MBox Pro 3 CoreAudio Manager says (HW not found), but...

[leftalive]

Hey guys and gals, been a while, hope all is well...

I had been running a rock solid 002/Snow Leopard system for years, hence the quiet spell.
Recently upgraded to a Macbook Pro (late 2012) and an MBox Pro 3, and I'm experiencing a weird issue w/ getting the Avid CoreAudio Manager to recognize the MBox.
If I fire up the CoreAudio Manager, it says "unsupported device" and "(HW not found)", BUT - it seems to actually be working just fine.
It shows up as an option in the Sound system preference pane, and system sound comes right through. It also works in Ableton Live. The MBox control panel seems to work fine, and the MBox itself is running fine in PT, afaik, it's just that the CoreAudio Manager won't show as working.

I'd like to get this ironed out, as I can see a scenario in which being able to change the buffer setting in the CoreAudio Manager would be important.

I did have to install and re-install PT and the MBox driver several times before it finally worked. If I remember correctly, installing the MBox driver first ended up being the thing that did the trick to getting it to work for 3rd party sounds.

Has anyone else had this "problem"? Why would it say "(HW not found)" when it obviously is?

MBox driver is 1.1.3, PT is 10.3.3, CoreAudio Manager is 10.3.3, OSX is 10.8.2

thanks in advance

[herman_hdz]

What cable or adapter, are you using????
regards

[Bharath]

MBox Pro 3 doesnt need Coreaudio Manager.

Coreaudio Manager is used by for 002, 003, HDX, HD and HD Native families.

[leftalive]

Originally Posted by herman_hdz

What cable or adapter, are you using????
regards

A firewire 400 to 800. Not sure of the brand, might be the one that came w/ the Mbox Pro.

Originally Posted by Bharath

MBox Pro 3 doesnt need Coreaudio Manager.

Coreaudio Manager is used by for 002, 003, HDX, HD and HD Native families.

Huh. Really? So the MBox line are the only interfaces they make that don't use coreaudio for 3rd party apps? I would have thought my endless searching on the DUC and Gearslutz would have turned that up.

Thanks guys. Off to Google I go...

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by leftalive

Huh. Really? So the MBox line are the only interfaces they make that don't use coreaudio for 3rd party apps? I would have thought my endless searching on the DUC and Gearslutz would have turned that up.

Thanks guys. Off to Google I go...

No they use core audio for third party apps, they just don't need the Avid core audio driver. This also applies the the Eleven Rack, and I expect/hope all future similar interfaces. You manage core audio for these devices via the standard Apple Audio/MIDI control panel. A much better way to do things. And for more complex things the Mbox Pro 3 come with its own very nice driver control panel.

[leftalive]

Ahh, that makes more sense. So the Avid CoreAudio Manager is essentially not relevant when using the MBox Pro 3? I can't hardly find any information connecting the two, when searching here, or GS, or Google, maybe that's why. Most of the threads and posts I'm coming across reference an older MBox, or operating system, or version of PT.