macOS: Crash when plugging unplugging headphones

[broh]

Since 3.5.2 (maybe 3.5.0), I have weird issues regarding handing of audio output on my Mac M2.

• Lots of crashes when plugging / unplugging headphones
• When playing directly on my mac speaker, the volume of the mac is not taken into account, if I mute the mac, sound is still playing, if I put volume up, sound is not going up

Am I the only one ?

EDIT: the audio playback not taken into account was because I had headphones plugged (what I controlled with the mac), but Renoise output on speakers. However, crashes still exist

[Jonas]

What does the renoise log say regarding the crashes?

[broh]

Not sure how to check, will do next time it happens!

[Leszek]

try do this with different headphones I quess it is a software/driver problem of headphones.

I use macos + Renoise + beyerdynamic (connected via USB C) no problem at all.

[broh]

I also though it could come from CPU usage, since the current track I’m working on sits at around 45% CPU usage, going up to 55% when heavy on automations

[Jonas]

[Leszek]

Do this… Delete unused instruments.

It can be problem with VST instrumen. Or change them from VST to AU or VST3 version.

My latest project has CPU around 70 % I can hear “a crack” sometimes but never Renoise crash.

Lots of options, try one by one to see results…

[broh]

Anyway, I save pretty regularly, + Renoise has a backup function so that’s not that much of an issue I think

Wanted to post here so that if other people experienced it it could be solved.

Now that I think of it, it may come from my Virtual Audio Device Setup that merge my external synth and headphones! Will see if that happens again

[broh]

I checked the logs and found this:

Player: Creating slave threads…
Player: 8 threads enabled. 8 CPUs are available.

CoreAudio: Starting Device Apple Inc.: MacBook Air Speakers…
CoreAudio: Output Device is up and running…
CoreAudio: Up and running
CoreAudio: Device sample changed (to ‘0’). Reinitializing the player…

CrashLog: Caught signal: SIGSEGV (11) …
CrashLog: 0 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x000000018414ea24 _sigtramp + 56
CrashLog: 1 Renoise 0x0000000102fe3a8c _ZN10RubberBand19RubberBandStretcher4Impl9configureEv + 1108
CrashLog: 2 Renoise 0x0000000102fe341c _ZN10RubberBand19RubberBandStretcher4ImplC2Emmidd + 680
CrashLog: 3 Renoise 0x0000000102fe3e80 _ZN10RubberBand19RubberBandStretcher4ImplC1Emmidd + 12
CrashLog: 4 Renoise 0x0000000102ff45b4 _ZN10RubberBand19RubberBandStretcherC2Emmidd + 84
CrashLog: 5 Renoise 0x0000000102ff45f8 _ZN10RubberBand19RubberBandStretcherC1Emmidd + 12
CrashLog: 6 Renoise 0x0000000103584a38 _ZN24TPlayerTimeStretcherPool18TStretcherInstance4SNewEi + 72
CrashLog: 7 Renoise 0x0000000103585270 _ZN24TPlayerTimeStretcherPool19SetNewSamplesPerSecEi + 192
CrashLog: 8 Renoise 0x00000001034e20bc _ZN13TPlayerEngine18OnNewSamplesPerSecEv + 248
CrashLog: 9 Renoise 0x0000000103b8c358 _ZN13TCommandQueue15ProcessCommandsEv + 168
CrashLog: 10 Renoise 0x0000000103bcec0c _ZN19TThreadCommunicator15ProcessCommandsEv + 256
CrashLog: 11 Renoise 0x0000000103a999b0 _ZN16TCoreAudioDevice12SCoreAudioIOEjPK14AudioTimeStampPK15AudioBufferListS2_PS3_S2_Pv + 260
CrashLog: 12 CoreAudio 0x00000001863fa94c _ZN19HALC_ProxyIOContext10IOWorkLoopEv + 6628
CrashLog: 13 CoreAudio 0x00000001863f888c ___ZN19HALC_ProxyIOContextC2Ejj_block_invoke + 116
CrashLog: 14 CoreAudio 0x000000018655b574 _ZN13HALB_IOThread5EntryEPv + 88
CrashLog: 15 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000018411ffa8 _pthread_start + 148
CrashLog: 16 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000018411ada0 thread_start + 8

Application: Caught an unhandled fatal exception (Thread: Audio)!
Application: Saving a backup…

Application: Terminating…

seeing those, maybe related to the RubberBandAid tool ?