Multiple microphones recording at the same time in Audition

[stuartt39586239]

I use a Plantronics headset with built in microphone to record audio files.  Can I plug another similar headset into my computer so that TWO people can record an interview?  I'd appreciate it if answers could be sent to:  sturgel@cox.net.  Thanks!

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

You haven't said whether this is corded or USB, but whichever it is, this will be difficult unless you have a sound device that will handle two of them; I'm not aware of any. Generally this would be a pretty bad way to record an interview anyway! We don't send answers anywhere, I'm afraid - forum replies only.

[stuartt39586239]

Thanks for the reply.  The headset is USB.  I guess I would need some kind of audio mixer.  I'll continues to research this.

[ryclark · Accepted solution]

Not necessarily an audio mixer but at least an audio interface that will handle more than one normal wired microphone at a time. There are many USB interfaces with at least two built in mic preamps and headphone outputs which can easily be plugged into a PC at a wide range of prices. There are also fairly simple mixers that will do the same with built in USB connectivity.

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[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

stuartt39586239  wrote

The headset is USB. 

That's the one you're going to have trouble with, especially as it's a headset. To do this properly you'd need wired mics and a mixer, and there are plenty of solutions to that. USB mics are essentially single devices that plug into a single USB socket, and have no means of syncing to another one's clock - hence the problem. There's a very crude solution using ASIO4ALL and re-sampling one device, but trying to make that work with monitoring - I rate the chances of that working being close to zero, and even if you could hear anything, you couldn't control it.

[stuartt39586239]

Thank you for your information.