Airport Express Audio Driver

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Alright so a couple weeks ago my macbook got snowed on and since then the logic board has all but completely died. I can't play videos, or any sort of sound UNLESS it's being transmitted wirelessly to my Airport Express device through airtunes or a program I have called Airfoil.

Airfoil can recieve audio from any application and send it to the airport device, but my problem is that Ableton tells me that I have no audio driver available in order to produce sound. I've downloaded CoreAudio and it seemed to not be able to work either, so my question is what kind of driver can I use on a dead logic board? Is there any at all? I know that if my computer can play music through iTunes just fine then it's not that much of a stretch for it to run Ableton as well. Am I wrong??

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[Piplodocus]

Can you still set it to internal sound (even though no noise comes out)?

Airfoil should have an audio hijack mode where it transmits anything supposedly coming out the master outs. That should work (if you can still "see" the internal soundcard. Unfortunately the AE buffers the sound so you'll get 1-2sec lag though.

[cancelctrl]

^^Ableton says that there is no audio engine at all, and when I go to preferences it shows me no options for my driver type.

[ashtonron]

install soundflower

http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/

[Piplodocus]

I think the Airfoil install prompts you to install Soundflower if you want that full audio hijack thing.

Not sure if it helps if you can't access any audio output though.

[ashtonron]

I think the Airfoil install prompts you to install Soundflower if you want that full audio hijack thing.

Not sure if it helps if you can't access any audio output though.

I am able to select soundflower as an audio output

[cancelctrl]

I think the Airfoil install prompts you to install Soundflower if you want that full audio hijack thing.

Not sure if it helps if you can't access any audio output though.

I am able to select soundflower as an audio output

You're not using any other driver than soundflower and airfoil? When I open soundflower's audio setup it shows me no devices found, as well as in ableton. Maybe this is a question for the airfoil people but I don't know how to connect the three programs...

[ashtonron]

I think the Airfoil install prompts you to install Soundflower if you want that full audio hijack thing.

Not sure if it helps if you can't access any audio output though.

I am able to select soundflower as an audio output

You're not using any other driver than soundflower and airfoil? When I open soundflower's audio setup it shows me no devices found, as well as in ableton. Maybe this is a question for the airfoil people but I don't know how to connect the three programs...

I select soundflower as audio out in ableton
and in airfoil I select soundflower as source..

obviously I have a working internal sound card so not sure wether this stops the chain from working in your case

[swishniak]

how did your laptop get snowed on?