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Q: El Capitan USB audio problems.

I just installed EL Capitan on my Late 2012 Mac mini. I have connected NuForce Udac2 DAC to usb port and it constantly disconnects from computer. I can't play any audio thru DAC. Tried changing midi settings, reseting Pram nothing changes. On windows PC dac is working without any problem. Everything worked OK in Yosemite.

 

There is obviously some problem with USB audio in EL Capitan.

DO NOT UPGRADE to EL Capitan if you have some USB audio cards important for work.

 

This problem came up in beta releases and still Apple did not fix it. This is a HUGE let down for me, especially considering how many people use Dacs or usb speakers these days. 

 

I guess there is no difference between Apple and Microsoft these days. Everything that is released is not a finished product.

 

Guess I'll have to wait for 10.11.X for a fix...

Again, awful job Apple.

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 11:53 AM

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  • by tgarciafoto,

    tgarciafoto tgarciafoto Mar 7, 2016 12:15 PM in response to moritzhberg
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    Mar 7, 2016 12:15 PM in response to moritzhberg

    hello, i have the same problem, did you solve it? thank you!

  • by jayh82,

    jayh82 jayh82 Mar 17, 2016 2:49 PM in response to Mildenburg
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    Mar 17, 2016 2:49 PM in response to Mildenburg

    I have the same problems with NI Traktor Pro 2 combined with a NI Traktor Control S8 and already with a NI Audio 8DJ Soundcard. The Problems to emerge since Yosemite. No solutions from Apple support! Every weekend the same Problems with the audio distortions and dropouts!!!

  • by aytekdorken,

    aytekdorken aytekdorken Mar 17, 2016 11:39 PM in response to Nodilis
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    Mar 17, 2016 11:39 PM in response to Nodilis

    Hi All,

     

    Every weekend I am having 2 live gigs and I am having the issue each time.

    NI clearly responded me that the issue is happening from Mac OS audiocore driver and not NI.

    How can we make apple solve this issue?

    Do you think that submitting a ticket can solve? I don't think so.

    Why Apple is not hearing us? Shall we put this on to change.org ? (many companies fixed issues with this way in the past)

  • by uncle_tim,

    uncle_tim uncle_tim Mar 17, 2016 11:58 PM in response to aytekdorken
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    Mar 17, 2016 11:58 PM in response to aytekdorken

    Possible you could get the latest Beta version? I am not sure what it takes, may be worth it in your case. For me I just a use a PC for Music at the moment.

  • by aytekdorken,

    aytekdorken aytekdorken Mar 18, 2016 12:09 AM in response to uncle_tim
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    Mar 18, 2016 12:09 AM in response to uncle_tim

    Coincidently last couple of weeks, I switched to Beta versions with NI Supprt Team's suggestions.

    They told that with Beta's they see the issue is resolved.

    So they asked me to switch and I took the risk and switched to beta3, then beta4, then beta5 and now beta6 and had a chance to live test all of them each week.

    But nope, not solved it   So don't install beta for now...

    Once I thought that it solved, on a Friday night gig nothing happened but on Saturday night, it happened again.

  • by aytekdorken,

    aytekdorken aytekdorken Mar 18, 2016 10:21 AM in response to Nodilis
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    Mar 18, 2016 10:21 AM in response to Nodilis

    Today beta7 is released. Now installing with a huge risk beta7 and going to live gig in 4 hours.

    Wish me luck but I have no faith in this update as well. In the release notes there is no mention about audio issue improvement.

  • by rokko102,

    rokko102 rokko102 Mar 20, 2016 12:20 AM in response to aytekdorken
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    Mar 20, 2016 12:20 AM in response to aytekdorken

    At this point I don't there will be a solution for USB Audio in OS X.

     

    After several releases Apple continues to ignore the problem. 10.11.4 is about to be released and most problems are still there in the last beta.

     

    This a shame and for me at least it renders OS X almost useless. I can't work under an OS that drops or distorts audio randomly.

     

    What a disappointment Apple ...  Can't you hire a team to resolve these problems ? It was't there in Yosemite... I can't be so hard to fix!!!!!

  • by jayh82,

    jayh82 jayh82 Mar 20, 2016 2:42 PM in response to Nodilis
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    Mar 20, 2016 2:42 PM in response to Nodilis

    Last night after 4 hours of playing a gig with NI Traktor Scratch Pro 2 and a NI Traktor Kontrol S8 cames the first distorted audio drop out!

    Shame to Apple. I bought a MacBook for 2000€ with a OS X system full of audio problems!

  • by rennsport,

    rennsport rennsport Mar 21, 2016 12:34 PM in response to Nodilis
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    Mar 21, 2016 12:34 PM in response to Nodilis

    Apple just dropped the final release of 10.11.4 and this issue is said to be fixed in the patch notes, "Fixes an issue that caused USB audio devices to disconnect."

  • by Dan Giralte,

    Dan Giralte Dan Giralte Mar 21, 2016 2:48 PM in response to rennsport
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    Mar 21, 2016 2:48 PM in response to rennsport

    No luck for me with NuForce DAC3 Async

  • by aytekdorken,

    aytekdorken aytekdorken Mar 21, 2016 11:53 PM in response to rennsport
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    Mar 21, 2016 11:53 PM in response to rennsport

    Thanks but I don't think that it addresses the issues that we are having. We don't have disconnection problem but sound distortion.


    I will install tonight and test it.

  • by rennsport,

    rennsport rennsport Mar 21, 2016 11:56 PM in response to aytekdorken
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    Mar 21, 2016 11:56 PM in response to aytekdorken

    Oh well the person who started this thread was having the disconnect issue and so was I (I haven't tested it yet with my DAC though)

  • by aytekdorken,

    aytekdorken aytekdorken Mar 22, 2016 12:11 AM in response to rennsport
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    Mar 22, 2016 12:11 AM in response to rennsport

    Sorry, missed that one, you are correct. Hope this update solved his/her problem.

  • by William Kucharski,

    William Kucharski William Kucharski Mar 22, 2016 1:24 AM in response to Nodilis
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    Mar 22, 2016 1:24 AM in response to Nodilis

    I will say that 10.11.4 has solved the issue of occasional bursts of static I had been getting through my AudioQuest Dragonfly USB DAC when playing music via iTunes.

  • by aytekdorken,

    aytekdorken aytekdorken Mar 22, 2016 2:34 AM in response to William Kucharski
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    Mar 22, 2016 2:34 AM in response to William Kucharski

    Hi William, do you imply that your issue is fised with the latest 10.11.4 final version or it was already fixed in the 10.11.4 beta versions already?

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