Error Code -2

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Error Code -2

My sound hasn't been working lately in garageband. I posted a question a while back which was answered but the solution ( deleting the garageband related .cs and .plist files and restarting) worked for the first couple launches and then stoped working again. Now i updated and the sound didn't work again so I tryed what i had been doing. Now when i launch Garageband i get an error that says "Error code -2 was returned by the CoreAudio driver" I don't absolutely need garageband, but I would like to be able to play with it again. If someone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank You, ZeTwinkie

G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Dual 533 MHz PowerPC

Posted on Apr 24, 2006 3:38 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 24, 2006 3:59 PM in response to ZeTwinkie

are you using plugins or an audio i/o box?
Disconnect the i/o box, and remove all of your plugins and see if you still have this problem. Go to /Library/Audio/Plugins for this.

I get this kind of error, but it's harmless, It's due to the fact that I have a demo plugin that timed out and won't load. Not saying this is your problem, but error -2 from Core Audio must be some error about loading a device or plugin. GB itself isn't generating this message.

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ZeTwinkie Author

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Apr 24, 2006 4:30 PM in response to Analog Fan

I am not using plugins or an audio i/o box.

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stevef23

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Apr 24, 2006 9:32 PM in response to Analog Fan

I'm having the same problem on my Mac Mini. Same error same message and same behavior. Looks like some part of the software broke after the update. Oddly enough, the program works perfecly on my iBook. Any help with this one would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks!!!

Steve

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Answer 4

Apr 25, 2006 2:25 AM in response to stevef23

I'm having the same problem on my Mac mini, too... 😟

Dirk

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Answer 5

Apr 25, 2006 3:11 AM in response to stevef23

Steve F and others, let me join the club: the Mac mini reports this problem:

Error Code -2 was returned by the CoreAudio Driver

I also find that on a user account no tracks are being shown when opening a project. On the Admin account, tracks are shown, but we are not getting sound in either account.

As this occurred immediately after the update, and my PowerBook, updated at the same time is fine, there seems to be a conflict in the Mac mini. I am just about to try an eMac to see if that is similarly effected.

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Apr 25, 2006 3:50 AM in response to Graham K. Rogers

Unable to edit my last message, but the eMac update of GB3.0.2 was problem-free like my PowerBoook.

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hpi

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Apr 25, 2006 2:38 PM in response to ZeTwinkie

I too am experiencing this error code which have somthing to do with the core audio drivers. Can anyone help ?

-henry

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Answer 8

Apr 25, 2006 3:24 PM in response to hpi

For any of you - launch the Console application (located in /Applications/Utilities) and see if it reports anything for Core Audio or GarageBand when this error occurs (and post that here, please).

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Answer 9

Apr 25, 2006 4:43 PM in response to hpi

Henry - are all your machines doing this? If not, which one?
I have a PowerBook G4, and it's not doing this.

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Answer 10

Apr 25, 2006 5:00 PM in response to ZeTwinkie

ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A friend of mine who has a Mac Mini G4 said that when this happened to him he checked his GarageBand audio i/o preferences and they were set to 'no driver selected'.
All he did was select the correct output device (built-in in this case) and it worked.
HOWEVER!! He had weird behavior with the song he created at first (when the 'no driver' was selected). So you should not save any changes to any songs until you select the correct driver - and then re-launch GarageBand.

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hpi

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Apr 25, 2006 6:36 PM in response to hpi

The error code is only present with the G4 Power Mac, and not the Power Book.

Thank you,

-henry

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Apr 25, 2006 7:14 PM in response to Analog Fan

Give Synth Fan a couple of stars. I made a special trip into my office to check that last message, and sure enough, with the Mac mini (the PowerBook G4 and the eMac are both unaffected) opening the I/O preferences showed that with Audo Output no drivers were found (Input also had no drivers but the button was greyed out). Changing that, and restarting Garage Band gave me no error message and the tracks were all created as normal.

My thanks.

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Apr 25, 2006 11:56 PM in response to Analog Fan

Synth Fan and your friend respectively, thank you so much... 🙂

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hpi

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Apr 26, 2006 10:32 AM in response to Analog Fan

Synth Fan,

Thank you so much as I'm up and running by following your advice. I'd consider this resolution to the problem.

Sincerely,

-henry

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marcusmo

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Apr 29, 2006 12:56 PM in response to ZeTwinkie

I also had the error code on my Mini. I was able to solve the problem thanks to Synth Fan. However, now I can not start a new project. When I click the button for a new project, it just cycles me back to the main window. I can open existing projects. Any thoughts?

I've had Macs for 15 years, and have never had a problem from an update from Apple before.

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