Re: Audition 1.5 Sound Card Error

[Th...@adobeforums.com]

I'm Using Audition 1.5 with Vista works great no problems. I am have a problem using my realtec sound card. I cant seem to get good volume I have tried all the setting and mic boot But it sounds bad. I even hooked up my Sure studio Mic . I'm using a dell PC Not sure what to do . Do I need a pre amp any ideas anyone?

[Wild...@adobeforums.com]

Thom, If it's a Realtek sound card, you really need to buy a better audio interface. Realtek is usually cheap on-board audio designed for use for things like video messaging, not for pro audio.

A preamp might help with levels but you'll still struggle for quality, you really need some sort of device from a known decent maker.

What you get depends on what exactly you want to record, what you want to connect and what mics you are planning to use.

[richard...@adobeforums.com]

I am running Vista with Realtec on a Dell computer and am also getting the error: A device ID has been used that is out of range for your system." From reading the above discussion I can't discern exactly what the solution was, if any. Do I need to upgrade to Adobe 3.0?

Thanks for your help

[Wild...@adobeforums.com]

I don't think you need to upgrade to 3.0, although with Vista being certain of anything is dangerous.

Here's what I would do. First close AA 1.5, then....
Go to Vista's Control Panel-> Sound, choose the Recording tab and check that you have some inputs showing and enabled and also have little level meters shown to the right of the listed inputs. There are various options with these inputs - they may say "Working", "Disabled", "Not plugged in" and so on. If you don't see inputs, right click on the blank space in the Sound panel and make sure you are set to show Disabled and Disconnected devices.
In the panel, if you see no meters, they may appear if you randomly select and deselect inputs.

Then start AA 1.5 and go to Options-> Device properties->Wave In and make sure something like Realtek is selected and Use in Edit View and Try as WDM are ticked. Then open Device Order in the Options menu and make sure that the Realtek device is at the top of the list in the Recording devices tab.

It all then ought to work. Note that you may need to have something plugged into an input to make it visible to Vista and hence AA.

Let us know what happens.

[richard...@adobeforums.com]

Thanks for your quick reply. When I connected something to the microphone, the error message "A device ID has been used that is out of range for your system" disappeared (I suggested you change your error message to tell the user to check if he has anything connected).

Then I made the configuration changes you suggested. Note that Realtec did not show up in your Adobe config windows for input devices until I connected something to the microphone. Then I started to record. It seemed to pick up the sound okay inasmuch as the green bars flashed at the expected length. However, all I recorded was static (short squiggles in the middle of the vertical axis). Is this an audio card quality problem? Thanks for your help.

[richard...@adobeforums.com]

I forgot to mention in my last message that in Vista I set the microsoft level to 91 and the boost to 90 db

[Wild...@adobeforums.com]

I agree that the message about the Device ID is misleading, but it is probably as good as you will ever get. The problem is that this input-detection function on the Realtek and other low-end cards is a complete pain with any decent recording software. It is utterly hopeless having system changes like this as you plug an unplug microphone or line inputs.

WRT the actual recording, am I right to assume that you have the green bars flashing on the Vista recording panel, but no level on the AA1.5 green level meters? If so you may need to double check the Device Order and related settings in AA. What are you plugging into this Mic input? Line level might be overloading it massively.

I don't really know much about the level settings you refer to. I think they vary between different Realtek cards anyway. Certainly the two laptops here with Vista and Realtek operate differently from each other. I don't actually use the realtek cards for any serious audio.

[richard...@adobeforums.com]

The problem was a cabling issue. So the only issue I had as far as Adobe is concerned is the fact that I got the error message when I had nothing plugged into the microphone. All other issues were cockpit problems.

There is a minor issue with your forum, however. When I do a post message it asks me to log in and after I do so it asks me whether I want to transfer to some other forum. After that, my message does not seem to post and I have back up and write my message again and do the post one more time. I don't need support on this, just thought I would mention it.

Thanks for all your help.

[ltjun...@gmail.com]

12/30/13 - This was very helpful for me. Running Windows 7 and Adobe Audition 1.5, I was getting the error: "a device id has been used that is out of range for your system" when trying to record. Your post indicated to me that the Reaktek HD Audio (6.0.1.5919) driver was looking for input devices that were not installed (front and rear mics and line in). I went into the control panel and right-clicked on each of those devices to disable them. Then I right-clicked on Stereo Mix to enable that, and that fixed it. It's also worth noting you may need to right click and "show disabled devices" or something like that to be sure all devices are visible. Thanks Richard!