Audio Midi settings

I want to play hi Res (24 bit/192 Khz) music files from Linn on my iMac but the midi settings are restricted to 24/96 - how do I change these or upgrade these? Not sure what the maximum midi setting is but seems to change with each OSX release.
Regards,
Chris.

denon released a firmware upgrade to fix the midi issue on 10.5.7, and they say it "should work fine" with snow leopard... and this http://www.denondj.com/assets/misc/HC4500Audio_Midisetup.pdf is their setup instructions for setting up the controller on mac.
in the traktor pro audio setup i only see 'front left, front right, front center, low frequency effects' i can't send the audio to separate decks on my mixer, which i should be able to do easily, as that's what the whole purpose of the controller is.
i had read somewhere to try and set up the denon as an aggregate device in the midi utility in order to be able to send audio to my 2 decks and that worked perfectly on 10.5.8, once i made the upgrade the aggregate settings were all messed up. i think i'm going to try and downgrade to leopard, i need it to work.
oh and traktor's forums are equally useless.

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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.

How can I save audio midi settings OSX 10.7.4

Every time I boot my MAC PRO I have to go into "Audio MIDI Setup" from the utilities folder and reset the inputs and outputs of my Focusrite audio interface. It is always normaled to the "Built-in Device" and will not remember that i have reset it to the Focusrite "Saffire" OSX 10.7.4.
I had no problem in OSX 10.5.8
Any answers here?

Hi Jim,
Try this:
While the Built-In device is selected, Open Finder, go to Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences > Audio, and trash both files inside that folder. Then select your Focusrite interface, and run some audio through it. Once you've done that, restart your computer and see if it holds up.
Best regards,
David Tichauer // Focusrite Technical Support

ITunes and Audio Midi settings for digital output sampling frequency

Most of my music is sampled at the CD standard of 44.1 kHz, but some is 48 kHz.
I have Audio Midi set to output 48 kHz with 24-bit depth.
I've been told that to avoid having iTunes up-sample when playing 44.1 kHz music, that I need to quit iTunes, manually reset the setting in Audio Midi to the lower, matching, number, and then re-start iTunes.
This strikes me as odd. Is it true? If so, is there any less cumbersome way to deal with this?

Wheat I agree entirely with your last sentiments.
I had a similar problem to 'Luckydog'.
I have a Roland HP3 digital piano which itself is a standalone musical instrument (synthesiser if you like) but also has midi in/out and audio in/out.
I made the mistake of connecting my Mac PBG4/GB2 setup to my HP3 via the Edirol UM2 USB interface, expecting to hear my piano's sounds recorded in GB2. Of course GB2 did not record anything when I selected real instrument track beacuse the Roland, I think, was sending audio not midi data to GB2. What I have since realised is that to record a real instrument whether it be a digital piano (or acoustic piano via microphone) is to set the GB2 input to audio and feed the signal from the Roland via its audio outputs to my Mac via audio interface. (I have a USB Grifin iMic).
Of course I could use the Roland purely as a midi controler and select a software instrument track in GB2, but I also have a Radium 49 simple midi controller keyboard for that.
One thing that does puzzle me though is, that if I hook up my Roland via the UM2 to a WindowsXP laptop running an app. called Cakewalk Music Creator, the Roland sounds are recorded in the timeline and can be viewed, edited and printed as conventional music scores(great for composers!!) Also the Roland track recorded in CMC can be played back through the Roland's on-board sound generator.
In this scenario there is no audio feed between the Roland and the PC only two way midi via the UM2 USB/midi interface.
This is seems to be a fundamental difference between GB2 and the Cakewalk product. Can you explain what's going on hear Wheat?.
Sorrry such a long post !!
Rgds
Mac PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2gb ram/1.5Ghz

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.

Reloading Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) settings

Hello all, I recently had to reinstall a fresh copy of OS X onto my system but I did make a backup of my hard drive before hand. Is it possible to reload my old Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) settings from my backup hard drive? If so, where might I find that file? Thanks
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More specifically, SL has broken something with regard to AMS!
I'm a film composer using LOTS of hardware MIDI devices (in addition to my soft-synth array). Yes, hardware still exists, and serves a vital/professional purpose. I've got 6 MOTU MTP-AV interfaces (all USB) and they all connect their individual MIDI ports to individual MIDI devices.
In all versions of OSX (pre SL), AMS would retain my graphic layout of my studio. Now, no matter what I do now, AMS insists upon snapping the entire hardware footprint along the top portion of my AMS screen. Completely useless and arcane!
All versions of AMS were bad enough (a step backwards from MOTU's OS9 FreeMIDI), but this is truly ridiculous.
Are we all giving up on hardware/professional synths??? Can this be fixed???

Audio Midi Setup/Applications/Utilities Settings?

What should the settings be? 8000 - 96000hz? 2ch-16/20/24/32bit? Volume %? My G5 PPC doesn't work with the earphones although it works without them, could this be the problem?

Open Audio MIDI Setup (/Applications/Utilities/), then check the Audio Output setting.
Change the Audio Output setting to 44100.0 Hz.
Quit Audio MIDI Setup.
More info here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1574?viewlocale=en_US

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...
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Is there a fix for Mountain Lion audio output settings after the laptop goes to sleep and wakes back up?

Mac Book Pro running Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.5 after the notebook sleeps audio and video does work (for example on YouTube). I have been able to temporarily work around this by toggling the settings on Built-in Output in Audio Midi Setup, Audio window between 2ch-20bit Integer and 2ch-24bit Integer. But this is a temporary fix until the laptop sleeps again.
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Has anyone encountered the same? Have a long term fix for this annoyance?
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Apple support article:
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You can try to check your hard drive.
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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
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Error while trying to synchronise audio & midi, Motu 828 mkII

Hi, I've tried lots of things before posting this but am running out of ideas - any help appreciated.
Since upgrading from Tiger to Snow Leopard, my MOTU 828mkII has not been working right. The problem happens in Logic 8 and all other apps I've tried which use audio and midi. (eg Garageband, Live, Reason), but I'm posting here because of the specific error message which only appears in Logic.
An inconsistent length of time after opening the app, which may be anywhere from a few seconds to over an hour, midi input is lost and the above message appears in Logic - though midi output remains working. Often there is a brief high frequency noise at the moment this happens, otherwise audio playback is unaffected even though in Logic the screen freezes until I clear the error message. If I'm recording audio, there is a brief interruption in the recording. Then the message reappears several times in quick succession. The only way to restore midi input is to quit and relaunch the app. Also Logic sometimes crashes on quitting, which of course may be an unrelated issue.
Before installing Snow Leopard I cloned my internal (Tiger) drive to an external LaCie firewire drive and if I boot from that on the same computer everything works fine. There is also no problem on my partner's Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard (installed from the same family pack).
MOTU tech support have been pretty useless, though I've tried all the tricks suggested by them like toggling optical inputs and resetting. I've tried changing FW cables, and running with nothing else plugged in at all. I've re-installed the combined OS update and I'm using the latest drivers. I've also trashed all the MOTU preference files, as well as the system audio device settings preference files. Oh and this happens even if I open a new project and have just 1 audio track and no plugins.
The only thing I can think of now is that something got corrupted when I migrated everything back from the cloned drive after installing Snow Leopard, and I need to erase and re-install everything, but if anyone can suggest anything else to try first I'm all ears!
Thanks for reading this - a bit lengthy but I've tried to give all the info I have.
Kit

Sounds like the MOTU needs to be reset.
Did you leave the MOTU unit plugged in via Firewire when you did the OS upgrade?
Not a good idea as the upgraded system Firewire interface has to initialize and often this sends out a bit of random data.
Disconnect the firewire cable from the 828mkII
Press the Setup knob
Turn the Setup knob all the way to the right, (to Factory Default)
Press the Select knob
Press the Value knob
Power off the interface and plug the firewire cable back in
Power the interface back on
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Optical Audio Output Settings Question

Hey peoples!
Do you guys know.. on either the Macbook or iMac, is there any way to keep a toslink/optical cable plugged in to the digital audio out port, and switch between the internet speakers and the optical through software?
I only need sound on the surround speakers I have connected about half the time, and the other half the built-in speakers are fine. But in Sound settings only "digital out" is selectable when I have the cable plugged in, and I'd love to not have to plug and unplug the cable over and over again.
Thanks in advance for any info/assistance

{quote:}Do you guys know.. on either the Macbook or iMac, is there any way to keep a toslink/optical cable plugged in to the digital audio out port, and switch between the internet speakers and the optical through software?{quote}
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Audio midi sample rate resetting

I set my optical output of the Audio Midi Setup to be 96k, 24bit. Whenever I reboot the mac, it goes back to the defualt 44.1k. Any idea why? This didn't happen in OS X.6
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This is probably due to a corrupted preferences file.
How to fix it:
1. hold down the option key and in the Go menu in the finder, scroll down to Library
2. in the library folder, find the preferences folder.
3. find a file named com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist
4. drag that file to the trash
5. restart, or sign out and then back into your user account
6. a new preferences file will be generated (with default settings). Enter your new preferences, and they should work properly.

Command-line access to or counterpart to Audio Midi Setup?

Is there a way to access, or better yet, change, settings in Audio Midi Setup.app, via the command-line?

Sure. Retrieve the file ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.MIDI.*.plist via scp, edit it locally in PlistEditor or some such, and upload the revision. It's a binary plist, so you can't edit it in place.
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No Sound, Tried the Midi Settings, checking volume, nothing works

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