Help for Audacity on macOS.
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fsk
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by fsk » Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:06 pm
I've attached my audacity info window and a screenshot of my bar. Below is info from audio device info. I tried zapping my pram but that didn't do anything. Thanks again for all your help, you have restored my faith in the
internet.
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From help->audio device info
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Default recording device number: 6
Default playback device number: 4
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Device ID: 0
Device name: Built-in Input
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.003107
Low Playback Latency: 0.010000
High Recording Latency: 0.013265
High Playback Latency: 0.100000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 1
Device name: Built-in Line Input
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.003107
Low Playback Latency: 0.010000
High Recording Latency: 0.013265
High Playback Latency: 0.100000
[attachment=1]audacity_info.png[/attachment]
[attachment=0]bar.png[/attachment]
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 2
Device name: Built-in Output
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0.010000
Low Playback Latency: 0.003923
High Recording Latency: 0.100000
High Playback Latency: 0.014082
Supported Rates:
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==============================
Device ID: 3
Device name: Built-in Line Output
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0.010000
Low Playback Latency: 0.003923
High Recording Latency: 0.100000
High Playback Latency: 0.014082
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 4
Device name: Built-in Line Output
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0.010000
Low Playback Latency: 0.003923
High Recording Latency: 0.100000
High Playback Latency: 0.014082
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 5
Device name: Built-in Digital Output
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0.010000
Low Playback Latency: 0.003923
High Recording Latency: 0.100000
High Playback Latency: 0.014082
Supported Rates:
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==============================
Device ID: 6
Device name: Unknown USB Audio Device
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.007250
Low Playback Latency: 0.010000
High Recording Latency: 0.035250
High Playback Latency: 0.100000
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 7
Device name: Callnote
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0.010000
Low Playback Latency: 0.002000
High Recording Latency: 0.100000
High Playback Latency: 0.016000
Supported Rates:
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==============================
Device ID: 8
Device name: LogMeInSoundDriver
Host name: Core Audio
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0.010000
Low Playback Latency: 0.001451
High Recording Latency: 0.100000
High Playback Latency: 0.011610
Supported Rates:
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==============================
Selected recording device: 6 - Unknown USB Audio Device
Selected playback device: 4 - Built-in Line Output
Supported Rates:
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Available mixers:
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Available recording sources:
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Available playback volumes:
0 - PCM
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Recording volume is native
Playback volume is native
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Gale Andrews on Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:39 am, edited 2 times in total.
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fsk
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by fsk » Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:11 pm
cyrano wrote:Weirdness. Any chance the Mini was of a more recent build than the Mac Pro?
Try resetting the PRAM.
You do that by restarting and holding command - option - p -r keys after the boing. But I guess you probably know that if you upgraded CPU's on a Pro
The pro is from 2012 and the mac mini is from 2014. I tried zapping the pram (the typical fix for almost all mac problems
) but it didn't change anything. Thanks for your help.
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kozikowski
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by kozikowski » Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:28 pm
A festival of outputs.
What's "Callnote" and what's the rest of the output options that got cut off?
Koz
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fsk
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by fsk » Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:35 pm
kozikowski wrote:A festival of outputs.
What's "Callnote" and what's the rest of the output options that got cut off?
Koz
Callnote was a way to record skype calls just in the off chance it was affecting things I removed it completely from the system but it didn't fix the problem. The options are
Built-in Output
Built-in line output
Built-in line output (a second time, this is the driver everything else on the system uses)
Built-in digital output
Logmein sound driver
I've tried each of these and none of them work.
Thanks again.
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cyrano
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by cyrano » Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:40 pm
Then you'll have to delete com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist. You can find that one in:
Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/Audio.
Maybe you've already tried that?
There are routings in your setup that didn't exist when the Mac Pro was young.
EDIT:
And maybe you need to remove com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist too. It's been a while since I've touched a Mac Pro. And they definitely don't resemble any other Mac. The others are all portable, sort of...
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fsk
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by fsk » Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:56 pm
I couldn't find com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist but I removed the other file and still no joy. Thanks for replying, I appreciate the help.
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by kozikowski » Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:52 am
I don't know if this model came with an built in speaker (I'm assuming it did) but it doesn't have one anymore.
So it doesn't Chong when you turn it on?
Koz
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fsk
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by fsk » Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:01 pm
Gale Andrews wrote:Do you need the "LogMeInSoundDriver"?
Have you tried installing Soundflower
https://github.com/mattingalls/Soundflo ... -2.0b2.dmg, setting Soundflower playback to the output device you want to use, then choosing Soundflower as the Audacity playback device?
Gale
I don't need the logmeinsounddriver but I haven't figured out how to remove it (it's not in Library or if it is it's named weirdly). I tried soundflower but still no luck. One weird thing I found (not sure if this helps or not) is that I have os x running on parallels and Audacity works flawlessly in the virtual machine so I'm thinking something went bad when I migrated from the imac to this new computer. Unless anyone has any ideas what I can try next I think I'm going to do a clean reinstall cause I'm pretty sure that will fix the problem.
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who offered help, you've restored my faith in the internet, thank you.
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cyrano
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by cyrano » Sat Jun 17, 2017 10:14 am
What probably goes wrong, is transferring data and settings from a newer machine...
The other way around, it is pretty reliable. Reverse order, I've seen lots of weirdness.
I would try a clean install. The virtual OSX shows it's not a hardware problem.
And, yes, that LogMeIn sound driver is a suspect too. An annoying one, since the dev has gone through the trouble of hiding his stuff. Not nice in my book.
