's always open!

8-)

-Ben

I am still stuck!

I get a great wave form when I record in stereo, but since I have only one mouth, I'd really like to set it up to record in mono and I am baffled by the advice in audio masters forum. Can someone tell me how fix this?

How do I switch the windows driver to Asio?

Once again, thanks for your advice.

Kathy

I wish I could recall the exact settings, but it's been a very long time since I've worked with Audition (back then, it was Cool Edit Pro 2.0).

There should be a settings dialog where you would actually choose the soundcard that you use within Audition. In this same spot, you should be able to specify whether you want to use WDM or ASIO.

Of course, you could also record to a stereo track but then bounce it to a mono track.

As I understand it though, simply having a stereo track there along with your mono track should also do it too. So, you'd have your mono track armed for recording your voice and then a blank stereo track. This would have to be done in the multi-track section versus the editing section though. It's a slightly different workflow, but not horrible.

BTW -

KathyB wrote:
Bob

Enjoy your PB&J and give your little boy a hug! My kids are grown now and I miss the days of hugs!

If Bob is eating my PB&J, we're going to have words. If he's hugging my little boy, we're definitely having words... ;-)

J.

Jeremy's advice is correct.

But you might need to download ASIO4ALL in order to do it...

One other thing to keep in mind, you can record like you just did, in stereo - mix it to mono (there should be a process preset in Audition - mute one side, mix the other with it 100%), and save the result as a mono file - and bada bing! A mono file, easier to manage, smaller file size!

Cucco wrote: ...If Bob is eating my PB&J, we're going to have words. If he's hugging my little boy, we're definitely having words... ;-)

Jeremy- If you ever make your way down to Blacksburg I'll feed you something better than PB&J, and I'll be happy to give a hug to any kids you bring along.

Kathy- It's OK to confuse me with Jeremy. I've never seen him face to face, but I'm sure he is younger, thinner, and has more hair than I. This describes most people on the planet.

You had the good luck to ask an interesting question during lunch hour and to have the time available and the knowledge to give intelligent responses. Of course, you had the bad luck to have a quirky hardware/software interaction, but if you do as good a job at asking questions and giving info as you did today, you'll be over it quickly. Good luck.

Whoops! Sorry about the confusion, Bob and Jeremy.

Thanks again for your advice. I'll refer back to this tomorrow and figure it out. I've been working on this for a long time today.

Kathy

I'd really like to set it up to record in mono and I am baffled by the advice in audio masters forum. Can someone tell me how fix this?

How do I switch the windows driver to Asio?

Ok. Call me crazy but I downloaded the 200+MB trial version just to figure it out cause it's drivin' me insane.

To set the EMU as the default ASIO device go to Edit menu/Audio Hardware setup/in the "Audio Driver" drop down menu select EMU ASIO or whatever they are calling it./In the bottom section where there are two (or more) drop down menus for your inputs you should have your emu's inputs already selected./ click apply and ok.

(on a side note: I don't understand why they give you the option to use windows drivers for your external device. Anyway......) :?

[Edit: I did this next part in multitrack view. Key short cut is 9]
To set the track to mono, in the track properties there is an arrow --> which indicates input. Click on that and you should see the options for Stereo and underneath that mono. Mouse over mono and select and click on which ever input you are currently using. That should be it.

Hopefully I haven't caused you any unnecessary confusion. And, hopefully, this all concurs with your version of Audition.

Please don't flog me if I've thrown you off.