Macbook Pro 16 inch speaker periodic pops

Hi. Anyone using Cycling '74 Max 8 on the new Macbook Pro 16-inch? I'm getting strange audio from Max 8. Simple sound generators produce audio which is kind of glitchy... it is not stable.

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Posted on Mar 8, 2020 7:04 AM

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19 replies

Apr 14, 2020 9:19 AM in response to Spinnn

I was able, with tech support at Mark Of The Unicorn, to fix my issue which was popping and clicking. It was a buffer issue. It was set at 64. I raised it to 1024 and all is normal now.

I am working in Digital Performer 10.11.

Good luck,

jim

jskwl

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Mar 8, 2020 7:09 AM in response to Spinnn

Have you checked that you're on the latest macOS? There were some popping issues with the 16" speakers, which were fixed in a software update, maybe that could be the case

Spinnn Author

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Mar 8, 2020 7:16 AM in response to jskwl

I notice that Max 8 turns on the discrete GPU (Why?), which I think is still buggy... might be related

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250878229

jskwl

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Mar 8, 2020 7:43 AM in response to Spinnn

You could try contacting Cycling '74 support first here:

https://cycling74.com/support

or contact apple support, which you can do here:

https://getsupport.apple.com

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Macbook Pro 16 inch speaker periodic pops