JLB Productions

Hey all, Me and my partner have both experienced similar problems when working in Logic Pro X. We both use RME interfaces that have "hot" outputs as well, which made the noise bursts (700+ dB in the red on the Logic master output!) even more excruciating. After looking for a solution and finding the Ice9 on this forum (thanks for that!), I seem to have found a solution that seems to be working really well for now. When you put Ice9 at the end of the Logic signal chain, you still risk the extreme noise somehow happening post plugins, bypassing the Ice9 and defeating the purpose. Although, within a systemwide audio control plugin like the Rogue Amoeba 'SoundSource' it is now possible to add AU/VST plugins into your systemwide audio. I have now set up my output from Logic Pro X through the SoundSource audio controller and I've put the Ice9 fuse on there, as well as on the general system output. I have just tested it by first clipping the master output in logic and I'm happy to report the Ice9 works! It shuts down immediately. After that I wanted to go a bit more extreme by putting 100+ gain plugins in Logic to achieve 670db of clipping on the master output, and it still works. It shuts down the output coming in from Logic. I now think that this could actually be used in a safe manner, potentially in conjunction with the Ice9 loaded on the Logic master output. I feel that a systemwide Ice9 has been the thing I had been looking for for so long because I was always worried for the noise to bypass any limiters or the Ice9 in the Logic output chain itself. The only thing I yet have to discover is whether or not the SoundSource audio controller does anything to the audio in terms of bit-depth or quality. I don't think it does any harm to the signal so far. I hope this will help some of you as well. Here's to no more noise death waves (hopefully)