Metronome only heard on main output in macOS aggregate device

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jonljacobi
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Metronome only heard on main output in macOS aggregate device

Post by jonljacobi » Fri Apr 11, 2025 11:29 pm

I have a Focusrite Clarett 4Pre and an Apollo Twin X combined in an aggregate device under macOS. Most everything (inputs, outputs) seem to work, but I can only hear the metronome if I use the Clarett 4Pre's first output. If I use the Apollo output, it's missing. Everything else is routed fine.

Is there an output select for the metronome that I'm not aware of?

jonljacobi
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Re: Metronome only heard on main output in macOS aggregate device

Post by jonljacobi » Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:37 pm

Should I report this as a bug?

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Re: Metronome only heard on main output in macOS aggregate device

Post by pottering » Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:19 pm

jonljacobi wrote:
Fri Apr 11, 2025 11:29 pm
Is there an output select for the metronome that I'm not aware of?
It uses the Cue Out output (right above the Main one in Session View), also uses the Preview/Cue Volume knob.
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jonljacobi
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Re: Metronome only heard on main output in macOS aggregate device

Post by jonljacobi » Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:52 pm

I'm aware of the former, but where is the latter? In the browser? I see no select for the output, only volume.

Like I said, it's fine through the Focusrite's main outputs, but not the Apollo's, though everything else works just fine, inputs, main output, etc.

Oh, and thanks!

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Re: Metronome only heard on main output in macOS aggregate device

Post by jonljacobi » Sat Apr 12, 2025 11:44 pm

Note that the sample preview doesn't play through the Apollo either. I'm guessing that I could make another aggregate device with the Apollo first and it would work.

Switching the audio output device to the Apollo on its own gets around this. But when I did this, the entry on the master channel remained shown as the aggregate device until I changed it.

I'm thinking Ableton might want to spend just a wee bit of time working on the macOS audio interface support.

Note also that turning off the Apollo by accident crashed Live immediately. It just up and disappeared. Again, a little work on the interface support for macOS.

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