Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Audio card for mac From: Gabriele Bunkheila <Gabriele Bunkheila> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 08:20:39 +0000--_000_PH0PR05MB99380C11DF87ECFA10D02732C600APH0PR05MB9938namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Julia, Apologies for the late reply. Have you looked into updating the RME firmwar= e and double-checking if that solves the compatibility issue as claimed in = the page linked below? https://rme-audio.de/driverkit-info.html Here's an excerpt: The firmware update runs on all versions of M1 or up. But as it needs the d= river, and the driver is not working as long as the device firmware has not= been updated, it is necessary to first update the firmware of these interf= aces using the former Mac OS kernel extension driver! An update of the firm= ware can be performed on both Windows or Mac computers, older computers (e.= g. your previous computer) are also compatible. I'd be interested to know if this worked for you. Thank you, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Bunkheila [he/him] =96 Product Management, Signal and Audio Proces= sing, MathWorks ________________________________ From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx>= on behalf of Huyck, Julia <0000040b68901d31-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 19:14 To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Subject: [AUDITORY] Audio card for mac Hello all, I=92m replacing my ancient lab computers. Previously I used Fireface sound = cards but they are not compatible with my new iMacs and my budget is somewh= at limited. Does anyone have any recommendations for high quality sound car= ds that will work with Experiment Builder and Matlab? Will the onboard soun= d card be sufficient for psychoacoustic research? My computer specs are: iM= ac with Retina 4.5K display: Apple M4 chip with 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU, = 16GB, 512GB SSD Thanks, Julia Julia Jones Huyck, Ph.D. (she/her) 330-672-0249 (office) 330-244-6134 (mobile) Coordinator, Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium Associate Professor, Speech Pathology and Audiology Program School of Health Sciences | College of Education, Health, & Human Services Kent State University Hearing Research Group, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) Perception, Learning and Individual Differences (PLAID) lab 330-672-2415 | plaidlab@xxxxxxxx --_000_PH0PR05MB99380C11DF87ECFA10D02732C600APH0PR05MB9938namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> Hi Julia,</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; background-color: rgb(255= , 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSF= ontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=3D"elem= entToProof"> <span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Apologies for the late reply. Have you= looked into updating the </span><span style=3D"color: black;">RME firmware and double-checking if th= at solves the compatibility issue as claimed in the page linked below?</spa= n></div> <div style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; background-color: rgb(255= , 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSF= ontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"= class=3D"elementToProof"> <a style=3D"margin: 0px;" data-linkindex=3D"0" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" = title=3D"https://rme-audio.de/driverkit-info.html" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" id= =3D"OWAc63d2e2b-abbb-d3c5-20ab-06190447e6ef" href=3D"https://rme-audio.de/d= riverkit-info.html">https://rme-audio.de/driverkit-info.html</a></div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> Here's an excerpt:</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <i>The firmware update runs on all versions of M1 or up. But as it needs th= e driver, and the driver is not working as long as the device firmware has = not been updated, it is necessary to first update the firmware of these int= erfaces using the former </i><b><i>Mac OS kernel extension driver!</i></b><i> An update of the = firmware can be performed on both Windows or Mac computers, older computers= (e.g. your previous computer) are also compatible.</i></div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> I'd be interested to know if this worked for you. </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> Thank you,<br> Gabriele.<br> <br> </div> <div id=3D"Signature"> <p style=3D"margin: 0in;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">--</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0in;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Gabriele Bunkhei= la [he/him] =96 Product Management, Signal and Audio Processing, MathWorks<= /span> </p> </div> <div id=3D"appendonsend"></div> <hr style=3D"display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex=3D"-1"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" st= yle=3D"font-size:11pt" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research i= n Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Huyck, = Julia <0000040b68901d31-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 27, 2025 19:14<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Subject:</b> [AUDITORY] Audio card for mac</font> <div> </div> </div> <style> <!-- @xxxxxxxx =09{font-family:"Cambria Math"} @xxxxxxxx =09{font-family:Aptos} p.x_MsoNormal, li.x_MsoNormal, div.x_MsoNormal =09{margin:0in; =09font-size:12.0pt; =09font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif} span.x_EmailStyle17 =09{font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; =09color:windowtext} .x_MsoChpDefault =09{} @xxxxxxxx WordSection1 =09{margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in} div.x_WordSection1 =09{} --> </style> <div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"#467886" vlink=3D"#96607D" style=3D"word-wrap:b= reak-word"> <div class=3D"x_WordSection1"> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal">Hello all, </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal">I=92m replacing my ancient lab computers. Previous= ly I used Fireface sound cards but they are not compatible with my new iMac= s and my budget is somewhat limited. Does anyone have any recommendations f= or high quality sound cards that will work with Experiment Builder and Matlab? Will the onboard sound card be su= fficient for psychoacoustic research? My computer specs are: iMac with Reti= na 4.5K display: Apple M4 chip with 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU, 16GB, 512GB = SSD</p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal">Thanks,</p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal">Julia</p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <div> <div> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D"">Julia Jones Huyck, Ph.D. (she/her= )</span></p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D"">330-672-0249 (office)</span></p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D"">330-244-6134 (mobile)<br> Coordinator, Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium</span></p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style=3D"">As= sociate Professor, Speech Pathology and Audiology Program <b= r> School of Health Sciences | College of Education, Health, & Human = Services<br> Kent State University<br> <br> Hearing Research Group, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)<br> <br> Perception, Learning and Individual Differences (PLAID) lab<br> 330-672-2415 | plaidlab@xxxxxxxx</span></p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D""> </span></p> </div> </div> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"x_MsoNormal"> </p> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_PH0PR05MB99380C11DF87ECFA10D02732C600APH0PR05MB9938namp_--