Problem With Audio Playback On Macbook
Need more info on what you’re using, but here’s some ideas you could check (probably in this order, I don’t know how experienced with Ardour you are, so I’ll start with the basics):
1) What audio interface are you using?
(external Firewire/USB mixer, built-in sound,etc.)
If it is an external device, make sure you go to Apple > Preferences > Sound set the default Input and Output to the external device.
2) Make sure you start JackPilot before you go into Ardour. Ardour will start the jack server even if you don’t, but you won’t be able to see or control things. Do a cmd-F search from the Finder if you don’t know where it is.
3) In Ardour, each track should be assigned to an output. Open the mixer window, and at the bottom of the track push the output button. You generally want the audio tracks to go to the Master bus.
4) Go to the Master bus Output and then to Edit. On the right, there will be 2 (or more) tabs with various output ports. Make sure the outputs it is using are not any from the Ardour tab, rather the appropriate Audio interface (I can’t remember if it says ’CoreAudio’ or not – I’m not at my Mac right now)
If you did your defaults in the Apple > Preferences > Sound > Input/Output tabs, this will generally default correctly on new sessions.
5) What does it show on JackOSX? You should be able to see the Master Out connecting to the playback device for your audio interface
Hope this helps. I have some more in-depth stuff to try if you’ve already done this.
You need to configure a new “aggregated device” in mac os x. This is described in the Jack OS X documentation. It involves using the “Audio MIDI Setup” Program in /Applications/Utilities. Make an aggregated device by choosing “Open Aggregate Device Editor” in the “Audio” menu. Add an aggregated device using the built-in input and output (or whatever soundcard you use), and use this device as “interface” in jackpilot. You will now have both input and outputs in jack which you can connect to the outputs in ardour as described above, if not done automatically
Ok here’s what I did just now to get it working using the advice above.
Note: running Qjackctl
First: open apps/utilities/audio MIDI setup. From the menu bar choose audio > aggregate audio device editor. Choose “built-in output” and either mic or line as your input.
NEXT: very important, go to your system preferences and set both your audio in and out to Aggregate Device.
Then: Run jack and choose Aggregate Device as your interface.
FINALLY: Once you’ve launched Ardour and have a recorded track, in the mixer set that tracks out put to: 1+2.
Bingo, you should have playback.
I’m brand brand brand new to this so hopefully it helps. Just giving Ardour a shot since Garageband makes me want to kill things…
Cheers.
Hi,
I’m new, trying to run Ardour on MacIntel OSX. I installed Ardour following the instructions and initially got no sound. Following the process Lemon says I get it from the master outputs via built-in speakers, but it happens that the sound breaks and stops though Ardour continues running.
The system volume keys went useless too!
Hey,
I’m another novice getting frustrated trying to set up the audio outputs from Ardour.
I tried the steps above but couldn’t make it work. Also, switching to the Aggregate Device seemed to make my copy of Reason lose it’s output.
I have a Dual Core Intel Mac.
I haven’t a clue what to try now. Any ideas?
Styxely
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