devonrose wrote:
The OCTA-CAPTURE is not supported on Apple M1/M2
Utter nonsense.
I just registered here only to tell everyone that Octa-Capture IS SUPPORTED on M1/M2.
How do I know?
Well, I just purchased a new Octa-Capture today, and it JUST WORKS on my brand new MacBook Air M2 15", Ventura 13.5.2
Get your Ventura driver here:
https://roland.com/global/support/by_product/octa-capture/updates_drivers/439987df-db7f-44be-8c3d-67f69d469b33
devonrose wrote:
you'd have to purchase a Rubix series instead
Nope. You don't.
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That all said, I've ran into an issue where the Octa-Capture Control Panel suddenly claimed that "the device could not be found". But it was just the app; the device itself was recognized and worked. I don't remember what exactly caused that, but I suspect me playing with the iZotope RX 10 CoreAudio driver settings. It was definitely not a device issue, it was a user account issue, as the same Roland Control Panel still worked flawlessly using another account on the same Mac. The fix was eventually quite simple: launched Terminal and entered "sudo killall coreaudiod" which has obviously reset some stuck preferences or whatever.
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Other than that, what a great device, considering that it's been on the market for at least 12 years or so! :) I haven't found anything else that could match the features I need – including
small footprint and instant usability without even ever connecting to a computer.
Close runners:
Audient EVO 16; deal-breaker: no MIDI I/O, a bit too large
Focusrite Scarlett 18i8; deal-breaker: I really need 8 mic inputs and 8 line outputs, and I don't want to buy an extra ADAT interface to get them.
