Newbie Question?

[Joseph W. bourke]

Here’s a good start for the hardware side:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/audition/cs/using/WS58a04a822e3e5010548241038980c2c5-7fde.html

Here are some new features, and well as how Audition works with PPro:

https://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-for-video/how-to-use-audition-in-your-video-workflow/

I can’t compare ProTools side by side with Audition, since I’ve never used ProTools, but consider Audition to be a full-fledged, powerful DAW.

And here are some discussions about using M-Box with Audition – it looks like if you have ASIO drivers, you should be good to go:

https://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=264275

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Steve Martin]

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the links and info. I’ll dive right in!

All my best,
Steve Martin
Omni Productions
Orlando, FL

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[Angelo Lorenzo]

Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe that ASIO is Windows only; Mac OSX doesn’t suffer from the same latency issues. If it shows up as an audio device in OSX then you should be set.

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[Joseph W. bourke]

You are correct, Angelo. CoreAudio is the driving force behind audio on the Mac, and since some audio packages on the Mac use a CoreAudio wrapper around ASIO drivers, there has been an issue come up from time to time, called “core audio bottleneck”, in which latency is messed up, drops, pops, and clicks show up, and other quality limiting problems.

I think Steve should read up on the pitfalls, since he has an older Mac, just to be sure it will run what he’s looking to run. Here’s a good website for all things audio:

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/757286-whats-my-bottleneck-now.html

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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[Steve Martin]

Thanks to both of you for the insights. Actually in my case, I’m replacing my MacPro. It’s so old that I can’t even install CS6 on it (MacOS maxes out at 10.6 or 10.7) and CS6 needs 10.8.

Having been a loyal Apple user for more than a decade, I got tired of waiting for an updated MacPro and refused to spend top dollar on a new (but really old) machine – but that’s a topic for another post! FCPx was the last straw and we moved our main edit suite (Mac Pro circa 2010) to CS6 and have been really happy. Edit Two (which also did double duty as a Pro Tools suite) is the one we’re updating.

We’ve decided to go with a Windows 7 box (cue the sinister Darth Vader music). So far, the CS6 experience has been nearly identical – except much faster given that we were able to use the right video cards.

As we get ready to move the new Win7 box into Edit 2, the only variable was making sure that we could get the same (or similar/better) audio experience to record and edit VOs from our booth. We just need to get audio from the mic in the booth into Audition and audio from Audition (along with a talk back mic) back the talent’s headphone.

Joe, I checked out the link from Adobe regarding hardware and unless I missed it, all I saw was a flow chart to plug a mic directly into the computer. Our current set-up uses an M-Box as an interface and allows us to monitor from the mic source or ProTools playback. I guess I’m looking to do the same with Audition. I’m assuming we can, but trying to nail down as much as possible before I pull the trigger and dismantle old faithful. Maybe I don’t need any additional hardware?

I like how ProTool bundled their software with the hardware – made it super simple. But I’m really digging the integration of CS6 on the visual side of our work (PrPro, AE, PS, etc…) and if I can extend that same integration with audio (which we currently DO NOT have), it’d be sweet!

Still looking for that simple plug and play box – so any success (or horror) stories are most welcomed!

Thanks,
Steve

Production is fun – but lets not forget: Nobody ever died on the video table!

[Joseph W. bourke]

Steve –

Here’s an M-box discussion, but I don’t know whether it’s pertinent to your situation:

https://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=267163

It sounds as if the issues might be the move to 64-bit in Windows, and that the drivers might not work, but someone on there said that their friend was using an M-box successfully, just that there’s no official support for it.

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Joseph W. bourke]

Here’s a bit more – it sounds as if Audition will work with just about any standard hardware input device:

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4104807

If this is for your PC, then the ASIO drivers will do the trick…

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Steve Martin]

Thanks so much Joe – that is EXACTLY what I’ve been searching for – just couldn’t find it. I love the COW pasture. Mmmmooooooooo!

I hope for the opportunity to return the favor one day soon!

All my best,
Steve

Production is fun – but lets not forget: Nobody ever died on the video table!

[Joseph W. bourke]

Oh…don’t worry about that. I have waay more questions than I have answers…Moo to Yoo too…

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com