Distorted sound with Mainstage but fine with LogicPro?

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Distorted sound with Mainstage but fine with LogicPro?

I am using the most recent iMac with the MOTU Ultralite and all the latest versions of Logic and Mainstage. Using the same audio input and output settings. Similar result with '07 vintage MBP. Would ultimately like to use with Retina MBP. Initial problem Mainstage was with latency. Trying to decrease latency creates ring modulation sounding distortion. Again none of these problems with Logic. BTW, this is with a guitar and guitar sounds. Any ideas?

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 11:55 PM

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Jul 4, 2013 3:08 PM in response to dbfisher

Try this workaround:

• Go to utlilities > audio MIDI setup.

• Then, go to the plus in the bottom left corner and "create agregate device".

• Now you'll have a new agregate device in the left window. Click on it. In the right side of the window you should see all audio devices that are available in there. Find the interface you want to use that's causing you trouble in there, and click the check box next to it.

• You can right click on the device title it to change it's name. Now basically what you've done is created a new virtual audio device that takes the interface you want to use as an input and outputs it through itself. You can now select it from any program you want uner the audio inputs options and it should work fine. I don't know why this works but it's been working perfectly for me ever since. Hope this helps anyone!

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