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ProfTonyLima
ProfTonyLima
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August 18, 2017
Question

Audition CC for OS X fails to recognize headphones

  • August 18, 2017
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Audition CC 2017.1.1 build 10.1.1.11 with Macbook Pro a couple of years old and OS X 10.11.6.  Headphones are connected through the headphone jack.  Audition Preferences > Audio Hardware does not show headphones as an output option.  I've done everything I can think of, including rebooting.  No luck.

But I may have inadvertently created this problem.  I recently got a new bluetooth headset.  The Mac and Audition assigned it the name "Headphones."  While OS X can tell the difference between the two versions of Headphones, I wonder if this might be causing Audition some problems.

Youtube and other audio works just fine.  Yes, I have selected Headphones in System Preferences > Sound.  I've also tried killall coreaudiod via terminal.  No joy.

Thanks for any advice.  May not get to this until the weekend.  Plans for this afternoon.

Best,

Tony

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Bob Howes
Bob Howes
Inspiring
August 19, 2017

I'm a Windows rather than Mac user so I can't go into detail but I strongly suspect you're on the right track with your suspicion about OS X and the naming.  I've never had a case where I had two pieces of audio hardware with the same name but that sounds problematic.

If Apple offers you an option to rename one of the devices (and its drivers if any were installed) that would be my first try--but after than we'll have to wait for a Mac user to come along.

ProfTonyLima
ProfTonyLimaAuthor
Known Participant
August 19, 2017

Thanks, Bob.  I'll post the same question on the Apple boards.  If I get a solution there I'll repost it here.

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