Kim Cascone

a friend is working on an installation project created in Max/MSP 

where she wants to derive 12 channels of audio output from two 

she has physically daisy-chained these two devices together then 

created an aggregate device in the audio/midi setup

but apparently this hosed one of her drivers and still had no luck 

getting the aggregate device to work after re-installing the drivers 

any tips on how to set up an aggregate device using two M-Audio 

we've searched the list and found some info but it didn't really help

a friend is working on an installation project created in Max/MSP  
where she wants to derive 12 channels of audio output from two  
separate firewire audio devices

the devices are:
M-Audio Firewire Audiophile
M-Audio Firewire 410

she has physically daisy-chained these two devices together then  
created an aggregate device in the audio/midi setup

but apparently this hosed one of her drivers and still had no luck  
getting the aggregate device to work after re-installing the drivers  
for both M-Audio I/O's

any tips on how to set up an aggregate device using two M-Audio  
firewire audio I/O's in Max/MSP?

aggregate-devices-in-os-x

I done this, with different hardware, and it worked great.

On Nov 7, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Kim Cascone wrote:

> a friend is working on an installation project created in Max/MSP 

> where she wants to derive 12 channels of audio output from two 

> she has physically daisy-chained these two devices together then 

> created an aggregate device in the audio/midi setup

> but apparently this hosed one of her drivers and still had no luck 

> getting the aggregate device to work after re-installing the 

> any tips on how to set up an aggregate device using two M-Audio 

> we've searched the list and found some info but it didn't really help

> a friend is working on an installation project created in Max/MSP  
> where she wants to derive 12 channels of audio output from two  
> separate firewire audio devices
>
> the devices are:
> M-Audio Firewire Audiophile
> M-Audio Firewire 410
>
> she has physically daisy-chained these two devices together then  
> created an aggregate device in the audio/midi setup
>
> but apparently this hosed one of her drivers and still had no luck  
> getting the aggregate device to work after re-installing the  
> drivers for both M-Audio I/O's
>
> any tips on how to set up an aggregate device using two M-Audio  
> firewire audio I/O's in Max/MSP?
>
> we've searched the list and found some info but it didn't really help
>
> thanks in advance,
> KIM
>
>

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Is she only interested in the Audio Out channels?

While not acquainted with the M-Audio models, we managed to extend an 8

channel Metric Halo with additional ADAT channels. IMAC/4.6/OSX.

Worked like a charm - got 16 speakers for the price of 8 and a bit...

From: maxmsp-bounces@cycling74.com [mailto:maxmsp-bounces@cycling74.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 1:25 AM

Subject: Re: [maxmsp] aggregate devices in OS X

Hey Kim,
Is she only interested in the Audio Out channels?
While not acquainted with the M-Audio models, we managed to extend an 8
channel Metric Halo with additional ADAT channels. IMAC/4.6/OSX.
Worked like a charm - got 16 speakers for the price of 8 and a bit...
Z.

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From: maxmsp-bounces@cycling74.com [mailto:maxmsp-bounces@cycling74.com]
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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: [maxmsp] aggregate devices in OS X

San Francisco, CA Work: 857-544-3967
Email: bthrew@gmail.com
IM: captogreadmore (AIM)
http:/www.barrythrew.com

> getting the aggregate device to work after re-installing the drivers for 

M-Audio probably is hosed by Digidesign. Its the only interface family I 

know which requires a driver, and the installer even requires a restart 

after installing for such a basic thing. I bet using more than one 

interface on a single machine is far beyond the imaginable for Digi 

If they would do it like all others, they would not have to deal with 

bugs, mostly design bugs (like using the interface as copy protection...)

> any tips on how to set up an aggregate device using two M-Audio firewire 

Did you consider to make an agregate device with the internal sound of 

the Mac? Might need additional converters for the spdif outputs to get 

Kim Cascone schrieb:
> but apparently this hosed one of her drivers and still had no luck 
> getting the aggregate device to work after re-installing the drivers for 
> both M-Audio I/O's

M-Audio probably is hosed by Digidesign. Its the only interface family I 
know which requires a driver, and the installer even requires a restart 
after installing for such a basic thing. I bet using more than one 
interface on a single machine is far beyond the imaginable for Digi 
developers...

If they would do it like all others, they would not have to deal with 
bugs, mostly design bugs (like using the interface as copy protection...)

> any tips on how to set up an aggregate device using two M-Audio firewire 
> audio I/O's in Max/MSP?

Did you consider to make an agregate device with the internal sound of 
the Mac? Might need additional converters for the spdif outputs to get 
12 channels...

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