lorenzogc Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Here are my specs: For Logic Pro X: Version 10.6.1 Audio Preferences: Core audio: Enabled Output/Input device: Scarlette 4i4 USB audio interface I/O Buffer size: 128 samples Recording Threads: Auto Processing Buffer Range: Medium Multithreading: Playback and Live Tracks Summing: High Precision (64 bit) ReWire Behavior: Off For Serum: Latest Version 1.334 on March 12, 2021 2x Quality Computer: MacBook Pro Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 Memory: 8 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 1536 MB Previous issues: Ok to recap what happened prior to this issue: I was first noticing Logic Pro X crashes due to Xfer Serum. I had been noticing high cpu usage of two specific threads, the left and right hand most threads, (I have 8) which lead to system/disk space overload. I am using seven Xfer Serum tracks, and I know Serum hits CPU high. The Quality I am using is 2x, I tried 1x Draft mode, but that made things worse. When I put it to 1x Draft mode one of the Serum tracks just started to produce a loud hissing sound on my headphones. I noticed that there was one thread that was going up to 100%, I put it back to 2x and it was fine for a bit. I am using wavetables so maybe that has something to do with it not working in 1x Draft mode? Or maybe because I recorded in 2x and then put it down to 1x didn't end well. I am not sure. There were eventual crashes where I couldn't open that specific project at all, it said the same thing over and over again, that there was a system overload due to Serum, and that these diagnostics would be sent to Apple. I tried restarting my computer and everything but that didn't seem to work. I even shut my computer down and turned it back on, and that didn't allow me to open the project. What I did was I updated Serum to the latest version. This helped me open the project at least but now I am having another updated issue, not a Serum specific issue anymore. New issue: I have been having trouble with this specific project not producing any audio output, there is audio input happening but no audio output on any given track. This is for both MIDI and audio tracks. I checked other projects out and they are fine, there is input/output audio being produced. I checked to see if other things weren't working, the Built in Speakers themselves weren't producing any audio output either. I also checked other audio sources like YouTube and they worked fine to produce sound on both my audio interface and built in speakers. So the speakers/ headphones/ monitors themselves are fine. I also restarted my computer and that didn't fix the issue. I use headphones, and monitors, and all cabling is fine. Thank you for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzogc Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Sorry I almost forgot! I am running macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Do you see level on the channel strip meters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzogc Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Yes, for input only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Can you share a screenshot of the entire Mixer with the levels showing? How to attach files to your post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzogc Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Unfortunately my MacBook is a 13in so it is hard to get the entire mixer in one screenshot. Should I send you multiple screenshots in the zip folder showing all of the channels working or just one that shows some of them working? I assume you also want to see the Output channel as well. So one screenshot showing some of the channels working in relation to the Output channel? I remember that pictures take up a lot of data or space on this website as you mentioned in one of my earlier posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Make sure you follow the instructions in the link I gave you and the pics will be smaller files. Just share what you can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution lorenzogc Posted March 30, 2021 Author Solution Share Posted March 30, 2021 Ah I figured it out. I had my stereo output muted *facepalm.* How do I prevent system overload though? I have tried to close all other applications and use an external hard drive with my projects. It says on the Apple Website that APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format are recommended for the hard drive. Mine is under ExFAT, is this ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 No, that's very bad, it could very well corrupt your projects, there's been many unhappy posters here with that problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Ah I figured it out. I had my stereo output muted *facepalm.* How do I prevent system overload though? I have tried to close all other applications and use an external hard drive with my projects. It says on the Apple Website that APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format are recommended for the hard drive. Mine is under ExFAT, is this ok? No, you absolutely need your disk to be in APFS or MacOS Extended (Journaled). Regarding your system overload issue, please do start a new topic for it and we'll help you there. I have marked this thread as solved, happy to hear you found the source of your project not outputting any audio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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