Avid HDX CoreAudio on Catalina

[LukeHoward]

Originally Posted by Bill_Kelley

Thanks, Luke. At least now, I know the problem is with Ableton, not avid. I hope to see some results from your ticket with Ableton. In the meantime, I will try out the rewire option. Hopefully I will be able to record audio into Ableton this way.

I actually just killed the AvidAudioServer (launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.AvidAudioServer.plist). Seems like it kept pouncing on the HDX hardware every time I changed sample rates within Pro Tools, making for a very unpleasant experience. I think I'm resigned to the fact that, at least in Catalina, HDX isn't very useful outside Pro Tools. Pretty much any USB interface is going to be better. If only they'd put a USB port on the MTRX...

[LukeHoward]

Originally Posted by LukeHoward

I actually just killed the AvidAudioServer (launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.AvidAudioServer.plist). Seems like it kept pouncing on the HDX hardware every time I changed sample rates within Pro Tools, making for a very unpleasant experience. I think I'm resigned to the fact that, at least in Catalina, HDX isn't very useful outside Pro Tools. Pretty much any USB interface is going to be better. If only they'd put a USB port on the MTRX...

Meh, killing AvidAudioServer doesn't solve my sample rate / having to quit Pro Tools error. I've opened an Avid Support Case with my one and only code...