Audition 3 on a Mac??

Hi there Durin,

Thanks for the mention of VMware Fusion as a great way to run any Windows application on a Mac!

Quick point of clarification: None of the virtualization products on the market right now support firewire peripherals passing through to the guest OS.

That is, while you can use VMware Fusion to run a virtual machine whose file package lives on an external firewire drive, the guest operating system for the virtual machine, in this case, Windows, will not be able to see the firewire peripheral.

So if you're running Audition 3 in a Windows XP virtual machine, for example, that Windows XP VM won't be able to read/write to firewire hard drive for example.

Hope that helps, and if you have any questions about VMawre Fusion technical details, our user forums are a great place for those: www.vmware.com/go/fusionforums.

~Pete
VMware Fusion Product Marketing

Do you know that Win XP run really better and faster on a Mac Pro with Boot Camp than a conventionnal PC ?

Thanks, Pete. That is an important point to note, and for users with Firewire gear, starting up Windows via Bootcamp will be the best solution.

It's also important to note that Microsoft's Virtual PC does not support USB devices, so it's probably not the best choice for many of our needs.

Durin

The experience the team has had regarding the speed of running Windows via Boot Camp has been positive. It pretty much depends on the hardware specs of your Mac.

Well gentlemen,

it seems as if either you were both terribly lucky, or I am just terribly unlucky. After installing XP via bootcamp, I must say I have been TERRIBLY disappointed in the performance of Adobe Audition. It doesn't matter if I'm using the Audition Windows sound driver or my ASIO, it's extremely choppy and distorted at random.

I bought this brand new Macbook Pro with the new 2.4GHz Penryn & 4GB DDR2 Ram (I know that only 3GB is accessible in Windows) with high hopes..

needless to say I'm quite saddened that I can't use my favorite software.

:(

Joey

Well gentlemen,

it seems as if either you were both terribly lucky, or I am just terribly unlucky. After installing XP via bootcamp, I must say I have been TERRIBLY disappointed in the performance of Adobe Audition. It doesn't matter if I'm using the Audition Windows sound driver or my ASIO, it's extremely choppy and distorted at random.

I bought this brand new Macbook Pro with the new 2.4GHz Penryn & 4GB DDR2 Ram (I know that only 3GB is accessible in Windows) with high hopes..

needless to say I'm quite saddened that I can't use my favorite software.

:(

Joey

Hi Joey,

I just quickly verified on one of the Macbook Pro's in the office that playback wasn't choppy or distorted, so maybe we can investigate a bit and see what's going on. Once booted into Windows, Audition should behave as if it was running on a really nice system - even with the default drivers and settings.

Let's concentrate first on the default Audition Windows Sound driver and the built-in audio card. If you open Audition, switch to Edit View, select Edit > Audio Hardware Preferences, make sure "Audition Windows Sound" is selected as the driver, and open the control panel dialog. It should display "Sigmatel Audio" as the default audio device. Make certain the buffer size is set to 2048 and click OK a few times. Open a file and press play and see if audio is still distorted or choppy.

If so, then we need to diagnose further before trying to look into ASIO drivers and whatnot. If you could send an e-mail to audbugs@adobe.com and let me know your results, we can continue to troubleshoot and get this running as expected.

Thanks,
Durin

Joey,

I'm with you there. When I bought my Mac awhile back, I was so excited to get Bootcamp so I could use Audition with it. It's so choppy... and I'm so disappointed.

Marnie

"We love our Macs, but a few of us are not loving that Audition still runs only on Windows. However, with an Intel-based Mac running Leopard and a copy of 32-bit releases of Windows XP or Windows Vista, Boot Camp could be the answer for you. In fact, our team has found that running Audition 3 in Boot Camp is no different than running it in Windows on a laptop or desktop with good hardware specs..."

This is too true. The one improvement over running AA at completely native speeds in bootcamp that I think is foremost in many users' minds is, not having to use bootcamp or deal with any windows operating system. The reason I left windows, and I suspect this is true of many among us, is that I never want to have to use it again.
Dual-booting or VM'ing is NOT an acceptable mode of operations in this case.

I appreciate that it is difficult to port AA from its windows trench to the Mac OS, and that alone is a reasonable reason why Adobe does not want to take the time and spend the money necessary to do such a thing, but it is insulting to suggest that wasting 10 Gigabytes on a Windows partition and booting back and forth between what one clearly sees as a superior versus inferior system experience, is "no different" from running it natively in OS X.

I know the quoted text above is out of context and that the full quote reads: "no different than running it in Windows...." But that is the key point isn't it? Mac users do not want to use windows. It is frustrating and addlepated, antiquated and clunky.

Just as it is reasonable for Adobe to withhold the port of this program, it is completely reasonable for me to continue to complain about it. Come on Adobe! I have money in my pocket that I am waiting to give to you.

It is in the best interest of Apple-lovers and -haters alike to have this port competed: for the former it allows them REAL access to the most advanced and powerful DAW available, and for the latter it would show that formerly exclusively PC program can kick the pants out of a recently exclusively Mac one (i.e. the ludicrously misnamed "Logic Pro").

I am left only with text-based-begging... please please please please please ... PLEASE make it so.

At my University we'll NOT be upgrading to VistaME but are migrating everyone to OS/X.

Respectfully Adobe...it's 2008, please port Audition to Mac!

Hi,

I personally like running Audition on Fusion for the Mac. I have this on my intel iMac and it runs beautifully. It is also a kick to have it run simultaneously with the Mac programs. I can have my XP up and running in one large window and simply move back and forth between xp pro and mac osx (no rebooting required). Fusion also accesses my usb jumpdrives and my CD/DVD's.

Hello,

Please port Audition to the mac, I have a firewire audio interface which I'd like to record my mixes from. Cash waiting!!

James.

I Agree with many of the comments above. I went from a PC to a Mac in the hopes I would NEVER have to deal with Microsoft EVER again. I have office 2008 for mac and wouldn't you know it is the only program that doesn't run flawlessly on my Mac. Every time my friend tried to install Windows his Mac, Windows caused major issues. He took it off and it all ran smoothly. i am noticing a trend. Mac good, Microsoft bad, no matter what platform your on!! Do us all a favor, Bring Audition to Mac. I love editing with it and the only thing I hated was that windows seemed to limit the ease of use and effectiveness of the program.

Ok ok ok...

Enough with the Fanboi crud. If you love your Mac/Linux/Windows great.

It's becoming like politics and the choice/pro-life debates... you know, the people who yell (or type) the loudest... are the most brainwashed, insecure, minority that makes everyone else (even if they are on their side) cringe.

I own both.

Neither is universaly more stable...

Each has it's advantages.

Request software to be ported on your OS of choice, but Grow up... no side is "Bad" or "Evil"...

(Insert eye roll here)

i had forgotten about that post...haha

well after alot of research i ended up installing vista via bootcamp....and as long as you disable the wifi card/graphics card...and kbdmgr, the choppiness is gone and the program works pretty good.

still pretty lame adobe wont bring it to mac though.

-joey

Hello,
I have bought three Mac books for the Wife and Daughters. First ever. After running them for almost a year I am sold on them. I will keep PC's in my office and Mac's for the house. Now when the new MAC book pro comes out I will be running Audition on it. I hope to have a Mac based version of it. If you can do this for me Adobe I will give you Free front seat tickets to the Grass Valley BlueGrass festival and a signed copy of our new CD.

Best Regards, Dan

Less than a month ago I switched...to MAC that is. I have been a PC user since the early 90's. I have four dedicated PCs on my network and attach two more laptops when necessary.

I just bought a MAC Pro because of what I've heard about it being robust, ease of use, etc. So far I am enjoying the experience. And the learning curve is not as steep as I first feared.

I am however a bit disappointed that I cannot get AA 3.0 for MAC. I just purchased a cross platform upgrade to Production Premium CS4 and was told by the sales rep that Soundbooth would be easier to use. I downloaded the trial and do not have a clue as to where to begin.

I have used Audition since it was Cool Edit Pro. So I am accustomed to moving up with the changes. I don't relish the thought of having to first of all purchase AA 3.0 as a separate upgrade and then running it in windows.

I sure wish Adobe would listen to its longtime customers....like me and others...and make AA 3.0 available for MAC. I am still learning so I suppose I will just need to bite the bullet and make the adjustment:(

I really could use a copy of this for my Mac.

I understand the politics may be a bid dodgy....

So, is Audition ever going to be available for OS X?

Thanks,
Russ

I will just be adding my name to the list here. Switched to a Mac and would like AA 3.0 for OS X. I don't want to have to keep my old HP. I'd rather not have to install Windows on my pretty new Mac either.

I have the newest Macbook pro with a 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB Ram. Im running my Virtual PC with Vista buisness trying to get Adobe Audition just to play tracks and I cant seem to get it to work?

It doesnt want to playback; it warns that maybe my card doesnt support the necessary playback. I get the following error:

Device: Speakers (Creative AudioPCI (ES1371, ES1373)

Errorcode: FFA-8-000d [888900f]
info: Playback failed. The audio system does not seem to respond. Maybe card does not support full duplex mode.

Any ideas as to what im doing wrong?

Hi Bryan,
Have you tried running this using VMWare Fusion or Parallels? We haven't tested this on Virtual PC. My understanding is Virtual PC is not supported on Intel-based Macs.

You could also trying using Boot Camp on Leopard instead.

Regards,
Lawson

I'm NOT installing Windows on my new Macbook. I work at a radio station and I wanted to do some editing on my own and I'm using a Mac for Final Cut. Please have a version of Audition for Mac. This is redonkulous.

I am returning to windows because of this issue.

I was ready to buy Audition until I learned that it doesn't run on OS. While I understand that Adobe doesn't want to pay for cross platform development of a specialized product, it strikes me as bad form for a company that positions itself as supporting creative types. Some folks don't want to buy or install Windows--and touting workarounds, i.e. "run it using Bootcamp", is offering patches, not solutions.

Just adding my 2 cents. I just bought the latest and greatest Macbook pro and have been a long time cool edit/audition user. my opinion: come on already Adobe, grow a brain and give us a Mac version of audition. theres money to be made !!!

I'd just like to say I appreciate Adobe Audition 3.0 only being on Windows.

It's obvious all the development has gone into making this the best program and it just happened to be via windows because that's how it started out.

It would take a significant amount of development in an area that isn't focused on the program itself but on porting it to a different os.

It's just a shame that Windows is so virus and especially spyware/malware prone, because I need to use internet on my daw because i download new sounds from the net all the time.

I still commend Adobe (and cool edit) for creating this amazing program and continuing to develop it, better multi-band compressor then pro-tools plugins and wonderful editing tools.

I haven't recorded/arranged on it yet though, but plan to.

I don't mind Windows other then the internet threats and occasional compatability issues.

Well well... It's almost July and no sign of Audition for Mac. I've got a mac and eagerly wait for a native version of Audition. We use Audition 3.0 at uni is very very impressive! But it's on windows...

lol @ macs touting to be the 'best' for creative types, and yet doesn't even have arguably the best audio sofware aka adobe audition available for it.

Hi guys, I recently bought me a Mac, under the belief there would be good audio editing software since I have been a long time user of Cool Edit/Audition, and now I have felt disappointed when I found out there was no way to make run my windows version using the virtual machines software.

So I have left using my mac because of this and turned back to my Windows machine.

BTW, did you know that OpenPC platforms under Windows run a "hackintosh" version of Leopard faster than macs itselves?

Just my 2 cents.

PLEASE make AA available for Mac. It's eevn better than Protools, the 'stanadard' for most profesional audio editors. I will never understand why Protools requires real time 'bouncing' of my audiomix. It's a waste of time.

Seriously adobe! Create a mac version!! You know this software is the best one out there. That's why you bought it right?!! Release a mac version and you will take over the mac market too. This program is the shit! Much better than pro tools, cake walk or any other app!

Please have a mac version ready for CS5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please please please...port auditon on mac. A lot of people need this.

I will be the first to buy it!

Pleaseeeeeeeee do it!

I will be a second to buy it!!!!
What's going on? It's so hard to understand, that Mac is better computer than PC and lot of people NEED AUDITION ON MAC, 'COS IT'S THE BEST RECORDING PROGRAM ON PERSONAL COMPUTER???

Do you need to hear it again? Not having Audition on my Mac is COSTING me 'cos I have to hire facilities to use it. It's been a year and a half since the first request - how's it coming? Love Audition. Love my Mac. Don't wanna have to buy another computer to run it (mind you my Sony software would at last be useful if I did.. why do they only make Sonic Stage for Windows??}.

So has anyone had any luck finding other audio edit software similar? I downloaded Audacity but seems there's bits missing. Like anything but split, cut & paste!

Does anyone at Adobe even read this blog? Id like to see a corporate response to this obvious demand!!
~Z

Same. Love Audition. Want it for my Mac.

I agree with Ezra and many others. There is a large Apple audience that is praying to see Adobe Audition ported to the mac. If you could again pass this along to the higher ups so that they may realize this then that would greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Jamus

I would pay big money to have audition for Mac. Adobe has long been good to the Mac community, but this omission is a major problem. PLEASE HELP US OUT.

Audition for Mac. 2010.

A D O B Eee
Port Audition to MAC

An official statement from ADOBE is here required...
rather then keeping silent on this issue!

Is their a plan to port Audition on Mac?

Or Audition is sentenced... and Soundbooth is the way forward?
I cannot understand how Adobe compare Sundbooth to Audition? It is like comparing nothing to everything!

Frank

I bought Audition last year for my PC after using Cool Edit Pro for years. LOVED IT. I bought a Macbook Pro last week. LOVING IT

I am returning my first-ever macbook pro because I need Audition. That's actually why I bought a new computer- so I could run it smoothly, as I am embarking on a new music project. And I need to use an external audio interface (which connects via USB). Apparently running Audition via Bootcamp/Windows means I can't use USB inputs?

I can't believe I have to return my flawless macbook pro and exchange it for a piece of plastic junk in order to use a flawless adobe program.

Am I missing something? please help.

confused,
Travis

Windows shouldn't have any problem accessing USB devices under Bootcamp - for all intents and purposes, you are just running Windows on a very well-equipped laptop. Make sure you've installed the Bootcamp drivers from Apple, and you'll probably need to install the drivers offered from the audio device manufacturer, but there's certainly no limitation I'm aware of. Even Firewire devices should work flawlessly under Bootcamp.

Now there ARE some limitations when using VMWare or Parallels, both of which are virtualized Windows environments running within OS X. But even here, USB devices shouldn't completely fail though performance may not be as wonderful as it could be.

Can you describe the problem you're experiencing and what devices you're having trouble with? Feel free to e-mail me at audbugs@adobe.com if you'd like to discuss this via e-mail.

Durin
Adobe Audition

I work for AV dept. at my school and I want to switch to macs because I'm a mac guy, but we use Audition and the fact that there's no Mac version of Audition is really a BIG concern because I can't imagine working w/out Audition...

I've been using Audition since it was Cool Edit v0.7. That's a long time. I know the programme backwards. No other programme comes close. I have recently switched to a Mac and have Production Premium CS4 - which is excellent, thank you Adobe for brilliant products. Everything is rosey. Except for the lack of Audition.

I don't understand why you can't comment on the 'roadmap' for the product? Surely you know? Surely we, as the loyal customers we are, deserve to know?

Irregular updates and no news. We are the people who use your products - yet we're left feeling like you don't care about the programme or our needs. How is this good?

I remember requesting features from David (Johnston - I think), the chap who made the original Cool Edit way back in the early nineties and he would actually respond and talk to us. I don't understand why is it so difficult for an organisation like Adobe to do the same?

For the love of Adobe, please port audition to the mac!!!!

I work for a radio station and we are an all Mac shop. Right down to our automation software... it is ALL run on Macs. It put us in a crunch upon finding out that Adobe Audition still does not have a version for Mac. This has got to happen sooner or later (hopefully sooner... Adobe????)

PLEASE develop a Mac version so we can do away with the one band-aid we have in an otherwise clean setup!