The OS is using “LG HDR 4K” as the audio output device, shown both in System Preferences and the Control Center
In Dorico Preferences > Play > Audio Device Setup, “Built-in Audio” is chosen
In Dorico Preferences > Play > Audio Device Setup > Device Control Panel…, “Automatically Configure Devices” is enabled, as instructed in this Dorico 3.5 help article
In Dorico Preferences > Play > Audio Device Setup > Device Control Panel…, the output device Dorico is using is “MacBook Pro Speakers 48000 Hz”, even though it should be “LG HDR 4K”
I am 80% confident that this issue was fixed some time between the release of Dorico 3 and Dorico 4. Anyway, what should I do to make Dorico automatically use the current audio output device macOS is using? Thank you in advance.
My experience with both 3.5 and 4.0 on Mac is that Dorico remembers what it was playing through the last time it ran, regardless of subsequent changes to the output in the System setup. For me that’s a matter of laptop speakers vs. headphones, so just plugging and unplugging headphones (or vice-versa) resets it, without my having to restart Dorico. I don’t know whether it might be more complicated with other external devices.
That could be the case, and it could also explain why I vaguely remember this issue being “fixed” some time ago for me. The problem is, the plug-and-unplug method doesn’t seem to work for me.
When at my desk, I dock my laptop and use it as my desktop computer. The only cable connected directly to the laptop is a USB-C hub, which I regularly plug in and out. Every time I plug the hub back in, macOS automatically switches from the built-in speaker to the hub for audio output, but Dorico still uses the built-in speakers.
Hi, I’ve just reconfirmed this with one of our engineers.
The option “Automatically Configure Devices” is only for the built-in audio devices, namely the built-in speaker and the headphone device.
When it comes to other external devices that option does not work.
So Dorico will not automatically follow whatever device you have chosen as system output, you have to go to ‘Edit > Device Setup’ and tell where it shall play out to.
I should have made that clearer, Dorico is not running when I plug the hub back in. But alas, Ulf already replied that my “issue” is expected behavior.
Ah, okay, I learned something. So that’s Preferences > Play > (scroll all the way to the bottom) Audio Device > Audio Device Setup > Device Control Panel > Input/Output Configuration > (and finally) Automatically Configure Devices > Output ✓ (not checked by default). I had not found that yet in the 6 months I’ve been using Dorico.
Thanks, Ulf.
If anyone is interested, here’s what happened to my setup: I used to plug in an older USB-C hub and a 3.5 mm audio jack directly into my laptop when using it as a deaktop computer. Late in 2021, I bought a new USB-C hub and now plug the audio jack in the new hub instead of directly in the laptop. I mistakenly thought this is a new issue, when in reality it’s caused by a change in my hardware setup.
