Audio MIDI Configuration Files

Does anyone know where the Audio MIDI .cfg files are stored now? I just moved from 10.5.8 Leopard. Thanks.

That's not the one?
I've never used AMS for saving MIDI files, so I wouldn't know, but THAT'S the MIDI configuration folder.
(Mac HD/Library/Audio/MID Configurations)

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Finding audio-midi setup files after user account has been moved

I brought my MacBook Pro to the Apple Store and without my knowledge, they created a new user account and moved everything over. This has caused a lot of headaches, the latest being that my Digital Performer prefs are set back to factory and my detailed audio midi setups are gone.
Does anyone know where the audio midi setup files might be located on the HD so I can reattach them to the app?
Thanks.
Scott

Having the same problem on 10.9.2: When I restart, the Audio Midi Setup settings are reset.

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How does one configure Audio MIDI Setup?
With every reboot of the system, the values revert to 44100.0 Hz, 2ch-24bit integer. I suppose these are the default values, but my most used software (Finale 2012) requires the Built-in Output to be set to 44100.0 Hz, 2ch-16bit integer. It is a real pain having to dig into the Utilities folder, boot the Audio MIDI Setup and reset the values every single day.
Is there a way I can make the required values stick through reboots or modify the default values? Thanks in advance!

Ok, this is pretty simple to fix. First of all, even if there's a breakout cable at the Firebox for both midi and S/PDIF, you're not connected on S/PDIF but on the midi in. This is not related to your problem but important to know.
Now, to the problem: you use two different interfaces: the Firebox and the computer built-in. Since those are two different drivers and Logic can talk to only one driver at once, you have to set-up an Aggregate Device in AMS. Open AMS, select the audio tab and from the audio menu, select Open Aggregate Device Editor. There, create a new device with both the Presonus and the built-in. Now, all you have to do is going back to Logic, open the audio preferences, select the drivers tab and select the aggregate device.

Audio Midi Setup - Configure to enable line-in "thru"

Hello,
I have an external audio device connected to my iMac via the line-in interface. I would like to be able to listen to this device without having to start an audio editing application.
I noticed in the "Audio MIDI Setup" under the "Audio Devices" tab, there are checkboxes at the bottom for "Volume Slider" for Mute and Thru.
I have read on various forums that you can click "Thru" and the line-in audio will passthru so you can hear it with your speakers. The only problem is those checkboxes are greyed out.
Is there a way to check the "Thru" option? Why is it greyed out for the Channel "Master"? Is there a way to force this by adding an item in the plist file for the coreaudio setup?
If you can open up an application and hear the "line in" audio, then why can't you enable it by default so the line-in is always playing through?
Thanks in advance for any responses.
-Rich
iMac G5 20" Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I think the "Thru" button is for external audio devices that have a hardware play-through option.
To listen to line in, use LineIn from:
<http://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/>

Audio midi utility won't let me configure midi

I have a mid 2012 Macbook pro. It won't let me configure anything in the Midi part of the Audio MIdi untility. I don't want to use any external midi devices. Does anyone know why?
Thanks.

Here's the error message:
Audio MIDI Setup couldn’t open the MIDI Server so you can’t view or edit your MIDI configurations.
If you recently installed a new MIDI driver, try uninstalling it and then open Audio MIDI Setup again. If Audio MIDI Setup works correctly after that, contact the driver’s manufacturer for further support.

Audio MIDI Setup not remembering settings on startup

On a Macbook 1,1 Intel Core Duo 2 GHz, SMC Version 1.4f12, OS X 10.4.8, Aggregate Device @ 2ch-24bit/96000.0 Hz:
The Audio MIDI Setup does not remember the 'Default Output' as 'Aggregate Device' and although 'Aggregate Device' is shown in the Properties For: field, only the 'Audio Input' area is shown.
Changing or re-selecting the Sample Rate under 'Format:' results in 'Aggregate Device' appearing in the 'Default Output:' field and the 'Audio Output' area showing the configuration.
I have to perform these steps every time I startup. I had the same behavior on my previous MacBook with identical specs but a different build week.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but Apple has absolutely no way to e-mail technical support queries unless you purchase that 'feature'? You have to call them with each 'bug' or technical difficulty?
Thanks!
Matt

Ah, Ok. Turns out the issue I described only occurs when there's an optical digital cable plugged into the output at startup.
Unplugging it and restarting does not return Audio MIDI Setup to it's previous behavior. Deleting the second of those two files you mentioned then performing the steps I first reported and then restarting without the optical digital cable inserted returns things to 'normal' and after numerous reboots continues to work as normal.
So, if I ever start up the MacBook with the digital optical cable inserted I will have to delete the .plist file if I want the proper behavior to return. Seems like a bug to me...
Thanks!

Problem with Audio MIDI Setup using multiple accounts

I'm having a problem with Audio MIDI Setup recognizing all of the MIDI devices on a G4 Tower with a non-administrator account. The main administrator account has no problem seeing anything, but the non-admin account won't see anything. Does it all have to be added in manually, or is there a preferences file to copy over that will take care of this. Failing that, is it a problem with file permissions? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Don't know whether this of any help, but there's an identifiable issue with AMS and Digital Performer 5 where DP5 simply won't load with AMS setups configured with previous versions of DP. Which is probably irrelevant to your problem, but ...
What I and other DP users have found we have to do is start with a completely new, blank AMS setup, and reconfigure our devices from scratch, and although this was kind of hit and miss and on the fly (don't really understand what the the issue was, exactly), I think the bottom line was if we used the new AMS setup with DP5 before anything else that might cause its data tables to change, we were ok.
So if you can do it, it might be worth setting AMS to a new blank template, then connecting your interfaces, see how far you get. And always make sure you've got the latest drivers of course, though I'm sure you've done that.
Never used Mbox or 410, but I've an Ozonic which I think uses the same M-Audio firewire drivers as the 410, and don't have any problem with that, FWIW.
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Settings for Audio MIDI Setup

I have a G4 laptop that I use with a VX pocket at home, and with inbuilt audio at work. I configure audio midi the way I want for each location. Can this be automated? How do I go about getting automator into to list of actions with workflows?

Audio MIDI Setup has no Automator actions written for it (that I'm aware of) and is unlikely to get them soon as it lacks an AppleScript API. An automated solution is going to be reduced to mimicking user input (pushing buttons and sliding controls) with System Events. For an explanation and example see this recent thread.
I can help you work out the specific syntax for the script, but first I'll need to see the two configurations you're switching between. Open Audi MIDI Setup, hit Command-Shift-4 on your keyboard, then hit the space bar, then click the shaded setup window with the camera-icon cursor. Locate "Picture 1" on your desktop and rename it "MIDI Setup 1." Reconfigure your settings and repeat these steps, renaming the file "MIDI Setup 2." If you have a hosted website or storage space where you can upload the files, go ahead and link to them in your reply. If not, you may e-mail them to me and I'll post them.

A little problem with the "Audio-MIDI Config" for my Edirol "FA-101"

Hi to all of you!
I bought an Edirol "FA-101" a couple weeks ago, and when I try to plug and record with many mics, from the backside inputs, it seems that these inputs don't give me the "punch" I need. I mean by that that I have to go trough my old Tascam "M-30" in way to use the preamps from the mixer, so I can have a little more input "volume", and then, plug the direct output from the mixer and then plug it in the back inputs of the "FA-101".
I was wondering why do I need to do that? Cause when I take a look at the "Audio-MIDI Config" (I do work in french, so, apologize for any translations errors), the "AMC" window don't show any inputs as "selectable", and, or, "ajustable". The link bellow shows the exact copy of what I see when I open the "AMC" set-up window:
http://www.geocities.com/macjamsimages/configaudiomidi.jpg
Now, I have to explain that I had some problems in the past, when installing QT 7. I tried to remove QT 7, but I think I removed some files, maybe importants ones. So, now, what I want to know, is if that setup is normal, and impossible to configure, or is it MacOS Panther 10.3.9 that need a reinstall?
And I have to say that GB and Logic Express both recognize the "FA-101" as audio inputs. But need a little help from the mixer.
Thanks in advance!

The inputs on the back of the Edirol unit are LINE LEVEL inputs, meaning they are require a high level of voltage to give a level. A microphone plugged directly into this input will not give you the required voltage, if you were to plug either the outputs of a mixing desk or something like a CD player into it you would get a level.
First of all you must use a microphone preamplifier, like the ones on the front panel. There are thousands of companies producing these and it shouldn't be hard to find them. You could also use any mixing desk which has multiple outputs, so as to split the channels out to the relevant channels in logic.
Hope this helps.

Audio Midi Setup, multichannel speakers, Snow Leopard & possible bug

I scoured this forum as well as the usual places across the net and haven't seen any mention of this issue, thought I'd post it here and see if anyone else has had this issue. I'm having a problem with a fresh install of 10.6.2 that I detailed in a bug report to Apple. Here's what I sent them:
"I have a firewire audio interface I use successfully with Logic Pro/Quicktime Pro 7/Finder in a multichannel (5.1) configuration for scoring and post, which works fine in 10.5.8. I can play multichannel (interleaved) 5.1 files bounced out of Logic Pro in Quicktime Pro and from within the Finder using QuickLook, and all channels play out of the speakers (which is of course configured properly in both Audio Midi Setup and Logic Pro).
In the latest version of Snow Leopard however, even though multichannel audio works fine in Logic Pro (probably because it has its own multichannel speaker config in Logic's audio preferences), this same hardware setup does not work outside of Logic. Multichannel audio files only play out of the left & right channels (C/LFE/Ls/Rs are summed). I believe the problem is Audio Midi Setup. Even though I enable the correct stream and choose the correct speakers from with "speaker configuration," and even though the test tone buttons work over the appropriate speakers in that window, after I hit "apply," when playing multichannel audio files in QT7 or via Quicklook in the Finder, the problem persists (summing all channels to L & R speakers).
Furthermore, when I click "Done" in the speaker config window and quit Audio Midi Setup and re-open it, the speaker configuration window reveals that my multichannel setup has reverted to Audio Midi Setup's intial state: a 2 channel (stereo) setup. I've done this at least ten times, as well as having deleted the AMS prefs and launched the utility in 32-bit mode with no success."
Has anyone else with a multi-speaker setup had any problems with AMS initializing their speaker configuration, and just plain not working?

Brent Daniels [Free] wrote:
... I believe the problem is Audio Midi Setup. Even though I enable the correct stream and choose the correct speakers from with "speaker configuration," and even though the test tone buttons work over the appropriate speakers in that window, after I hit "apply," when playing multichannel audio files in QT7 or via Quicklook in the Finder, the problem persists (summing all channels to L & R speakers).
Furthermore, when I click "Done" in the speaker config window and quit Audio Midi Setup and re-open it, the speaker configuration window reveals that my multichannel setup has reverted to Audio Midi Setup's intial state: a 2 channel (stereo) setup. I've done this at least ten times, as well as having deleted the AMS prefs and launched the utility in 32-bit mode with no success."
Has anyone else with a multi-speaker setup had any problems with AMS initializing their speaker configuration, and just plain not working?
I don't know if this will help you, but I once had a problem with Audio Midi Setup forgetting its settings - I found that the settings were only securely stored if I made the changes while logged on as an administrator.

Audio MIDI Setup does not save connetion between Traveler and Nord

I have audio MIDI setup on 10.5.4, Mac G5 dual and a MOTU Traveler, with a Nord Stage connected to the MIDI port. Audio MIDI setup is on version 2.2.2. I am on the latest version of the Nord 4.0 (though that shouldn't matter), and the latest MOTU drivers as well.
Audio works fine. The problem is Audio MIDI setup refuses to save or remember the MIDI connection between the Traveler and the Nord. I have to reconnect it in the application every time I restart the Mac.
If I make the little connection and duplicate the configuration, the new duplicated configuration does not show the connection.
Everything else works fine. I have a Virus and a Remote 25 SL connected over USB MIDI, and the Novation works fine even with its 3 separate in/out ports. IAC drivers work fine; the PodXT occasionally gets a USB MIDI connection and it works fine as well.
The only thing not working is remembering the plain old vanilla MIDI cable connection on the Traveler.
This problem came in when I updated to 10.5.4 a few months ago (as a heavy user of Pro Tools and Digital Performer I've had to stay a little behind the curve for compatibility reasons).
Anyone seen this? Any ideas how to fix it?

You could muck around with permissions, you wouldn't have to boot from anothr system it's just a property list file. You can run disk utility now, or you could chmod it in terminal.
But it's far more likely that it has just become corrupt rather than aquired incorrect permissions. So just delete the ******* and have done with it:
/Users/Name/Library/Preferences/com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist
(The app will make a new fresh one when you next run it)

Quicktime 7 and Audio MIDI bugs in 10.3.9

I posted this in the 10.3 audio forum and am trying here as well
I am having overloaded CPU issues that won't allow playback in Pro Tools 6.8 M-Powered and made Reaktor 5 unusable. Reason Adapted cannot access core MIDI. This issue has grown worse as the day has gone by. I have been trying to trace down what the problem is and from what I can see, Quicktime 7 (.0.1 -.0.2 - .0.3) has caused major audio bugs in 10.3.9 OS. The first problems I had was when I first installed QT7. So here is a list of symptoms.
I can't open MIDI set up in the Audio MIDI set up.
I get popping and high pitch oscillation in Pro Tools and Reaktor.
The oscillation is also audible from inside the computer (Yes, I know this is the CPU making the noise)
I cannot get playback in Pro Tools because of CPU overload or buffer size is to small (I have the buffer maxed)
I cannot use and external MIDI instruments due to crash of the set up
Digidesign (Pro Tools) just posted issue very similar to mine last week.
Native Instruments (Reaktor) tech support says there is an issue with g4 Power Books and the CPU but they aren't sure what is causing it.
Just a side note, On my G4 Desktop, All is well with QT6.5 and 10.3.9
On my G5 desktop All is well with QT 7.0 and 10.4.1
I am using G4 (Ti) Power Book that is almost 3 years old
512 RAM
1GZ CPU
a M-Audio Firewire 1814
a Lacie D2 160GB in the firewire800 port
I really think this is a Quicktime bug. If any one has figured out anything or wants to dig into this further....... I wish there was an un-installer for QT7.0.3 so I could go back to 6.5.2 and all would be fine. Below is the crash report of the Audio MIDI set up
Date/Time: 2005-10-25 16:41:44 -0400
OS Version: 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
Report Version: 2
Command: Audio MIDI Setup
Path: /Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Audio MIDI Setup
Version: 2.0 (2.0)
PID: 498
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x402a0000
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x924f8714 CFStringGetLength + 0x34
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x924fd1fc CFStringCompareWithOptions + 0x140
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a27100 -[NSString compare:options:range:locale:] + 0x64
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x90aa1974 -[NSString localizedCompare:] + 0x88
4 com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup 0x0000af40 0x1000 + 0x9f40
5 com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup 0x00009bbc 0x1000 + 0x8bbc
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x92f32ea0 -[NSWindowController _windowDidLoad] + 0x144
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x92f24e28 -[NSWindowController window] + 0x80
8 com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup 0x00008e34 0x1000 + 0x7e34
9 com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup 0x0000910c 0x1000 + 0x810c
10 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a4b0f8 __NSFireMainThreadPerform + 0x108
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x92546558 __CFRunLoopPerformPerform + 0x88
12 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x924f5b90 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 0x1fc
13 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x924f3448 __CFRunLoopRun + 0x1b0
14 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x924f7d74 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 0x148
15 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92886e10 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 0xac
16 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9288d4b4 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 0xf4
17 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x928af638 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 0x60
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x92e822ac _DPSNextEvent + 0x180
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x92e98d2c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 0x74
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ead0ac -[NSApplication run] + 0x21c
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x92f697bc NSApplicationMain + 0x1d0
22 com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup 0x000081fc 0x1000 + 0x71fc
23 com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup 0x00008070 0x1000 + 0x7070
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x949018b8 machmsgtrap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9490

Thank you Kirk for your reply and the solution. I couldn't find the .smil format option under Sys Prefs/QuickTime/Advanced MIME Settings, but then I realized I didn't install Real Player after the OS X upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.4.7. I installed Real Player and restarted the system. The speech file that was not working came alive with the Real Player icon intact.
I really appreciate your help and I look forward to reading your book on QuickTime in the near future.
Sincerely,
Frank Kung
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Audio MIDI Setup not working, please help

Hi,
I am using a macbook pro with Lion OSX 10.7.4. I've been trying to setup my ipad as a wireless MIDI controller but when i open up network in the MIDI window in Audio MIDI setup i just get 'MIDI device properties', instead of midi device setup.
I also noticed that there is no com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist file in my preferences folder.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Try dragging the following .plist(s) to the desktop and rebooting:
com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist
com.apple.MIDI.0016cb8a99c1.plist
com.apple.MIDI.001b63933178.plist
They are in
~/Library/Preferences
If you still think you need to reinstall the entire app, use Pacifist and extract it from your original Leopard DVD.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

"Audio MIDI Setup" not reliable

So I have a lot of midi instruments.. I want to start using them along with the computer.
I have 3 emagic unitor8 chained up, so 24 inputs, 24 outputs.
I defined every single device, added device icons, made all the connections, etc..
Saved the configuration. Everything fine up until the next time, when I checked the application when the midi interfaces were off. I lost 2/3 of the connections made (devices remained) and the thing auto saved it!
Must be some bug :'(
Anyone else had this?
I'm not such an advanced Logic midi user, should I be doing this in the environment instead of in Audio Midi Setup?

poqasonic wrote:
So I have a lot of midi instruments.. I want to start using them along with the computer.
I have 3 emagic unitor8 chained up, so 24 inputs, 24 outputs.
I defined every single device, added device icons, made all the connections, etc..
Saved the configuration. Everything fine up until the next time, when I checked the application when the midi interfaces were off. I lost 2/3 of the connections made (devices remained) and the thing auto saved it!
Must be some bug :'(
Anyone else had this?
I'm not such an advanced Logic midi user, should I be doing this in the environment instead of in Audio Midi Setup?
I never use Audio MIDI Setup to configure my external synths, as long as my MIDI interfaces show up there I just go ahead and use the Environment.
However... and it's a big one....
Similar to Audio MIDI Setup, if you boot Logic with not all of your interfaces powered up, the port order can change... at least that's the way it used to be, currently I'm using an interface that's USB bus powered so I haven't seen the "port order shuffle" for a couple of years.
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Correct Audio Midi Settings?

I am using an external microphone (an ATR USB mic) to broadcast over Internet radio. I am not sure all my settings are correct. Here is the Audio Device window within Audio Midi:
What is M under channel? Should the Thru box be checked on that line, and unchecked on the others? What does Thru mean?
Thanks.

klk145 wrote:
It does state in step 2:
"Connect your receiver
The audio connection must be a digital connection. In all cases that I know of, this means an optical cable from your mac to the receiver."
That is what led me to believe HDMI-only might not have been adequate.
He was basically trying to make it clear that a digital audio connection is necessary. He wrote the blog entry at a time when the only digital bitstream output from a mac was the optical connection.
Also, is all of this setup/installing Perian/messing with Terminal really necessary if I am NOT using Quicktime to play anything on the Mini? Or simply playing a real DVD?
I believe the DVD Player app uses the same parts of the operating system as quicktime. So, yes, it's still necessary.
Also make sure you go into the prefs for the DVD Player app and set the audio output to the digital output. Optionally, you can also disable the dynamic range compression in here (it's better to use the dynamic range controls in your receiver, if you do want DRC enabled).
Right now I am using Plex or VLC to play media files.
I don't know about Plex, but VLC does not rely on the quicktime infrastructure. However, you do have to go into the audio prefs of VLC and enable the SPDIF function.
What if I want to revert to default Terminal settings? How would I accomplish that?
The commands to disable are listed in the blog entry, immediately after the commands for enabling it.
Don't be afraid. There are no downsides that I'm aware of to doing the steps outlined on that page.

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