Justsomeguy
Quiet is the new Loud
So, ages ago i replaced my Maudio Audiophile Firewire with a Presonus Firestudio Mobile but kept the maudio to experiment with setting them up together as an aggregate device for more outputs. I remember at the time it not working properly (it was just mega noisy, an issue i late realised was because of them both being buss powered as pluging the presonus into the mains adaptor this time has fixed that issue) so ditched it and just used the presonus and when i wanted to run stuff OTB i did some re-routing in universal control and just monitored through headphones whilst processing and switched back to monitors to carry on mixing. However, I missed the extra outputs so am picking up an SPDIF to RCA converter to make the most of the SPDIF out on the firestudio, hence solving the problem.
In the meantime though, this is my issue;
I'm working on a project with a local band and we're reamping the bass tracks through some distortion boxes. So we can all hear what's happening and easily check it in the mix i've dug out the maudio again and set it back up as an aggregate device. At first it played nice and did exactly what i wanted to do, but the second i opened the next song in Logic we started having issues. First thing to happen was the output from the Maudio went from normal to slightly distorted to super distorted to completely silent. So, i turned the maudio off, told logic just to use the presonus, then turned the maudio back on, told it just to used the maudio, and then told logic to use the aggregate device. This works but sometimes it's straight away, sometimes after two of three attempts, sometimes it causes logic to lose both the AI's and demand a restart of the application. After 4 hours of mixing and having to go through this and, at the worst, completely quit logic, turn off both interfaces, and then start again, it's become infuriating.
So far today whilst we're having a day off, to try and sort it i've tried changing which one the clocks sync to, physically plugging them in the other way around (currently it's laptop ---> Presonus -----> Maudio), using the presonus with and without the power adaptor (i normally have it with the plug as it gets noisy without it and, sure enough, with both being bus powered the noise was hideous!) and..... i can't remember what else. The only thing i can think of to try is changing the buffer size in logic but, and maybe i'm being naive here, i don't think that'll help with the issue (although that may be the answer!).
We have three more tracks to go over the weekend and i'd welcome any suggestions to try and fix it, PLEASE!!!!
The annoying part is, after this weekend, i don't think i'll ever need to do it again, but unfortunately i do need it now
As extra info i'm running an MPB 2.4gHz, 10.7.5, Logic 9.1.6, the drivers for both the maudio and presonus are up to date
In the meantime though, this is my issue;
I'm working on a project with a local band and we're reamping the bass tracks through some distortion boxes. So we can all hear what's happening and easily check it in the mix i've dug out the maudio again and set it back up as an aggregate device. At first it played nice and did exactly what i wanted to do, but the second i opened the next song in Logic we started having issues. First thing to happen was the output from the Maudio went from normal to slightly distorted to super distorted to completely silent. So, i turned the maudio off, told logic just to use the presonus, then turned the maudio back on, told it just to used the maudio, and then told logic to use the aggregate device. This works but sometimes it's straight away, sometimes after two of three attempts, sometimes it causes logic to lose both the AI's and demand a restart of the application. After 4 hours of mixing and having to go through this and, at the worst, completely quit logic, turn off both interfaces, and then start again, it's become infuriating.
So far today whilst we're having a day off, to try and sort it i've tried changing which one the clocks sync to, physically plugging them in the other way around (currently it's laptop ---> Presonus -----> Maudio), using the presonus with and without the power adaptor (i normally have it with the plug as it gets noisy without it and, sure enough, with both being bus powered the noise was hideous!) and..... i can't remember what else. The only thing i can think of to try is changing the buffer size in logic but, and maybe i'm being naive here, i don't think that'll help with the issue (although that may be the answer!).
We have three more tracks to go over the weekend and i'd welcome any suggestions to try and fix it, PLEASE!!!!
The annoying part is, after this weekend, i don't think i'll ever need to do it again, but unfortunately i do need it now
As extra info i'm running an MPB 2.4gHz, 10.7.5, Logic 9.1.6, the drivers for both the maudio and presonus are up to date
tbf i'm watching big bang theory and eating all the chocolate 
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