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briankendall / proxy-audio-device

A virtual audio driver for macOS to sends all audio to another output
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routing to multiple outputs on audio interface... #42

Open goodlucknow opened 5 months ago

goodlucknow commented 5 months ago

Hi,

First of all thanks so much for sharing this! Just discovered it and it's solved a long standing problem for me with minimal effort.

I just thought I'd raise this as I find it curious:

Current setup is Mac mini and a Motu828x audio interface.

Proxy Audio Device seems to ignore the settings in the Motu Audio Setup regarding default outputs etc. whereas going system audio directly will follow these settings. Not a problem so long as I use the main outputs 1&2.

Curiously tho, proxy will output audio to 3 pairs of outputs simultaneously(1&2, 3&4, 11&12)

In audio/midi setup the audio interface shows as having 3 streams: Main Out, Analog, and SPDIF. I'm guessing it is passing audio to the first output pair of each stream?

This is both a benefit and a detriment - I couldn't get system audio to pass to more than one output at a time when I tried. By changing some physical routing on the Motu interface I can have system audio on speakers and headphones simultaneously - great. But I'm also losing a pair of analog outputs where it is undesirable to have proxy output...

Any thoughts on a possible fix for that or does it go beyond the scope of the project?

Thanks again!