Hello,
This is the second time I've come to the forums for help with this issue. The first time was 2011, almost right after purchasing CS5.5 when it came out on mac. At that time my 4GB memory macbook pro (10.6.8) was almost brand new. My problem was never resolved, I instead just stopped using the program for a while. But now I really want to figure this out cause it was an expensive program afterall, and I'd like to be able to rely on it for my next project.
So my problem is that Audition is extremely unstable for me, especially during recording, and it always has been right from the beginning. It crashes nonstop, and the recovery mechanism is useless. It has always frozen while attempting to retrieve the lost files (I instead have made it a habit to save my progress after every little change I make). I use a presonus firepod for my interface. Is there anything about the firepod that is incompatible with Audition? Also I record at 48 kHz sample rate, has anyone else had problems with Audition crashing at that rate, as opposed to 44.1 kHz?
My problems during mixing were diagnosed as a sound card problem when I first brought them up here. They include strange clips and pops at the ends and beginnings of clips during playback. Audition does not seem to be able to handle the fade in/out effect. These issues all remain when I mix down a session, which I was told rules out a sound card issue, but I don't know. I find it strange that it would be a soundcard issue, since these problems occured when this macbook pro was brand new, with stock sound card. Unless there are known incompatibilities between Audition and the stock sound cards in macbook pros, I highly doubt it is an issue with my computer. I've never had issues with any other programs running on my computer, including other Adobe products. Audition is just all around not dependable for me.
At one point someone suggested that I may have gotten a corrupted version of CS5.5 or something. I was using the beta for mac version before I purchased the full software, and I remember the beta version being really glitchy and crashing all the time too. I was expecting the real version that I paid big money for to correct these issues, but there was not much difference.
Well, any help would be appreciated. If anyone else has had these problems and found a way to correct them please let me know what you did!