Thanks for being the first one to try and report! We will continue to work on this after the holidays, promised!

Hi and thanks for the new driver

I also have one issue to report on macOS 13.1:

Hardware: MB Pro M1 / Madi FX in TB3 expansion case

after waking the MB from sleep there is no sound output anymore and have to reboot the machine or reconnect the TB3 connection to fix this. Sound still works on internal speakers though.

Thanks and have nice holidays!

Thanks for the quick reply and update. I just installed the 1.04 update but have a weird situation:

• right after the installation HDSPe settings starts but shows no device

• after a reboot (and allowing the driver) the Madi FX seems to be running as I have sound and see the device

• HDSPe settings crashes the moment it tries to run

• TotalMix works

• the firmware updater shows the new revision but it seems the card is stuck in legacy mode (I updated it twice and made sure to enable DriverKit comp. mode) pic: https://freeimage.host/i/HI3bns4

Not sure whats going on....

I did just that but to no change. Right after the setup has completet the settings dialog appears but shows no device. After the reboot the settings app crashes. For some reason I have sound though.
I checked the Library/Extensions folder if the old driver has not been deleted but it is properly gone.
Can you point me in what folder the new "RMEHDSPeAsp.driver" is suppose to go? Maybe something went wrong here. I also check in how to refresh the whole driver cache, that might also do the trick and I'm quiet sure that this is some macOS issue...

Edit: according to "systemextensionsctl list" the driver is loaded and active. That explains why there is sound but not why the settings app has no mood in working today.

Edit 2: I also flashed the card on a Windows machine and there the correct revision and driverkit information was displayed.

Edit 3: After disabling and re-enabling SIP everything just works now. There must have been some issue with macOS using the driver properly. So if anyone has the same issue, do this to fix it but know, that it is very important to turn SIP back on!!!

Hello, and Thank you for posting the Betas. I'd like to report the problem I'm having.

On my system, an M1 Mac Book Pro, I keep loosing audio. I now have the new1.04 Beta driver and Totalmix 1.79 installed on both Monterey and Ventura. My system has external drives that have bootable OS's on them.

For me, in HDSPe Settings I have word clock chosen because I have a master clock and several other digital devices in my system.

Anytime I make a sample rate change I loose audio, even though the Input status shows that I am in Sync with word clock and also in Sync on all there MADI connections. Something is making the HDSPe MADI FX card stop working. Even opening songs that are at the same sample rates are loosing audio connections to the driver.

For example I open a song in either Logic or Pro Tools Studio and then play audio and then close that song and open another the audio stops working.

All metering in Totalmix stops too. A telltale sign of it no longer working is the spinning beach ball in whichever app is trying to play audio.

If I experience a disconnect sometimes I can temporally resolve it by unplugging the Thunderbolt 3 cable that goes to the external TB chassis and then reconnecting it. Sometimes I can get the audio back. Shutting down my M1 MB Pro and turning it back on again will sometimes get the audio back but it soon disappears again.

Opening Logic Pro X or Pro Tools Studio or even playing YouTube videos in Safari is an issue. When it happens any audio system wide stops. I also see a dialog box in Logic that say something about Core Midi not working.

I've even tried using another audio interface to play any system wide audio and only use the HDSPe MADI FX inside of Logic or Pro Tools and I still have the disconnection  problem. Re-installing the driver Software has been tried too.

Best regards
BigPocketMusic

I checked and could not reproduce any disconnect issues. You might want to try what I did to see if that also fails for you:

- use a simple music player, like Vox, and play music over MADI channel's 1/2. Loopback cabling MADI out to in.

- Open TotalMix FX, Settings dialog and start DigiCheck NG.

- Assign the MADI card inputs 1/2 to whatever meter you like. Make sure you have the default routing so that the music comes back on 1/2.

- Card is on internal clock. Change the sample rate in the Settings dialog. The whole system and all apps will follow. On change of sample rate within 1 second playback is clean again.

- Apply word clock and change to that Clock Source. Change between different word clock sample rates. System should behave as before, but now takes a bit longer to have clean sound again.

If any of these causes a disconnect then you will need to check your whole system, from the external TB interface up to the unusual booting from external drives.

There cannot be a short version because of Apple shutting the doors in various ways. You have to follow the first post then you will be updated and even backwards compatible. As you have no MADI FX card it's a bit easier: Update the kernel based driver as in link above (4.22), then flash the firmware to DK, then try the new DK driver.

But when you use both cards in Aggregate mode you shouldn't update now, see above, post 6.

You tried a rescan? Are all 3 MIDI ports missing?

I'm normally not too afraid to install beta software and I do beta testing for the mastering DAW I use and many plugins but due to a few reports of clicks and pops, I might have to wait for the next beta or two before installing.

With a busy studio schedule, I do not have time to sort out issues like that.

Yeah, same here. I have to hold off for a while until I know it is "safe".
Awesome support and longevity from RME!

Do all the MF get their power from the HDSPe cards? If not, are the external power supplies switched on before the Sonnet starts?

Of course. With three MF the Sonnet might have a start-up inrush current issue, OR the HDSPe cards don't come up quickly enough (can happen when getting old). Also are these three cards on latest state, or is one of them older and needs a hardware mod?

Hi

I saw the links above are also on the main site. Does this mean they are "safe" to use now?
Also, wasn't there supposed to be one single driver for the HDSPe FX and the other HDSPE cards?

/m

EDIT: I guess I misread as there is only one DK driver.

The first post has been updated to latest driver version 1.05. Changes:

- Added support for Aggregate Devices

- Improved behaviour on shutdown

Direct link: https://www.rme-audio.de/downloads/driv … dk_105.zip

Nice, if I install this DK driver and if having problems with it, how do one switch between DK and Legacy driver? I have the latest firmware/legacydriver.

Right, thanks!

Unfortunately it still doesn't work for me.
I've tried deleting everything and reinstalling the drivers from scratch.
I installed the 422 drivers, the new DK 104 and 105 but nothing.
I also tried resetting the privacy policies to force the unlock but nothing!

Possible bug with 1.05 DK.

I'm losing MIDI input on my main Multiface. After a while, the incoming MIDI light on the Mulitface shows that it's seeing incoming MIDI, but the MIDI isn't getting through to either Cubase or Ableton. Cleared by a reboot.

Not sure if it's related, but Ableton takes a long time to start, when the system is in this failure mode.

Audio from the DAWs still works. Ableton's per-track CPU load tracking shows heavy load, when there's nothing running.

I'll see what happens if I don't use MIDI via the Multiface(s).

Update: I removed Multifaces from list of potential MIDI inputs on Ableton and Cubase and so far, I've not hit a problem. I've been playing MIDI from my Korg Kronos via USB, from my Ableton Push2 and also left an automated test running on an external sequencer (Cirklon) via its USB connection, playing a VST in Ableton. So far, that's been OK. Not yet conclusive, but pointing towards Multiface MIDI input, when selected as an input in the DAWs.

I'm afraid that you'll have to update the firmware. DK drivers definitely won't work without.

You should be able to use the kernel drivers and use them to re-program the firmware.

Thank you very much for your support of "old" equipment!!

DK1.05.  HDSPe Digiface.  MacBookPro 14" 16GB  Logic 10.7.6. Monterey12.6

Did the firmware update,Logic plays for 20 min, then crashes, have to restart.
HDSP settings install but doesn't open.
No Digiface Midi in Midi-Studio.

Cheers,have a nice, rainy day.
Michael

How exactly is the Madiface connected here?

After spending time running through some old projects with the user-mode drivers, I've had to go back to kernel drivers since I'm experiencing too much glitching. Hoping for an improvement!

I'm now not sure if the user-mode drivers are responsible for the glitches or not. I'm definitely getting more glitches than before, since I'm running the same projects in Ableton. ...but I'm getting new glitching in both DK and kernel drivers. Only difference, is the new firmware. I'd be surprised if that's the cause though.

Quite difficult to pin these things down sometime, if you're not monitoring system changes really carefully.

I'm still very suspicious on the MIDI side of things though, since as I mentioned above, if I use the Multiface's MIDI connection for input, I can fairly easily push the system over with CPU bandwidth being over-used.

Edit: By the way, powering the Multiface I was struggling with, does seem to have improved the noise level issue. I happen to have one spare power-supply because I had an PCMCIA Express card back in the day.

Edit2: Spoke too soon. Powering the Mulitface doesn't fix the noise issue. Just had a boot where the noise is there.