Audio dropouts when recording in Logic Pro with Scarlett Solo USB interface

Thank you. I lost a whole day of recording because my mics, including the built-in MacBook one, would only give sporadic sound into GarageBand. I could record fine with Quicktime no problem. On my computer there was an orange mic icon in the top menu of the MacBook where the Wifi, energy level, and Spotlight icons reside. Just switched it back to Standard as you suggested. I'm not sure when they put that there or why, or how it got switched, but it caused me to lose a lot of time searching for answers. Thanks again.

Here is a screenshot because it was hard for me to find this. Sorry it's it French, but the first choice, that you need to pick to avoid this issue is "Standard" and the second default choice that causes this problem is "Voice isolation" :

Hi,

I use an old Scarlett Solo with no issues.

Here are a few suggestions based upon the info you provided:

1) Make sure the Scarlett is connected directly to the computer and not through a USB Hub. This is a leading issue with recording issues on USB.

2) If your project is being saved to an external drive move the project to the internal drive. This eliminates and issues with drive latency.

3) Increase the buffer ( 256 , 512 ) and try again.

4) Turnoff Nectar while recording.

5) Freeze any tracks with soft instruments to reduce resources.

6) Make sure your version of Logix Pro X is up to date and running native. If you have plugins that need Rosetta, switch off Rosetta and test recording again.

If these suggestions do not help please report back with more info about the project and your complete hardware environment.

You are a life saver Scott!!! I too was trying to revert back to my old IOS, bought new cables, was about to go buy a new computer but figured I would do one last search and found this thread! This worked like a charm, thank you so much!!!!

It isn't in logic. It is located at the top-right menubar on MacOS. When you click on it it brings up your volume, network setting, etc. There should be an orange microphone that you click on and you can change the settings.

Thank you so much for this information! I appreciate it a lot.

I've recently updated my MacOS as well as my Logic Pro X and also installed some new plugins. But for a couple days I was just editing songs I didn’t really record anything also because my interface broke. So today I decided to buy a new interface and a new mic so I could do some karaoke with my family and I noticed that the mic audio was literally just cutting off randomly, when I tell you I literally tried everything I could to fix it. I even deleted the Logic Pro X and installed again, I deleted all my plugins and still couldn’t figure it out. I was about to go to the store and return all the brand new equipment I just bought lol.

You literally just saved me time and money! Apple y’all definitely need to fix this issue. I don’t think it really makes sense for it to be a different setting.

Thank you Skottvasky, your simple solution helped me a lot, I encountered the same problems and bought a new audio interface but the problems were not solved. Your tip was the ultimate solution. I got a lot of stress in the middle of recording sessions. It is obvious, but it is hard to find a real working solution.

Thanks again,

Harrie

hey

please could you let me know where the media control menu is in logic? I cannot find it

Hey Scott having the same problem, where is mike mode do you mean a setting within logic pro?

Ok read the top bit of your explanation, found mike mode, thanks for getting this out onto this post, it would of probably taken me ages to sort it out otherwise.

Respect

Tony

I got it thanks!

Seems to only show up (orange mike symbol) when Logic or Garage band is active.