Motu Audio Express sudden no sound problem for Mac Osx

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alan wang
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Motu Audio Express sudden no sound problem for Mac Osx

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Hi all, I hope someone can help me.
The problem with my Motu Audio Express is that sometimes audio is completely gone. The only thing I hear when it has happened is a very high beep. When I go to my Motu Audio Console and change one of the settings randomly, everything works fine again.

Before I saw The MOTU Hardware & Windows of tvboxtel's question , he has the same problem, So I borrowed his Title :)
I was update the Audio USB public beta driver download for 10.11 - Beta 3 (October 20, 2015) , but the problem is not solved....
I hope someone can help me fix this annoying problem. I am using MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012) OS X EI Capitan 10.11.1

Thanks in advance!
alan wang
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Re: Motu Audio Express sudden no sound problem for Mac Osx

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alan wang wrote:Hi all, I hope someone can help me.
The problem with my Motu Audio Express is that sometimes audio is completely gone. The only thing I hear when it has happened is a very high beep. When I go to my Motu Audio Console and change one of the settings randomly, everything works fine again.

Before I saw The MOTU Hardware & Windows of tvboxtel's question , he has the same problem, So I borrowed his Title :)
I was update the Audio USB public beta driver download for 10.11 - Beta 3 (October 20, 2015) , but the problem is not solved....
I hope someone can help me fix this annoying problem. I am using MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012) OS X EI Capitan 10.11.1

Thanks in advance!
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Hi Alan,

In a situation like this, it's best to put in a Tech Link with MOTU support. With beta drivers, they will need to know what does and does not work. Let us know what happens.
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Hi Mikehalloran,
Thanks for the reply!
Well, I‘ll try, if there are any solutions I will announce here.
Thanks for any advice !
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Yea, we're a user support group. By posting the results, it helps everybody.
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
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Having the same issue with my brand new 828mk3. Sudden click and no audio for about 20 seconds then returning to normal. Latest Beta 3 driver installed, iMac OS 10.11.1
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two days ago I wrote a gmail to the technical department,(customerservice@motu.com)
but until now still no response..
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I'm also getting the occasional DAW crash (Ableton Live 9.2.3) when the audio on the 828 cuts out causing my Mac to restart. I assume all this is linked to updating to El Capitan.
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lol, Audio USB public beta driver download for 10.11 - Beta 4 (November 4, 2015) This upgrade is worked well。
I upgraded and listened to one hour, so far no recurrence of the problem of sounds.
go to downloads :
http://www.motu.com/newsitems/motu-and-os-x-el-capitan/
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