November 21, 2012
GiO, GiO: Setup, GiO: Troubleshooting
0
Symptoms: When
connected
to
a
USB
3
.
0
port
on
a
Mac
,
GiO
only
displays
white
lights
instead
of
the
colors
as
expected
.
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Solution: The
workaround
is
to
connect
GiO
to
the
Mac
through
a
powered
or
unpowered
USB
2
.
0
hub
or
Apple
USB
Keyboard
.
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August 15, 2012
GiO, GiO: Setup
0
To
select
GiO
as
the
audio
input
/
output
device
for
GarageBand
,
click
Preferences
&
gt
;
Audio
/
MIDI
and
choose
"
GiO
"
for
audio
input
and
output
.
If
you
would
like
to
use
GiO
as
your
input
device
but
listen
through
your
Mac
'
s
internal
speakers
,
select
"
GiO
"
for
audio
input
and
"
Built
-
in
"
for
your
audio
output
.
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July 2, 2012
All, Duet 2 (USB), Duet 2 (USB): Setup, Fundamentals of Digital Audio, GiO, GiO: Setup, JAM, JAM: Setup, ONE, ONE: Setup, Symphony I/O, Symphony I/O: Setup
3
It
’
s
an
accepted
“
best
pactice
”
of
most
audio
software
providers
that
audio
files
should
be
recorded
on
a
hard
drive
other
than
the
Mac
’
s
Startup
drive
(
i
.
e
.
the
drive
on
which
the
operating
system
is
installed
).
You
can
probably
get
away
with
recording
a
few
tracks
to
your
computer
’
s
Startup
disk
,
but
for
the
best
performance
of
your
Apogee
recording
system
,
record
onto
a
separate
ATA
/
IDE
,
SATA
,
or
FireWire
drive
whose
spindle
speed
is
at
least
7200
RPM
.
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April 16, 2012
Duet 2 (USB), Duet 2 (USB): How To's, Duet 2 (USB): Setup, GiO, GiO: Setup, JAM, JAM: Setup, MiC: How To's, MiC: Setup, ONE, ONE: How To's, ONE: Setup, Quartet, Quartet: Compatibility, Quartet: Setup
2
Yes
,
Mac
OS
allows
you
to
use
multiple
audio
devices
at
once
and
use
them
as
-
if
they
were
a
single
device
.
Through
a
process
called
Aggregation
,
inputs
and
outputs
of
the
separate
devices
are
combined
and
can
be
used
simultaneously
.
For
example
,
you
can
aggregate
2
ONE
'
s
,
effectively
creating
a
device
with
4
output
channels
.
Apogee
supports
device
aggregation
for
a
maximum
of
2
devices
only
on
Mac
OSX
10
.
7
(
Lion
)
or
greater
.
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Apogee devices that support Aggregation:
- Duet 2
- Quartet
- GiO
- JAM
- MiC
- ONE
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To create an aggregate device and use multiple interfaces simultaneously:
- Open Audio Midi Setup (Located in Applications/Utilities/ on your Mac)
- Click the + from the button left of the window
- Select "Create Aggregate device"
- Double-click the newly created device's name "Aggregate Device" and rename it if desired
- In the right side of the window, select the devices you wish to aggregate. For example ONE, Built-in Input, Built-in Output.
- For best results, be sure Apogee device is selected as the Master Clock
- In your recording application, select the device name you've just created.
- To select this device to be your default for Mac sound, Right click (or control click) the device in Audio MIDI Setup and select "Use this device for sound input/output"
- Select the Output speaker channels by clicking "Configure Speakers", selecting the stereo tab and assigning destinations for left and right channels
- Select "Done" button and you're all set.
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April 16, 2012
GiO, GiO: General
0
No
,
GiO
'
s
input
is
specifically
designed
for
1
/
4
"
instrument
sources
such
as
an
electric
guitar
or
bass
.
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April 13, 2012
AD-16x/DA-16x, AD-8000, Duet (FireWire), Duet (FireWire): Compatibility, Duet 2 (USB), Duet 2 (USB): Compatibility, Ensemble, Ensemble: Compatibility, GiO, GiO: Compatibility, JAM, JAM: Compatibility, Legacy Products, MiC, MiC: Compatibility, ONE, ONE: Compatibility, Rosetta 200, Rosetta 200: Compatibility, Symphony I/O, Symphony I/O: Compatibility
1
Yes
,
your
Apogee
interface
will
work
on
a
Mac
booted
from
OSX
on
an
external
hard
drive
.
Please
note
the
following
requirements
:
- OSX version must be noted as compatible with the Apogee product on our website
- The external hard drive must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- External hard drive must be partitioned as a GUID partition table for booting Intel Macs
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