Can somebody help set up ms pinky right? For some reason after a little while of using ms pinky I get gurgling noises. If I press kick start they stop and then start again after a while. Also if I use a regular vinyl and switch off demod after a while instead of gurgling I get crackling which gets worse until it sounds like a digital noise.
I'm using a powerbook G4 1.5Ghz, OS X 10.4 Tiger, a Maya 44 USB with phono preamps and Shure M 447 needles - which are pretty new.
I have set up the Aggregate device and ms pinky works fine for a little while before the error metric shoots up to over 1. Increasing the buffer just seems to lengthen the time before it goes wrong.
Any ideas?
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Create an Aggregate Device with Maya Ins/Outs
To make the Maya 44 USB work with Ms Pinky on the Mac, you need to be running Tiger OSX 10.4 or higher. Use the "Audio/MIDI Setup" utility to create an aggregate device using the Maya's Ins and Outs.
0) Close all running audio applications.
1) Open Audio/MIDI Setup utility. Select "Open Aggregate Device Editor" under Audio pulldown menu.
2) Hit the "+" sign to create a new aggregate device. Select the Maya 44 USB Ins and Outs. Select "clock" on the Maya 44 USB Inputs. DO NOT SELECT RESAMPLE for either the Inputs OR the Outputs! Hit "Done". Quit Audio/MIDI Setup.
3) Re-start the Ms Pinky application of your choice. Now select as your audio I/O device the Aggregate Device that you just created. It should appear in the list of available devices. BE SURE TO SELECT THE AGGREGATE DEVICE, NOT the default "Maya 44 USB" device that will also appear in the list of available devices.
This works great for me. I'm running BinkyToy in Tiger OSX 10.4.4. Buffer size of 128. Error metrics stay down around 0.05 - 0.15. No gurgling.
NOTE: The Maya 44 Inputs run HOT. Their default level settings are way too high for a line-level signal. So you have to open the Maya 44 Control Panel and put the Input Levels way down near the bottom of their range. It should then work like a charm.
peace, out
DLP
0) Close all running audio applications.
1) Open Audio/MIDI Setup utility. Select "Open Aggregate Device Editor" under Audio pulldown menu.
2) Hit the "+" sign to create a new aggregate device. Select the Maya 44 USB Ins and Outs. Select "clock" on the Maya 44 USB Inputs. DO NOT SELECT RESAMPLE for either the Inputs OR the Outputs! Hit "Done". Quit Audio/MIDI Setup.
3) Re-start the Ms Pinky application of your choice. Now select as your audio I/O device the Aggregate Device that you just created. It should appear in the list of available devices. BE SURE TO SELECT THE AGGREGATE DEVICE, NOT the default "Maya 44 USB" device that will also appear in the list of available devices.
This works great for me. I'm running BinkyToy in Tiger OSX 10.4.4. Buffer size of 128. Error metrics stay down around 0.05 - 0.15. No gurgling.
NOTE: The Maya 44 Inputs run HOT. Their default level settings are way too high for a line-level signal. So you have to open the Maya 44 Control Panel and put the Input Levels way down near the bottom of their range. It should then work like a charm.
peace, out
DLP