1 Reply Latest reply: Jan 26, 2011 7:51 AM by Bill Hunt RSS

    Why is my mic suddenly not working in PPro CS4?

    cooleon Community Member

      Hi

       

      I have a mac running CS4 Premiere Pro.

       

      I'm using a SM57 mic which I plug into a pre-amp to boost the sound and then from this box I plug into the line-in slot on my mac. I'm recording simple voice-overs over silent footage.

       

      It's all been working beautifully. But now it's not receiving any sound (the green bars don't move) and I can't work out why.

       

      It's not the pre-amp, cables or mic - they all work fine through garageband (but the sound quality isn't nearly as good so I don't want to use that and then export to PPro)

       

      I'm certain I have set it up as I always have done. I'm completely baffled as to what has gone wrong.

       

      Any suggestions much appreciated...

        • 1. Re: Why is my mic suddenly not working in PPro CS4?
          Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

          When something works one day, but not the next, then something has changed. The task is to find out what has changed. My first guess would be that an Audio Hardware setting in PrPro has changed, Edit>Preferences>Audio Hardware. The second would be that something has changed in the OS, but as the mic still functions in other programs, but not in PrPro, I moved this down to #2, for possible causes.

           

          Check the Audio Hardware settings in PrPro, and maybe upload screen-caps of the dialog screens, so that others can see the settings, if nothing jumps out at you.

           

          If nothing is wrong in Audio Hardware, I would Delete, Move or Rename the Preferences file for PrPro. I will not even try to talk you though that on a Mac, as I will certainly mess things up, being a PC-guy. PrPro will regenerate a new Preferences file, though you will have to then manually adjust those, as you require, since it will be the install default Preferences. Maybe a Mac-user can give you directions on how to do this. On a PC, one would just hold down the Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys, while doing the full launch of the program, all the way through that launch. Or, they could go into the folder structure, and locate the Preferences file, and either Deleting it, Moving it, or Renaming it.

           

          Good luck,

           

          Hunt