Why does my Mac mute its audio when I switch from Avid to any other open program and then switch back?
I have been trying to find a solution on the normal Mac forums etc but cant find anything. Does this happen to anyone else?
Mac Mini M1, MC 2022.4, OS 12.3.1
Avid MC has it's own sound level that is independent of your system(including other apps) audio. Not sure when they implemented it or why exactly, but essentially what happens is it mutes your system audio when it starts up. But you can adjust it back up.
And you can have two different levels – one for when Avid is active and once for when it is not. And it will stay that way on subsequent start ups (at least for me it does behave this way now).
If you're using USB audio you may need to open "Audio Midi Setup" in /Applications/Utilities to adjust the levels. I'm not sure why, but this was the case for me the last time I was using USB out (A Mackie Big Knob).
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