Live Monitoring - Adobe Audition 1.5

[mcp6453[_2_]]

Is it true that there is no way to monitor the input signal when using Adobe
Audition 1.5? I finally got my reel-to-reel going and am getting ready to start
dubbing some reels to digital. Since the only mixer I have is a Mackie 1402VLZ
with its horrible summing bus headroom problem, I went straight from the reel to
the M-Audio Audiophile 2448 audio card inputs. Unless I listen through the
headphone jacks on the reel, I have no way of cuing the tape to dub.

So far all of the recording I've done in Audition has been in the Edit mode. If
you cannot monitor the input, how do people do punch-ins when recording in the
multitrack mode?

Does Audacity allow live input monitoring? Do you have another recommendation?
Since I'm copying 44.1/16, the software shouldn't be too critical.

[PStamler]

Y-connector on the tape machine's output, into the Mackie, which is
for monitoring only.

Peace,
Paul

[Arny Krueger]

"mcp6453" > wrote in message
...

> Is it true that there is no way to monitor the input signal when using
> Adobe
> Audition 1.5?

Input signal monitoring is one of those things that is best done with as
little software as possible placed into the signal path.

Many audio interfaces have monitor outputs.

> I finally got my reel-to-reel going and am getting ready to start
> dubbing some reels to digital. Since the only mixer I have is a Mackie
> 1402VLZ
> with its horrible summing bus headroom problem, I went straight from the
> reel to
> the M-Audio Audiophile 2448 audio card inputs. Unless I listen through the
> headphone jacks on the reel, I have no way of cuing the tape to dub.

I think you are confused about your priorities. The input summing bus
problem on Mackie consoles is not so bad that it can't be used for cuing.
This isn't a mastering session!

> So far all of the recording I've done in Audition has been in the Edit
> mode.

You should try multitrack mode and see if it is more to your liking.
Restricting yourself to edit mode in Cool Edit/Audition is like buying a
Corvette and driving it only in first gear.

> If you cannot monitor the input, how do people do punch-ins when recording
> in the
> multitrack mode?

Condescend to use the console for what it is designed for?

[JT[_3_]]

You can monitor it on audition 1.5 but if you've got a problem like what I'm
having, that becomes impossible - after 50 minutes of 44.1 kHz 16 bit stereo
recording my meters will shut off, the counter will reset to zero, but won't
record over what I've already done. Would anyone know what I can do to solve
this issue? Stock pentium 4 system with 2 gig ram and 3 hard drives, two of
which are used for audio, all ntfs formatted, windows xp home with service
pack 3.





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[Arny Krueger]

"JT" > wrote in message
u
> You can monitor it on audition 1.5 but if you've got a
> problem like what I'm having, that becomes impossible -
> after 50 minutes of 44.1 kHz 16 bit stereo recording my
> meters will shut off, the counter will reset to zero, but
> won't record over what I've already done. Would anyone
> know what I can do to solve this issue? Stock pentium 4
> system with 2 gig ram and 3 hard drives, two of which are
> used for audio, all ntfs formatted, windows xp home with
> service pack 3.

I've had similar problems with Cool Edit Pro while simply recording. I found
that changing recording devices helped. The total symptom package made me
suspect that there was a storage management problem. Therefore, the problem
may have not had anything to do with CEP/Audition at all. Audition was
heavily CEP-based until release 2.0.