Hi Deb, I went down this exact path when I got my first Mac, because i also use a broadcast console. My Edirol UA1-EX, which I've had for years and is a broadcast quality sound interface with no frills, would not work under a VM. At first I thought they were just saying that because they didn't want to get embroiled in tech support questions about sound and virtual machines, but sure enough, when I tried to install the drivers, the install detected that I was running a VM and they wouldn't install. Bah to that! I then went exploring other sound cards and I had quite a bit of trouble with the smooth operation of external sound cards in Windows. I have one for JAWS speech to go through, just a cheap vanilla sound card and that works OK, but higher end sound cards had serious latency and lock-up issues. In the end, I fixed it by realising that if I install my Edirol on the Mac side, and make it the default output audio device in the Mac's system preferences, Fusion uses that as its default sound card. Problem fixed although there's still latency. I think that's just par for the course when running a VM A couple of things to note here. First, all this happened with Fusion 5. Perhaps things have improved in 6 but I've no need to fool with a formula that is still working for me. Also, there are ways to improve the latency of audio on Fusion by manually editing config files. Every time I tried this, I broke sound completely and had to restore from a backup of the VM, but you may have better results. Best of luck with it. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 16/02/2014, at 5:02 pm, Deb Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just beginning the process of getting sPL Studio to work in Fusion. I'm > pretty clear about what needs to happen but just have one question that might > make a difference. > I don't use Direct sound in windows so have to have a sound card for the > broadcast content. I want to buy a Soundblaster USB card for this purpose. > The ones I'm interested say they are only for windows not for mac. But if I'm > only using it in Fusion I am using it only in windows right? In other words, > it should be OK. I think the only issue will be whether or not Fusion > recognizes the card. It has been recognizing other USB things so I'm going. > But any thoughts would be welcome. > What if anything am I missing here? > > > > On Feb 13, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi may, right, for this to work, at least, for it to work for me, the >> headset needs to be connected only to Windows. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 12/02/2014, at 6:39 pm, May and Noah <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ok, maybe I have it set up wrong. So how about we start there and work our >>> way up/ *smiles* >>> >>> How I have the headset right now is the usb is seen by both the mac and >>> fusion. so goth sides come through the headset. Under the usb setting >>> though I don't have the usb headset connected. When I tell it to connect >>> both mac and fusion switch over to the mac speakers. At this time the mac >>> side know longer sees the headset. The moment I tell jaws to then switch to >>> the headset I lose jaws unless I disconnect the headset. >>> >>> Hope that made sense? >>> >>> May and Prince Noah >>> www.canadianlynx.ca >>> >>> On Feb 11, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi may, if you go into the Windows sound setting and tell Windows itself >>>> to use the headset, does it work? Just trying to establish if it's a JAWS >>>> issue or a Fusion issue. Fusion can be a little quirky when a sound device >>>> is connected to Windows. >>>> Jonathan Mosen >>>> Mosen Consulting >>>> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >>>> http://Mosen.org >>>> >>>> On 12/02/2014, at 5:06 pm, May and Noah <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hmm, then I must be doing something wrong or jaws doesn't like the usb >>>>> headset. >>>>> >>>>> Whenever I tell jaws to switch to the headset it dies. >>>>> >>>>> Any suggestions? I've tried all I can think of and I'm lost. >>>>> >>>>> May and Prince Noah >>>>> www.canadianlynx.ca >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 11, 2014, at 8:37 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi May, yes, I do this weekly. . You'll have to tell Fusion that you >>>>>> want to connect the headset to Windows, not to the Mac, then set JAWS to >>>>>> use the headset as its sound card from the Utilities Menu in the JAWS >>>>>> window. >>>>>> Jonathan Mosen >>>>>> Mosen Consulting >>>>>> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >>>>>> http://Mosen.org >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10/02/2014, at 9:42 pm, May and Noah <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Good morning. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Are there any that use spl on their macs through fusion? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If so, is there a way to make it so that jaws will keep coming through >>>>>>> my headset and the music through the speakers? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm using a USB headset and if I change the output on the macs side it >>>>>>> makes everything on the windows side come through the speakers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> May and Prince Noah >>>>>>> www.canadianlynx.ca >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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