Mackie Onyx Satellite not available

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Mackie Onyx Satellite not available

I have a Mackie Onyx Satellite but it won't load into Sounds in System Prefs for some reason. On rare occasion I can turn it on and it will show up, but most often I switch it on and nothing happens. I have to do a full restart of the Mac with the Mackie switched on before it will be recognized by the system. Very aggravating.

Anyone else have this issue? Any suggestions?

thanks!

G5 Dual 2.0 | Macbook Pro 2.0 | iMac 2.0, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Dec 7, 2008 4:04 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 9, 2008 5:00 AM in response to Eric Liebman

Hi Eric,
This may be of relevance: http://www.mackie.com/products/satellite/pdf/AppleFWAudioRollbackTN.pdf
Regards,
Stuart

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Answer 2

Jan 16, 2009 6:02 AM in response to Eric Liebman

I have the same problem.
I had to define the Onyx Satellite as an Aggregate Device in AUdio Midi setup and long time ago in order to be seen by Native Instruments software (Absynth, Reaktor, etc). I worked fine from OSX 10.4.9 through OSX 10.5.5.
But now with the 10.5.6 update it took me a month or so to realize I've got serious problems with the Onyx now. It randomly is not recognized. Sometimes turning it on and off works, other times I have to do a complete restart of the iMac, which is totally non-conducive to a real creative workflow. Either I need to find a soultion here or off to eBay or Craigslist for this puppy and I step down to a USB interface...
Anyone find a solution yet?

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Answer 3

Jan 16, 2009 12:19 PM in response to Robert Dorschel

When you find a stable OS with your hardware, I'd suggest not messing with a good thing and go with what works. That's what I do. I have a Mackie system running on 10.4.7 on my partitioned hard drive. On the other half of the drive I run 10.5. No problems.

That's also a solution that costs 0 dollars to fix.

If you visit the Mackie site they outline what hardware works with what version of the OS. They suggest a roll-back to 10.4.7, actually. That may not make you happy as you may want to have the newer OS, but if it works, it works.

When folks go outside the bounds of the recommended configurations most likely they'll have problems. Now, if you WANT to basically beta test gear and futz with settings endlessly then that's your prerogative, but I must admit I'm amazed that folks constantly upgrade their OS software when it causes nothing but operational headaches.

By your own admission the gear worked fine with a previous set-up. What's your motive to essentially break your working set-up?

Is having 10.5.6 essential to your creative workflow?

Good Luck.

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