RME User Forum — New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (MC) — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:51:44 +0000

Samhain wrote:

Thx for the link. But i'm not sure (my English is not really good )
Is my understanding correct, that Fireface 800 has no future?

Correct. At least no on Mac...

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (Samhain) — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:22:52 +0000

Thx for the link. But i'm not sure (my English is not really good )

Is my understanding correct, that Fireface 800 has no future?

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (MC) — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:53:08 +0000

Samhain wrote:

Just a little question:
There is no information about Fireface 800.
Is this series complete out of support for further drivers?
If this so, it will be a great information for me (and the other FF800/400 users).
Thanks a lot for your statement

https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.ph … 23#p197623

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (Samhain) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 18:22:07 +0000

MC wrote:

HotFix for Big Sur in V 4.03: Driver is now compatible again.
- More interfaces supported
Attention: Fireface UFX / UCX / UC / 802 and Babyface require a firmware update to versions UFX: 361, UCX: 49, UC: 127, 802: 17 (111), Babyface: 226 to enable the use of this DriverKit driver. Link to firmware update tool:
Update:
Any feedback is much appreciated.

Just a little question:

There is no information about Fireface 800.
Is this series complete out of support for further drivers?

If this so, it will be a great information for me (and the other FF800/400 users).

Thanks a lot for your statement

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (MC) — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 17:12:17 +0000

Driver 4.04 is now available, which also brings MIDI back. I specifically tested your setup with UFX+, XTC, and TM FX remote via DIN and MIDI.

https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=35444

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (MC) — Mon, 30 May 2022 13:36:35 +0000

Confirmed, thanks for reporting. MIDI is not functional for USB3 devices as the ARM version is simply missing. Fix upcoming.

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (frank.acklin) — Sat, 28 May 2022 14:50:43 +0000

MC wrote:

MIDI over MADI or DIN?

I‘m using DIN since midi-over-madi messages don‘t seem to get passed through my m32 da and ad boxes.

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (MC) — Sat, 28 May 2022 10:59:52 +0000

MIDI over MADI or DIN?

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (frank.acklin) — Fri, 27 May 2022 19:13:00 +0000

Just went back from 4.03 to 3.27 on my UFX+ because I couldn't control my Octamic XTCs parameters via TotalMixFX anymore.

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (El Duderino) — Fri, 27 May 2022 19:08:28 +0000

Thank you for the response but I have to insist: This computer have seen heavier workloads then Firefox before. Like Firefox, Opera, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign in parallel - without any sign of this window. Also the activity monitor does not make sense to me. This does not look like a system on it's knees. Also - it does not matter how many programs I quit - the window reappears in minutes after the RAM is freed. The whole behaviour "feels" strange in an way that it does not make much sense. I hope you understand what I mean. For example: I cannot trigger this by opening up an ample amount of high RAM apps. It's like there is an invisible app consuming RAM and the system reacts to this. The graphics use the same 8GB on M1 - maybe TotalMix have a leakage there (just a silly idea)?

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (MC) — Fri, 27 May 2022 10:40:42 +0000

That RAM stuff happens on our new Macs as well and has nothing to do with our driver (as the details in your screenshot also clearly show). On our 16 GB machines we see the same effects, no matter what (even Safari uses 1 GB by just opening one website), but due to more physical RAM we never get the warning message.

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (El Duderino) — Thu, 26 May 2022 21:04:02 +0000

So this RAM-is-full window is my new daily special - here is a screenshot when it appears:

Although it looks like the computer is imploding in the next minutes I can in parallel open up Photoshop to edit the screenshot, wasting 1,5 GB additional memory. I am new to Mac, so bare with me, if this an easy problem which has nothing to do with the beta driver. But I have the computer for a year now and never saw that dialog although working with the Adobe suite working all the time which is no comparison to the load right now.

BTW when this RAM fiasko starts the driver is not available to the system anymore. The Fireface looses connection to the computer, although the host LED on the device is not indicating that.

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (bharding) — Wed, 25 May 2022 13:46:28 +0000

You are of course absolutely correct, my bad. I meant to say there was no firmware 226 for the Babyface Pro. At least that I could find.Thanks for catching my typo.

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (MC) — Wed, 25 May 2022 06:02:16 +0000

bharding wrote:

Well at first I thought that was true until I found there was no firmware 200 for the Babyface Pro.

There definitely is.

Re: New macOS RME USB 4.03 driver – public beta test

null@example.com (El Duderino) — Tue, 24 May 2022 20:11:22 +0000

Just some feedback:

I had daily hard (pink screen) crashs with my Mac Mini M1 everytime it woke up and the Fireface was not plugged in anymore. So far this symptom disappeared. But now I saw for the first time the system dialog that my RAM is almost full and I have immediately close some programs. You guys like drama. ;-) - No harm intended. So far it happened twice. The system is not changed beside the beta driver. No idea what is triggering that panic dialog. It happens with any app that needs more then 1 GB - only a restart helped to getting back to normal. The readings in the activity monitor looking not that bad. Will investigate further.