Neil Beckmann
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I'm having weird problems with using the FM3 as an interface that I'll try to be as thorough about below (running on Mojave 10.14.6).
Just got my FM3 delivered last week and it initially worked perfectly as an interface, both alone and as an Aggregate Device with my Behringer UMC404HD (all sessions have been run in 48kHz with the FM3 as the clock source).
Just now after having restarted the FM3, I had it as the sole input interface into Logic (10.5.1) which worked normally for both processed and DI sounds. Then, I switched to the Aggregate Device (Behringer in first four channels, FM3 in channels 5-8) and the audio that came through the FM3's interface was highly digitally distorted (the signal from the analog outputs of the FM3 to my Behringer interface sounded normal). When I went back to having the FM3 as the sole input, it stopped sending any audio to Logic except for some gurgles at about -60db only from the DI channels.
In troubleshooting this, I've restarted both the FM3, Logic and my computer and sometimes a combination of doing these will get the FM3 to work as it should but it's been completely unpredictable for whether it will work normally or not work at all. So far it usually takes 5-10 rounds of restarting all of these until it settles in to working normally.
I also just reinstalled the firmware, and when I opened it up in Logic as the sole input it didn't work at all. I've also tried two different USB cables which doesn't seem to make a difference (and I've had no problems connecting to FM3-Edit regardless of whether audio is being sent). The onboard meters have always shown that both the analog and USB signals are going out regardless of whether my computer is receiving audio from the FM3. All of these problems also appear when I using the FM3 in Ableton so it doesn't appear to be DAW specific.
I feel like I've troubleshooted this pretty thoroughly so far but I'm stumped as to what's going on, any help would be greatly appreciated!
Just got my FM3 delivered last week and it initially worked perfectly as an interface, both alone and as an Aggregate Device with my Behringer UMC404HD (all sessions have been run in 48kHz with the FM3 as the clock source).
Just now after having restarted the FM3, I had it as the sole input interface into Logic (10.5.1) which worked normally for both processed and DI sounds. Then, I switched to the Aggregate Device (Behringer in first four channels, FM3 in channels 5-8) and the audio that came through the FM3's interface was highly digitally distorted (the signal from the analog outputs of the FM3 to my Behringer interface sounded normal). When I went back to having the FM3 as the sole input, it stopped sending any audio to Logic except for some gurgles at about -60db only from the DI channels.
In troubleshooting this, I've restarted both the FM3, Logic and my computer and sometimes a combination of doing these will get the FM3 to work as it should but it's been completely unpredictable for whether it will work normally or not work at all. So far it usually takes 5-10 rounds of restarting all of these until it settles in to working normally.
I also just reinstalled the firmware, and when I opened it up in Logic as the sole input it didn't work at all. I've also tried two different USB cables which doesn't seem to make a difference (and I've had no problems connecting to FM3-Edit regardless of whether audio is being sent). The onboard meters have always shown that both the analog and USB signals are going out regardless of whether my computer is receiving audio from the FM3. All of these problems also appear when I using the FM3 in Ableton so it doesn't appear to be DAW specific.
I feel like I've troubleshooted this pretty thoroughly so far but I'm stumped as to what's going on, any help would be greatly appreciated!
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