Q: Really bad static while input monitoring is turned on
I have a Macbook Pro, 2.8 GHz Intel i7 Retina display with 16 GB of ram. I'm running El Capitan version 10.11.16. My HD is 500 gigs and I have well over half of that space left.
I produce a podcast and recently switching to Logic Pro X from Garageband. I have two co-hosts and we ususally have at least one guest on the show. I needed to have each person on their own channel/track and with everyone being remote that wasn't possible in GB. Which is why I switched to Logic. I never had this issue in GB before. I found and implemented this solution for Logic, albeit a hack, but it works. For the most part. Everyone else on the show sounds great! They can hear each other, there is no lag, nothing. I start out sounding great but my audio quality quickly degrades, usually to a point that I'm inaudible to everyone. The static and echo become unbarable. If I switch the i/o buffer size in Logics preferences that works but only for a very brief time. Regardless of the buffer setting the audio falls back into to static. I have tried everything from 32 to 1024 with the exact same result. I have tried changing cables on my mic, changing the USB ports, restarting. Nothing works.
If I turn off input monitoring nobody can hear me. So in this solution (link above) it has to stay on.
I'll admit, I'm a Logic noob.
Help?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB
Posted on Sep 8, 2016 8:26 PM