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Mac Finder won't play mono files through 2882 [message #88073] Sat, 07 August 2021 04:21 Go to next message
Kroy is currently offline  Kroy
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When I'm listening through my 2882 the mac's own play button in the finder window doesn't play mono audio files, only stereo. When I switch to the mac's built in output and monitor through the 3.5 headphone jack they play just fine. Seems to have been like this a while but I've only just got round to posting to see if there's a solution..
(I had a look in Audio MIDI Setup but there was nothing there that seemed to help)

[Updated on: Sat, 07 August 2021 04:22]

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Re: Mac Finder won't play mono files through 2882 [message #88076 is a reply to message #88073] Sun, 08 August 2021 15:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
bj is currently offline  bj
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You have to go into the "Configure Speakers" for the MIO in Audio MIDI setup and explicitly set the speaker routing for Stereo and 2.0 surround. That should make it route correctly for Mono too. This is a weird CoreAudio thing...
Re: Mac Finder won't play mono files through 2882 [message #88079 is a reply to message #88076] Sun, 08 August 2021 15:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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bj wrote on Sun, 08 August 2021 15:11
You have to go into the "Configure Speakers" for the MIO in Audio MIDI setup and explicitly set the speaker routing for Stereo and 2.0 surround. That should make it route correctly for Mono too. This is a weird CoreAudio thing...

I switched it to 2.0 Surround and at first they wouldn't play at all. So I switched it back to Stereo and then they played.
Then I switched it back to 2.0 Surround and they still play.
Strange, but I'm not arguing..
Thank you!

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Re: Mac Finder won't play mono files through 2882 [message #88080 is a reply to message #88079] Sun, 08 August 2021 16:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yeah - like I said - its something weird in CoreAudio. Once you have it set up, it should just keep working...

Re: Mac Finder won't play mono files through 2882 [message #88081 is a reply to message #88080] Sun, 08 August 2021 16:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It's great to get this sorted. thanks.
Re: Mac Finder won't play mono files through 2882 [message #88321 is a reply to message #88076] Thu, 04 August 2022 04:44 Go to previous message
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bj wrote on Sun, 08 August 2021 15:11
You have to go into the "Configure Speakers" for the MIO in Audio MIDI setup and explicitly set the speaker routing for Stereo and 2.0 surround. That should make it route correctly for Mono too. This is a weird CoreAudio thing...


A year later and it still works- spicy fantastic! Thanks BJ
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