All audio and device drivers should be up to date. ![]() My laptop runs under Windows 10 Education (Version 1903). " Adobe Audition could not find a supported audio device. As soon as I want to start the program, the following error message appears (see screenshot): About 2002 or ‘03, I started digital audio editing with Cool Edit Pro, changed to Audition 1.0 when Adobe bought CEP, and faithfully upgraded through versions 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 until I retired five years ago.I've recently downloaded and installed the Adobe Audition 3.0 software released by Adobe in 2013 for free, and unlocked it using the publicly accessible universal serial number.īut now I have a massive problem. Adobe no longer allows it! How can Adobe refuse to allow me to use something, however old, that I paid for? I can understand them no longer offering updates and discontinuing support for older versions like this, but how can a company unilaterally rescind a purchase? The other day I wanted to do a little audio editing for my grandkids so I tried to install 2.0 or 3.0 from archived executable programs, using original passwords and identification. Suppose you have a car that you haven’t driven for five years. ![]() It runs fine and you only need to go to the store. When you attempt to drive it, the manufacturer won’t let you. Is the legal clock ticking on my use of them as well? What’s the difference? Is there something in the pages of fine print, that we all agree to, that allows Adobe to do this? I also have old copies of Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements. The final insult came today from chat support who glibly advised me to just upgrade to Cloud Whatever. I don’t want or need anything newer, I don’t want to spend any more money, and if I do, why would Adobe think it would be with them? Why not use Audacity or something similar? After using Audition for about 15 years, I am very proficient with it. ![]() I am now 70 years old and do not want to learn a new software just to do a little simple editing. Besides, I am shocked about this and just stubborn enough to pursue it a little further. It just seems wrong.īreif history: Audition 3's activation server was switched off many, many years ago, and for a long time Adobe had a place where you could download a copy of Audition 3 effectively for free, with a universal serial number that worked with it - original serial numbers not working any more, as you've discovered. Anyway, that was the get-around for ages. Upon advice from the Adobe legal suits, and for reasons that we're not allowed to discuss, pretty much all Adobe software available was restricted to being the current version, and its -1 version only. So, as it was several versions back, Audition 3 had to go. All I can say is that if you can find a copy of that version anyware with its serial number, it will generally work fine on newer operating systems, but it's not a big fan of Windows 10. I can't tell you where to look, but Wayback when, somebody said it was still available. ![]() You paid for a licence to install one copy of Audition on a machine, and that's all. You never owned it - unlike the car, that you did own - read the small print. As for using the Cloud versions - well you'll like that even less, as that's a rental model and you get a time-limited licence with it.
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