Audio snap, crackle & pop: Mackie Onyx 1200F & Apple Logic Pro 8
Below is a slideshow (click the right arrow at the bottom of the slide) that describes the issues I’m having with my home studio – specifically the firewire driver compatibility between Mac OS 10.5.5, Logic Pro 8 and the Mackie Onyx 1200f. I’d love any tips or suggestions … and, yes, I’m obsessed with making this work.
November 8th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Buy a PC and use Samplitude, you’ll never look back
November 9th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Well, thanks for the comment but buying a PC is not really an option at this point. I’m mostly a Mac user and I’m learning Logic at the moment.
December 9th, 2008 at 1:44 am
I’m having the same problem with my m-audio interface. It’s usb driven though. I didnt notice it til I played a real clean guitar signal into logic. I use a macbook pro and logic studio 8 academic by the way. So Im thinking it’s a buffer/latency type issue that can be resolved within logic or it’s a logic issue. Do you use the academic version of logic? Because my other thought is that since your not supposed to use the academic version for profit there are bugs in the software purposely.
Tnevels@gmail.com
Thanks,
Tnevz
December 9th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Hi Tnevz,
It doesn’t have to do with the academic version. Mackie and Apple have recognized the issue. Here are probably the two most useful posts on the matter from Mackie:
http://forums.mackie.com/scripts/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=27;t=001690
and
http://forums.mackie.com/scripts/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=27;t=001454
Good luck!
November 5th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
We’re having similar problems with Onyx board, OSX 10.4.11 on a 1.8 GHz 3G RAM dual proc G5 and Digital Performer. I had been using a MOTU 896HD with no issues whatsoever and swapped out the Onyx for a session requiring more inputs than the MOTU’s limit of 8.
Looks like we’re going back to the MOTU box and dealing with 8 inputs. Research has revealed some folks have had luck reverting an earlier version of the OSX firewire driver, but I’m not sure how much I want to mess with my drivers for a problem relating to one recording session.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Hey Todzilla – I actually went to the trouble of reverting to older drivers with no luck. It just doesn’t work. Mackie knows they have a broken product, but just can’t fully admit it as they probably don’t want a full recall on the product.
Sounds like you’ve already done this, but move on from the Onyx stuff. IThe number of in puts are alluring, but it just won’t work in the end.