Recording a Microphone to Adobe Audition Multitrack Session - Video Edit Suite

Overview

This article describes recording a microphone with the MiniFuse 2 interface into Adobe Audition.

• You will need to get an microphone with an XLR connector from Media Loan.
• You will also need an XLR mic cable

Audio Interface

The Video Edit Suites have a MiniFuse 2 audio interface.

• There are two XLR/1/4" mic/instrument inputs on the front.
  • Microphones can be connected to theses inputs with XLR cables.
  • Guitars can be connected with 1/4" cables.
  • Each input has:
    • Gain control
      • Rotate the knob to adjust levels
    • Hi-Z
      • Press when connecting high impedance sources like an electric guitar.
    • Phantom Power
      • Press the 48V button

Recording

Setting Up the MiniFuse 2

1. Turn down the Monitor knob on the MiniFuse 2.
2. Set up a microphone.
3. Plug your microphone into the front of the MiniFuse 2 Input 1
4. Set the preamp levels with the Gain knob.
5. Adjust the gain knob while looking at the LED light on the Input 1 knob.
6. Turn up the gain control until the light is red. Then turn back the gain control until it is blue.
7. Set the Input Monitor Mix knob to 12:00.
8. Set the MiniFuse 2 headphone knob to 2:00.
9. Press the Direct Mono button to hear the microphone signal in both sides of the headphones.
10. Adjust the volumes knob on the headphone amp for each headphone that you are using.
    • If the input meters look good but it’s still hard to hear, try turning up the headphone level.

Monitoring

• Turn down the big knob on the MiniFuse 2
• Connect the headphones to the headphone jack on the MiniFuse 2

Setting Mic Levels

1. Connect the microphone to Input 1 on the MiniFuse 2
2. If it is a condenser mic turn on the phantom power.
   • Press and the 48V button
3. Talk into to the mic.
4. Adjust the gain knob while looking at the LED light on the Input 1 knob.
5. Turn up the gain control until the light is red. Then turn back the gain control until it is blue.

Audition

Create a New Multitrack Session

1. Open Audition from the dock
2. If prompted sign to the Creative Cloud Desktop app with your Evergreen email and password.
   • Adobe Creative Cloud Sign In
3. Go to File > New > Multitrack Session...
4. In the New Multitrack Session window set the following settings
   1. Session Name: use a meaningful name.
   2. Folder Location: Click Browse and select your folder on your Desktop.
   3. Template : None
   4. Sample Rate: 48000
   5. Bit Depth : 24
   6. Master: Stereo
   7. Click OK

Recording

1. Go to the Mixer window
2. On Channel One click on Default Stereo Input and select Mono > System Default - MiniFuse 2: Mic/Line/Inst 1
3. On Channel One click the R button (record)
4. Put on the headphones
5. Turn up the headphone levels on the MiniFuse 2
6. Talk into the microphone and adjust the Gain knob on the Zoom UAC-2 while looking at the meter in Audition
   • Try to get the signal in the yellow but not in the red in Audition.
   • Make sure that the Clip Sig light for Input 1 does not turn red.
7. Click the Record button (Red dot) at the bottom to start recording.
8. Hit the Stop button to stop recording.
9. Repeat as needed.

Playback

• If you need to listen to the audio with the speakers turn off the Input button
  • Click the I button.
• Take off the headphones.
• Now you can turn up the silver output knob ion the Zoom UAC-2 and the listen with the speakers.

Editing and Exporting

• After recording you can edit the audio.
• You will need to export the Multitrack Session to a mono or stereo wav file when you are done
• Read Multitrack Editor - Audition for more details