Adobe Audition 1.5 Buffer Problems

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Hello everyone. I'm fairly new to this forum, but as for using forums, i'm nota no0b lol. Anyways, the stuff I use are a 5 year old Sony Vaio PC, M-Audio PreMobile USB Interface, Audio Technica Condenser mic, and of course, Adobe Audition 1.5.

Now, before I bought my M-Audio or Condenser mic, I used to record with a cheap 20 dollar Dynamic Mic which I bought from RadioShack. When I recorded with that, everything ran smooth, no click noises on the mic, nothing, it was perfect.

Now, when I got the M-Audio and condenser mic, like I'm going through alot of major problems. First thing is that when I record, it skips sometimes, and like say I recorded at 0:15...when I play it back...It comes in 0:19 or maybe even less or more.

I really want to record music so bad, and I'm wondering how I can solve this issue. I know that It has something to do with buffer size and whatnot, but the thing is that there are so many buffer sizes in Adobe Audition in the settings that it's really complicated for me to find out. So my problems are delay in time, slow reaction in playback, and when I record, it clicks sometimes and skips.

Can anybody help me out? I really need help.

- Thank You
 
Hi,

Does the M-Audio software have a control panel where you can adjust buffer settings? If so, try bumping them up a little until the choppiness goes away. Try this first, if possible.

You can also turn up the buffer settings in Audition, under Settings. Remember to just increase their numbers a little at a time until the problem goes away. Turning them up much farther than that can lead to excessive latency (simply put - delay) which is something you want to avoid. It may be a good idea to write down the original settings so you can go back to them if needed.

Good luck. I hope this helps you.
 
Yeah, M-Audio control panel, I changed the buffer size to 128...still no good..

and Adobe Audition has so many buffer options under settings...I've been playing with it for like hours, still no good bro. I need help because I want to record so badly.
 
Young Prodigy said:
Yeah, M-Audio control panel, I changed the buffer size to 128...still no good..

and Adobe Audition has so many buffer options under settings...I've been playing with it for like hours, still no good bro. I need help because I want to record so badly.
Click to expand...

Under the System tab in Settings, Play/record Buffer, put 20 in the box. Try that, then 30 or 40 if need be.

I suggested this in another thread, and it may be very helpful. Audio software uses a lot of computer if you're running an older PC. You need to free your computer from unnecessary processes/programs to allow it to do its job.

Click Start > Run

Then type msconfig into the box, then hit Enter. When the System Configuration Utility dialog box pops up, tick Selective Startup. Under the Startup tab, you will see all of the services that are scheduled to run when your PC boots up. Chances are you'll be appalled. Untick the boxes next to the programs/services you don't recognize or don't want to run automatically when you turn on your computer. Clicking "Disable All" probably won't hurt you either.

Click Apply then OK, and reboot your PC. Upon reboot, the System Configuration Utility dialog box will pop up. Tick "Don't show me this message again, etc." then OK.
 
Tried that bro, still no good. I'm pretty sure it's some of the buffer settings on my Adobe Audition that may fix this problem.
 
how much is your RAM?

it could be hardware dependent or/and maybe you need to set your swapfile/ pagefile too if needed.
 
It "looks" like audio driver fault?
Try to reinstall it.
Maybe reinstalling of Audition could help…
 
Djfontana, how can I find out my RAM and whats a swapfile?
 
How do I free up my RAM? Or hm...its the buffer settings I suppose..

Somebody please help, I want to make music so badly. ='[
 
your all wrong....go to options the settings, then under the multitrack tab check the box correct for drift and uncheck the correct for sync recordings.......reboot adobe and it should work fine
 
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That doesn't do anything at all whatsoever, it actually makes things even worse.
 
sorry i was trying to seem like i had all the answers lol.....naw but i had the exact problem as you described and that was only thing that worked and only thing not mentioned.....if anyone can help who has had this problem before please drop some help

-bump
 
Are you trying to record at a very high sample rate, above 44.1 KHz? If so, that may be putting too much of a strain on your PC, especially if it's an older one.

Did the M-Audio come with a driver CD? Maybe you could try uninstalling and reinstalling the device.
 
How do I record at a low sample rate because I'm using an old pc?
 
Well, when you hit the record button to start a new track, the option box for sample rate, mono/stereo, and bit depth automatically appears. The default setting is 44100 unless you changed it. Also be sure you're using 16 bit, not 32 bit float. 32 bits will almost certainly cramp an older machine like yours.

Remember that the maximum frequency response of your recording is dictated by the sample rate. Divide the sample rate by two, and this is the highest frequency you can record and reproduce.
 
let's go in at a different angle..,......your hard drive?...tell us a little about that.
Is it seperate from windows/partitioned,external, 7200/ 5400rpm, IDE/sata/usb.??
I had thought I had buffer issues, but found that a little tweaking of the hard-drive resolve soooo many issues.
And please do look at your 'TEMP file' settings within your AA1.5.

options>settings>system>temporary folders.

Now, Just to humour me, blank out the 2 fields that shows your 'secondary temp' settings.
Ensure that your 'Temp Folder' points to the fastest drive you have (if possible), and allocate say 500mb in the 'reserve'.
RESET all your buffers and other settings back to default, as suggested in your AA1.5 help file.
Press OK and restart your AA1.5.
Let's see where that takes you.

Honestly, I have 1.5 (which I absolutely love using and will never change from) running on new and old platforms very well.

Good luck!!
 
Good advice, superspit (did I just type "superspit"?) :eek:

From my experience, you should avoid selecting a secondary temp folder unless you have a screaming fast computer with high speed drives as he mentioned. I made the mistake of directing the secondary temp folder to a slow drive taken from an old PC, and Audition immediately told me that was a bad idea.
 
Supersit, so I leave one of the field blank and fill the other one with the temp with 500mb?
 
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