Topic: Babyface Pro DIM button stops working when TotalMix not foremost app?
Hi,
I encountered this issue last year and wrote about it in a post here: https://www.forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=23150 . Returning to regular use of my Babyface Pro I am still seeing the same consistent behaviour: the DIM button is somehow deactivated after a short time if TotalMix is not the foremost application. Switching back to TotalMix restores button operation, but if you switch away again the button will go inactive 52-53 seconds later.
I have my BFP set up with the main outputs (AN1/2) driving my monitors and defined as the 'Control Room' output in TotalMix. On the BFP itself, output is selected as 'Ch 1/2'. With TotalMix in the foreground, pressing the DIM button works as expected, dropping the monitor level 20dB and illuminating the 'DIM' indicators on the BFP panel.
If I now switch away to another application (eg Logic, Firefox etc), the DIM button continues to work normally until 52-53 seconds after the switch, at which point it then ceases to operate. If I switch back to TotalMix the button resumes operation. If I switch away again, it stops working 52-53 seconds after I switch away.
Testing this is straightforward. Start with TotalMix in the foreground and verify that DIM works as expected. Then switch to another application and start a stopwatch. The DIM button continues to operate as normal up until 52-53 seconds on the stopwatch; at this point it becomes unresponsive. If you happen to be DIMmed when the button stops working, you're stuck DIMmed until you switch back to TotalMix, which will always restore normal DIM button operation.
Can anyone else confirm this behaviour with their setup?
My system:
Mid-2015 MacBook Pro (Retina 15-inch), 2.2GHz i7, 16GB RAM
OS X 10.11.6 (15G1510)
RME Babyface Pro, firmware v101
RME USB driver v2.21
RME TotalMix FX v1.43
Many thanks,
Matt
RME USB driver v2.21