Okay, bear with me. Been using computers well over 30 years, and just switched to a Mac for my home music studio. I am now officially stupid, as I have no idea what I'm doing.
I am using Logic Pro 9, but I think that's irrelevant. I had a MOTU 828 mk3 audio interface, but it had a very odd problem where no matter what I set the volume at on the interface, the sound would come of the speakers at full volume. Whether I turned it down, muted it, or anything, the sound was always at full level coming out.
Feeling that it was a glitch, I jumped ship from MOTU and just bought an Apogee Quartet. However, I have the same exact problem! No matter what I do in their software, the sound *always* comes out at full blast. I have headphones plugged in now, since full volume out of headphones wakes up fewer dead people than full volume coming out of my Mackie monitors. But no matter what I do - mute all outputs, change the headphone volume, etc... the sound is always at the same loud level.
The reason I say Logic is irrelevant is that even if I just watch a YouTube video, the sound is at the same level as when I play out of Logic or GarageBand, so it's not the programs, and it's likely not the interface, since both the MOTU and the Apogee did this, so it's likely the Mac OS itself? The Apogee Quartet is connected via USB. The Mac itself is brand new (about 2 months old.)
Preferences -> Audio only lets me select what device I want to use for output, but I don't see a box to uncheck anywhere that says, "Ignore whatever I tell the interface to use for volume and just play as loud as humanly possible."
I'm at a loss... any ideas? Thanks people
Evan
I am using Logic Pro 9, but I think that's irrelevant. I had a MOTU 828 mk3 audio interface, but it had a very odd problem where no matter what I set the volume at on the interface, the sound would come of the speakers at full volume. Whether I turned it down, muted it, or anything, the sound was always at full level coming out.
Feeling that it was a glitch, I jumped ship from MOTU and just bought an Apogee Quartet. However, I have the same exact problem! No matter what I do in their software, the sound *always* comes out at full blast. I have headphones plugged in now, since full volume out of headphones wakes up fewer dead people than full volume coming out of my Mackie monitors. But no matter what I do - mute all outputs, change the headphone volume, etc... the sound is always at the same loud level.
The reason I say Logic is irrelevant is that even if I just watch a YouTube video, the sound is at the same level as when I play out of Logic or GarageBand, so it's not the programs, and it's likely not the interface, since both the MOTU and the Apogee did this, so it's likely the Mac OS itself? The Apogee Quartet is connected via USB. The Mac itself is brand new (about 2 months old.)
Preferences -> Audio only lets me select what device I want to use for output, but I don't see a box to uncheck anywhere that says, "Ignore whatever I tell the interface to use for volume and just play as loud as humanly possible."
I'm at a loss... any ideas? Thanks people
Evan
