Logic/g5/dp, No sound with Logic Options

[mortalengines]

I have a MOTU 8Pre and the monitoring section is very confusing and was a bit trial and error at first. Assuming all is well as far as Audio Midi setup goes (the motu is the interface selected for input and output) and that your Traveller is selected as your input and output in Logic's Preferences pane....you should be able to hear the Traveller, period, if Cue Mix is open, and if you have an instrument or a mic plugged in. Leave Cue Mix up and make sure that it is showing a signal for whatever track you have an instrument playing thru. Or, if you are virtual then make sure that you see a signal in Cue Mix while Logic is playing your song.....If these things are happening and still no output then you need to start making adjustments with your output volume knob....on mine it is pressing the volume once for headphones and twice for the stereo output......Keep plugging away.....I'll bet it's a hardware issue that is really simple once you figure it out. It's hard to wrap the "monitor thru Cue Mix" and "Record thru Logic" idea.....Good Luck!

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This post has been edited by mortalengines: Wed 29 Jul 2009, 07:05

[Z09]

Z09,

CueMix should be installed with the FireWire drivers from MOTU (it is a FireWire driver package for all the FW enabled interfaces) along with the MOTU Audio Setup applet. The AudioDesk software is the 'LE' version of DP which ships with MOTU Hardware for the Mac.

Can you open up the Audio MIDI utility (Hard Drive -> Applications -> Utilities -> Audio Midi Setup) and confirm that you can see the device in the list there? If CORE AUDIO/MIDI doesn't see it, then Logic never will.

When you plug in and turn on the Traveler does the MOTU Audio Setup applet open up automatically? If not, the Traveler is not communicating with the MOTU drivers.

On the tracks you are attempting to record on in Logic, do you have "record enabled" (red button) on the track you are trying to monitor/record? Small step, but one often overlooked by people switching in to Logic from DP.

Is the click you are hearing the Metronome?

In the MOTU Audio Setup Applet, what is the default channel for monitoring set to? Is it the same channel(s) you are plugging your instrument/mic into?

These will help narrow down where the issue in the signal chain, both hardware and virtual may be.

Post back with your findings.

peace.

Hi, and thank for your help.
I have worked on Audio/Midi set Up as you told me and I got sound ! BUT only with Integrated Audio output,
when I select the MOTU card in Preferences it does'nt sound at all ! just clics !
… well I think we are in the right direction and I think the problem is not so hard but,
if you have others ideas you are welcome !
I write you back if I find something new

Hello, I write you back not because I have found something but because I have no answer to my problem : I always have sound with the integrated system but I don't have sound with my external card and when I run Logic it is notified ; Synchronisation problem with audio/midi
What do you think about that ?
Are you shure the only way to select external card is Preferences/Audio ?