Audacity Forum

rtomasov wrote:Cyrano, Gale, Steve et alia (if any)
I don't see why this thread is here,
Please, don't explain why; I'm already at the end of my tether with my issue unresolved and probably unresolvable issue and prefer not to get crazy because of sidetracking

I take the point, rtomasov, however some of this may be tangentially relevant to anyone else experiencing device problems on OS X and searching the Forum for help. This isn't one-to-one support just for you. Unlike Apple, we've tried to help you a lot, despite this doesn't seem to be an Audacity issue.

Is this a new Mac now or the same Mac? If it's a new Mac with combined audio input and output, you can get an iPhone headset for it.


Gale

rtomasov wrote:
Cyrano, Gale, Steve et alia (if any)
I don't see why this thread is here,
Please, don't explain why; I'm already at the end of my tether with my issue unresolved and probably unresolvable issue and prefer not to get crazy because of sidetracking

I take the point, rtomasov, however some of this may be tangentially relevant to anyone else experiencing device problems on OS X and searching the Forum for help. This isn't one-to-one support just for you. Unlike Apple, we've tried to help you a lot, despite this doesn't seem to be an Audacity issue.
Is this a new Mac now or the same Mac? If it's a new Mac with combined audio input and output, you can get an iPhone headset for it.
Gale

Gale, I'm well aware you've helped me a lot after I've started this thread which was directly related to Audacity if you remember the initial issue with Audacity seemingly taking control of audio output device.
What I was not aware of is, this may be tangentially relevant to anyone else experiencing device problems on OS X and searching the Forum for help.
I'm sorry for the oversight.
Thank you

steve wrote:

cyrano wrote:Because Apogee is/was the only manufacturer using FW audio class.

MOTU (previously "Mark of the Unicorn"), RME, Focusrite, Lexicon, UAD ("Universal Audio") and more recently Behringer, and no doubt others too.

Behringer, yes. Forgot about the FCA202. There could be a couple of others too.

But I've never seen a Motu or an UAD work without drivers. Don't know about Lexicon. And I'm absolutely certain RME doesn't use the Firewire class audio drivers. You couldn't even switch on phantom power, set gain, or do another couple of things without the RME driver. It is true though, that you can use recent RME USB devices in standalone mode with the USB class compliant mode driver, fi with an ipad or a phone. But you need to set them up first. And you can use the Firewire RME devices in standalone mode too, as a mixer, but not as a class compliant interface. I guess it is much the same for MOTU and UAD.

Keeping it simple, Apple has made it rather complex for pro interfaces...