MAC OSX Sequoia + Rogue Amoeba SoundSource Issues

[castillar]

I've been having this problem for months now, and it's been driving me nuts. Today, while poking at various potential causes, I finally had cause to run ps auxwww|grep coreaudiod in order to kill -HUP it. The result was startling: there were seven different coreaudiod processes forked that tangled with various audio drivers installed on the system, which included a copy of ACE, the predecessor driver to ARK. I went into ~/Library/Audio/Plugins/HAL and removed the ACE driver and a couple others I knew I wasn't using and then rebooted. Lo and behold: I listened to three straight hours of audio without a single blip!

It may not apply to everyone, but I would encourage people to have a look in that directory and see if there aren't some audio drivers that could be pruned — in particular, I suspect that the upgrade to ARK may not correctly remove ACE, and the two of them may then be fighting over control.

 

[lordhumungous]

I've been having this problem for months now, and it's been driving me nuts. Today, while poking at various potential causes, I finally had cause to run ps auxwww|grep coreaudiod in order to kill -HUP it. The result was startling: there were seven different coreaudiod processes forked that tangled with various audio drivers installed on the system, which included a copy of ACE, the predecessor driver to ARK. I went into ~/Library/Audio/Plugins/HAL and removed the ACE driver and a couple others I knew I wasn't using and then rebooted. Lo and behold: I listened to three straight hours of audio without a single blip!

It may not apply to everyone, but I would encourage people to have a look in that directory and see if there aren't some audio drivers that could be pruned — in particular, I suspect that the upgrade to ARK may not correctly remove ACE, and the two of them may then be fighting over control.

Wow what a find ! You did the work Rogue Amoeba should have done. You are probably right about this

 

[_thelaughingman]

@castillar I found a similar number of drivers in my 2018 Intel based Mac. Removed ACE folder and all the old junk that was sitting in there.

 

[lordhumungous]

Installed the lated update and Roon will not play. Quit Soundsource and Roon plays immediately.

Im done with this software . Any alternatives out there that are similar

 

[EasyC]

Installed the lated update and Roon will not play. Quit Soundsource and Roon plays immediately.

Im done with this software . Any alternatives out there that is similar

The removal of the old Ace plugins worked for me. I have the Sonarworks and fabfilter plug-ins running on master output, no problems with audio.

 

[lordhumungous]

The removal of the old Ace plugins worked for me. I have the Sonarworks and fabfilter plug-ins running on master output, no problems with audio.

I removed old Ace plugins . It worked well after that , then I did the latest update and back to major problems

 

[LETRA]

I removed old Ace plugins . It worked well after that , then I did the latest update and back to major problems

Have you checked if the ACE plugins are there again?

 

[EasyC]

Installed the lated update and Roon will not play. Quit Soundsource and Roon plays immediately.

Im done with this software . Any alternatives out there that are similar

I'm hesitating to install the 5.8.0 update now - Is this the update you installed after removing the ACE plugins?

 

[lordhumungous]

I'm hesitating to install the 5.8.0 update now - Is this the update you installed after removing the ACE plugins?

Yes . I did a complete uninstall and reinstalled Soundsource and now it seems to be working properly . Soundsource prior to the reinstall was giving me a weird message that Roon was in hog mode . The clean reinstall no longer gives me that message .

 

[AJH]

I never had a problem with SoundSource until I downloaded and installed version 5.8 (I'm using macOS 15.3.2). After installing version 5.8, the program will not direct the sound to any selection (Mac Studio Speakers, Apple Studio Display Speakers, etc., etc.- there is no sound whatsoever). After I deleted the program, I had absolutely no problem directing the sound to any device. I contacted support, and they seemed mystified however they had me download a beta version to try that solved nothing. I also preformed the complete uninstall and re-install thing and 5.8 (and the beta build of 5.8) still would not work. I had a total backup of my computer (which had version 5.7.5 on it) that I loaded, and again everything worked perfectly. I don't know what the problems are with this program, but after reading this discussion, my current problem, and with support seeming to be lost, I've uninstalled it and will no longer use it.

 

[pier25]

I'm on SoundSource 5.8.3 on a new Mac with Sequoia 15.5 and it's working perfectly for me.

Maybe because ACE was never installed in this system.

Latency seems the same as with Ventura. In the settings there's a slider to reduce latency (probably reduces the audio buffer).

 

[middlemarch]

This version still kills my HDMI output, same as all versions starting with 5. With SoundSource running and connected to my AVR even AudioMIDI can't send the test noise to any of my speakers, and REW is silent. Quit SoundSource and everything works. If there's a setting that lets both play together I've not discovered it.

 

[Rosenbloom]

Oh I am on the fence of trying and buying SoundSource then I found this thread. Currently I am using Hiby R4 as USB DAC to do PEQ outputs. I thought using SoundSource would simplify the connection. It now seems I should stick with Hiby.

 

[DWPress]

I thought using SoundSource would simplify the connection.

The current version runs fine on the latest MacOS. I use it in conjunction with Roon (and all the other sound routing benefits) but don't really use the DSP part of either app except for some desktop speakers.

Apple is releasing another big update in September across the whole device platform. Hopefully Rogue Amoeba is ahead of the game this time.

 

[olds1959special]

The current version runs fine on the latest MacOS. I use it in conjunction with Roon (and all the other sound routing benefits) but don't really use the DSP part of either app except for some desktop speakers.

Apple is releasing another big update in September across the whole device platform. Hopefully Rogue Amoeba is ahead of the game this time.

I am on the latest MacOS and finding SoundSource indispensable for EQ'ing my speakers with AUNBandEQ.

 

[voodooless]

The current version runs fine on the latest MacOS.

No, it still does not. In fact, with 15.6, it has gotten way worse.

AirPods Pro are stuttering, cutting out, sometimes not working at all... It hasn't been that bad as this for a while. And when gaming, audio generally stutters, even with the safest settings, no matter what output I select.

 

[pier25]

I'm on Sequoia 15.5 and having an issue where ARK is consuming gobs of memory. I've seen it as high as 2GB in Activity Monitor.

I've reported the issue and provided logs. Hopefully they'll find a solution.

I use SoundSource to EQ my headphones with AUNBandEQ but with the added latency and now this memory consumption issue I'm starting to look at alternatives. Suddenly an RME interface with Room EQ seems a lot more attractive.

 

[olds1959special]

I'm on Sequoia 15.5 and having an issue where ARK was consuming gobs of memory. I've seen it as high as 2GB in Activity Monitor.

I've reported the issue and provided logs. Hopefully they'll find a solution.

I use SoundSource to EQ my headphones with AUNBandEQ but with the added latency and now this memory consumption issue I'm starting to look at alternatives. Suddenly an RME interface with Room EQ seems a lot more attractive.

arkaudiod is using 119MB on Seqouia 15.6, M2 Mac for me.

 

[pier25]

arkaudiod is using 119MB on Seqouia 15.6, M2 Mac for me.

If I restart it goes back to normal but then starts growing as the days go by.

 

[olds1959special]

If I restart it goes back to normal but then starts growing as the days go by.

Maybe try running Onyx automation?