output sound volume

[Gale Andrews]

Don't you believe it could help your reading the .cfg file?

Already answered. You posted the Audio Device Info which I asked for, which lets us see all your audio devices. The audacity.cfg file has much less information of relevance.

I understand you deleted audacity.cfg which would make all your settings default, and the problem continued. We know what the defaults are.

You would need to tell me how to upload it.

Already answered. It just needs renaming to "audacity.txt" (without quotes) then attached as you attached the Audio Device Info.


Gale

[rtomasov]

Don't you believe it could help your reading the .cfg file?

Already answered. You posted the Audio Device Info which I asked for, which lets us see all your audio devices. The audacity.cfg file has much less information of relevance.
I understand you deleted audacity.cfg which would make all your settings default, and the problem continued. We know what the defaults are.

You would need to tell me how to upload it.

Already answered. It just needs renaming to "audacity.txt" (without quotes) then attached as you attached the Audio Device Info.
Gale

Some news: sound output selection and volume went back to normal after uninstalling Soundflower.

Regarding uploading the .cfg file, a .txt file would not be allowed; I've tried it, see screenshot.

Thank you,
Ruben

[Gale Andrews]

Some news: sound output selection and volume went back to normal after uninstalling Soundflower.

If you need Soundflower you could try reinstalling it. At least you know that uninstalling it again would solve any problems it creates.

Regarding uploading the .cfg file, a .txt file would not be allowed; I've tried it, see screenshot.

As explained previously, don't put quotes round the extension. It works with .txt extension, even on Mac.


Gale

[rtomasov]

You could uninstall and reintstall Soundflower for sure. In the /Applications/Soundflower/ folder, double-click "Uninstall Soundflower.scpt". In the window that opens, press the "Run" button. You should see "Done!" in the results, indicating that the uninstallation completed satisfactorily.
Gale

What would uninstalling sunflower do?
I don't believe sunflower is the culprit.

Nobody has a rational explanation for what is happening so you may have to think a little outside the box.

Soundflower is a kernel extension so has considerable scope to make system changes. We don't even know which version of Soundflower you have or whether it is appropriate for Snow Leopard. Early versions of Soundflower were very buggy.

Gale

It worked.
Thanks Gale
Ruben

[rtomasov]

Gale Andrews wrote:

rtomasov wrote:
I still prefer OS X 10.6.8 and would not give it up until I'm forced to buy a new Mac.

Gale Andrews wrote:Audacity will sooner or later drop support for OS X 10.6 because it impedes developing Audacity for current macOS. It will happen as soon as we fix enough bugs to make a good "final version" for Snow Leopard.
Gale

Hello Gale,
It's been a long time since my latest post and many things have happened.
1-The Sennheiser USB headphones I’ve sent for repair were sent back to me in a new package; no reason was given but, they must have been malfunctioning.
They sounded fine when I first tried them, sound volume was OK.
Then they stopped sounding well; the sound volume is about 50% or less than the sound volume one gets from the internal speakers using a plugged-in standard headphone.
The only difference from what I’ve written on my first post is, I don’t need to select the output device in Audacity in order to listen through a different device selected in System Prefs.

2-I’ve taken the big step and upgraded to macOS X 10.11.6 El Capitan.
The upgrading has had no effect on the output sound volume when listening through the Sennheiser headphones.
I have twice repeated the procedure you or Cyrano have suggested deleting the .plist in /Library/Preferences/Audio but to no effect.

I’ve written to Sennheiser about a week ago telling them about the persisting problem with their headphones but have not gotten any reply yet.

Can only hope to get more help from you if at all possible.

Thank you an best regards,
Ruben

[Gale Andrews]

Sorry but I cannot fix your headphones or make them compatible with Mac. The Apple forums might have some further ideas of things you can try. They may suggest resetting the SMC.


Gale

[rtomasov]

Sorry but I cannot fix your headphones or make them compatible with Mac. The Apple forums might have some further ideas of things you can try. They may suggest resetting the SMC. Gale

I've posted the issue on the Apple forums but never got a reply.
As to resetting the SMC, this function doesn't address the issue.
Thanks

[Gale Andrews]

Does rebooting the Mac enable the headphones to work at full volume again, at least for a while?


Gale

[rtomasov]

Does rebooting the Mac enable the headphones to work at full volume again, at least for a while?
Gale

No, it doesn't

[cyrano]

Have you tried zapping the pram? Hold down option-command-p-r right after the startup sound to do so...