Perhaps you can help me with my problem: today I tried for the first time to use my CQ12T as an audio interface on my MacBook to record multitrack in Reaper. I’m running macOS 10.14.6. I’ve aligned the sample rate and quantization on the console and on the DAW, and the CQ12T is recognized by my Reaper. However, when I arm a track for recording, there is no signal modulation on the DAW. In the meantime, the signal does modulate on the CQ12T.
I selected Multi-track stream mode and activated the USB, I don’t know what I can be missing now…
I’m not a CQ user, but, am a Reaper user. What are you using with your MAC as your “sound card/audio input interface” for reaper to see the audio signal.
For example with Dante, you have to have “Dante Virtual Soundcard” software to take the signal from the network card and convert it for the DAW software to be able to see it and record it.
Some paid DAW software can see a direct USB signal for track recording(Harrison LiveTrax for example). Reaper doesn’t offer this.
Don’t forget that by default Apple blocks all the “permissions” that might be needed for non-Apple software to work correctly. So while Logic Pro will work just fine out of the box, something like Reaper needs to have permissions for audio devices turned on in the settings.
It’s just Apple doing “Apple things” and trying to cause confusion with third party software and drive people to using their own Apple branded software, under the guise of “security”.
