Hi, I’m on the latest version of Dorico and MacOS Sonoma. I’m having an issue where the sound device in MacOS switches as soon as I open Dorico. It’s like Dorico “steals” the device from finder etc. As soon as I close Dorico MacOS switches back to my preferred device.
I’m using a Heritage i73 audio interface.
Anyone familiar with this issue?
Dorico sets its own audio output, independently of System Settings. This is in Edit > Device Setup.
Is that what you mean?
No that’s not quite it. I have selected the same audio device both in Dorico and in MacOS Sound Prefs but every time I open Dorico the selected device in MacOS switches away from what I want it to be. The Dorico audio device remains the same - the one that I want.
This becomes an issue when I work on something in Dorico but want to quickly listen to something on my computer, a wav or mp3 or anything else.
I figured it out: The new Heritage i73 has a High Precision mode for audio that I had selected in Dorico. The High Precision mode disabled all other use of the i73 while active. Choosing the non-High Precision mode enabled MacOS to use the device simultaneously.
Is the OS-selected output your Heritage interface? Perhaps it’s a specific issue with that. I’ve not heard of this before. (On Mac, at least – Windows seems to have a lot of problems with ‘exclusive’ audio.)
You might want to post a Diagnostic Report, from the Help menu, which may help the team to figure out what’s going on.
Ninja’d! Glad you figured it out.