 Mbox And Edirol Ma-20d Monitors, Afraid I'm gonna blow 'em up! |
  Wed 12 May 2004, 18:10
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 Rookie  Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 28-Dec 03 From: Gulfport - US Member No.: 31,952  |
Hi,
I posted something similar before and got some good feedback. I have an MBox plugged into my TiBook (867Mhz), and I have plugged the Edirol MA-20D near-field monitors into the MBox. They sound great, so I sometimes use them as my main speakers for everything, including listening to iTunes. Here is my problem; occasionally - and I don't know what triggers it - my monitors just go nutz! I get this really loud, destructive sounding static, and I can't seem to eliminate it without shutting down the computer and re-booting. I have the monitors plugged into the 1/4" stereo jack on the back of the MBox using a 1/4 stereo to RCA cable. The same problem happens when I record, making it almost impossible to record. The speakers are new, so I could return them if they are defective, but when they are hooked up to any other device (including my 'Book's headphone jack) they work perfectly. So I guess it has something to do w/the MBox. Any help would be truly appreciated. JT -------------------- lushbudget productions, ltd.
www.lushbudget.com PowerMac G5 dual 2 Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 160Gb & 200Gb HD's, Apple 20" Cinema Display PowerBook G4 Titanium 867Mhz, 1Gb RAM Digidesign Mbox - Lacie FW 4/800/USB2 160Gb External HD ProTools LE 6.4, Logic Express 7.0.1, Reason 2.5, Live 3, SampleTank 2, Amplitube, Arturia MiniMoog & CS-80V, Waves Musicians Bundle 4.0. [SIZE=1][COLOR=blue][B] |
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Tue 18 May 2004, 17:43
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 18-May 04 From: Oxford - UK Member No.: 43,485 |
I had a similar problem using the Edirol MA-20D's with Reason 2.5. I'm using an Edirol UA-1X for the audio interface. The speakers started emitting lots of noise and crackles for some reason, but I found that going to Audio Midi Setup in the OS X Utilities folder, clicking the properties tab for USB audio CODEC, and setting format to 44100.0 Hz and 2ch-16bit seemed to resolve the problem. Needless to say, this was not mentioned in the shitty Edirol manual. Hope that helps.
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Fri 11 Jun 2004, 04:41
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 01-Jun 04 From: Los Angeles - US Member No.: 44,254 |
hey man you just saved my life.
Just bought edirol ua-1x. Using mac os 10.3.4 . Did what you said. changed it from 8 bit to 16 bit on the audio output for the Core Audio and it worked. bye bye fuzz and crackle. THANKS |
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