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Trying it out with AU Lab without success #4

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theo-bittencourt opened this issue Oct 17, 2019 · 47 comments
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Trying it out with AU Lab without success #4

theo-bittencourt opened this issue Oct 17, 2019 · 47 comments

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@theo-bittencourt
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I'd like to use AU Lab to perform some EQs on Catalina.
I'm using the same setup that worked fine with Soundflower.
Did anyone try it already?

o/
@devinroth
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I just tried it on Mojave and the same issue. It's strange since it passes audio to other applications just fine and simultaneously not work in AU Lab. AU Lab seems to output normally to BlackHole but the input doesn't seem to be working. I'll play around with it and see if I can get it working. What setup do you have?

@devinroth
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Seems like I can't get any input devices to work on AU Lab. Are you able to?

@devinroth devinroth added the bug Something isn't working label Oct 17, 2019
@devinroth
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Okay so after more research this seems to be an issue with AU Lab. The problem is macOS requires permission before an app uses the microphone. Check to see if AU Lab is in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Microphone. If it doesn't have permission there the OS will not allow it to access any audio inputs.
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Now the question becomes how do you add AU Lab to the list. I haven't found an answer to this yet.

@theo-bittencourt
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theo-bittencourt commented Oct 17, 2019 •
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I could enable AU Lab to Security & Privacy whitelist following it:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8552731

It did request permission when I downloaded new version from iTunes - Mastered for iTunes - Apple (CA), unzipped it right in my Downloads folder and launched it from there, without moving to /Applications folder

AU Lab Download Link:
https://images.apple.com/ca/itunes/mastered-for-itunes/docs/au_lab.zip

@devinroth
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Ha awesome. That totally worked!

@theo-bittencourt
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Worked for Mac built-in speakers, but not with my Yamaha AG06 (DAC/Mixer).

@devinroth
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My Apogee Quartet also doesn't seem to be working. There is clearly something wrong with AU Lab.

@devinroth devinroth reopened this Oct 18, 2019
@devinroth
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Oops.

@devinroth
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Try following these instructions. Let me know if it helps.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4095261

@theo-bittencourt
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AU Lab is crashing (segmentation fault) when I try to follow the instruction from that article. More precisely when I select the output to my audio device.

@devinroth
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I don't know what to say. AU Lab seems to be a mess. Maybe there is an alternative to AU Lab that actually works.

@theo-bittencourt
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Yeah... I think AU Lab needs some fixes.

@devinroth devinroth added discussion and removed bug Something isn't working labels Dec 24, 2019
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I have AU Lab working in Catalina

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devinroth commented Jan 7, 2020 via email

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emenelton commented Jan 7, 2020 •
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no sorry, Just working with input from 'generator netreceive' or with youtube playing into LOOPBACK

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devinroth commented Jan 7, 2020 via email

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emenelton commented Jan 7, 2020 •
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My new comp's issue was that 'netreceive' bonjour did not work. I thought I needed SoundFlower or EQUAL because I did not understand why it would not work but it was because bonjour (in Catalina) doesn't work with linking from the 'netsend' computer.

'IP + port address' to define host must be used

Just trying to be helpful

@wizardeur
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I've had limited success with AU Lab, but HostingAU works just fine. It's not as flexible, but works nonetheless, supporting AU plugins. Check out: http://ju-x.com/hostingau.html

@devinroth
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@theo-bittencourt I think I figured it out. Seems to be working for me now. Made some changes in the dev branch.

@albertaleksieiev
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How to AU Lab in macOS 10.13 High Sierra

  • Place .app file under download/documents folder, but not not Application folder
  • Launch AULab and add an input device microphone, to trigger micro permission. Without permission, it not works.
    • If you don't have micro like me(mac mini), connect iPhone by cable and use it as a microphone.
  • After granting permission you can use it!

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devinroth commented Apr 6, 2020 via email

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ProfFan commented Apr 21, 2020

The only working way of doing this is to manually edit the TCC database:

sudo sqlite3 /Users/<your user>/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,1,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0,1541440109) ;"

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devinroth commented Apr 21, 2020 via email

@GDSteelers
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Am I the only one whose GUI is too small to select inputs/outputs? It won't let me resize the window and it makes me click the icon and drag it rather than have a drop down menu, or the ability to use the arrow keys...
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Has anyone found a workaround? This is so frustrating...

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kcarnold commented Jul 9, 2020

@ProfFan's approach worked great! I'd only make a few small tweaks:

  • sudo wasn't necessary for me
  • I used the actual current time as last_modified

I did it from within the sqlite3 interface, but here's my attempt at reconstructing the one-liner:

sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,1,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0,CAST(strftime('%s','now') AS INTEGER));"

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Atalantia commented Jul 26, 2020 •
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Element is a very good alternativ to AU Lab. Works perfect on 10.13

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@Lightwel
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@ProfFan and @kcarnold - great work! Can now use AULab as system-wide EQ for my VOX player and Thunderbolt display (it needs one!).

But despite reducing mic volume for both the Display and my internal MBP mic to zero on Sound, I'm getting some interference and chopping - can the solution allow internal speakers and display to play output from AULab alone and not the mic(s)?

And/or could the chopping be because I am playing a 24/96 file from VOX into a ?/48 display?

I'm also getting much more R than L channel. Both Aggregate Device and Multi-Output Devices have sliders set equally between channels, but Audio1 channel balance on AULab has to be all the way left to balance. VOX player output has always been correct ..

AULab has played from the internal File player without any issues - and without applying the permissions fix. So it is possible that the Blackhole issue is to do with the AUL input rather than AUL permissions per se ... just a thought.

Tks

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With BlackHole?
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On Jan 7, 2020, at 11:16 AM, emenelton @.***> wrote: I have AU Lab working in Catalina — You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4?email_source=notifications&email_token=ADDIQEJFO6Y2LNZSYT266DLQ4TIIDA5CNFSM4JBUA5WKYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOEIJ6PZQ#issuecomment-571729894>, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADDIQEM7GVAOTZJSB25MH3DQ4TIIDANCNFSM4JBUA5WA.

On Catalina 10.15.7..?? I do.

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With BlackHole?
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On Jan 7, 2020, at 11:16 AM, emenelton @.***> wrote: I have AU Lab working in Catalina — You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4?email_source=notifications&email_token=ADDIQEJFO6Y2LNZSYT266DLQ4TIIDA5CNFSM4JBUA5WKYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOEIJ6PZQ#issuecomment-571729894>, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADDIQEM7GVAOTZJSB25MH3DQ4TIIDANCNFSM4JBUA5WA.

On Catalina 10.15.7..?? I do.

just AUlab

@roggenrohl-inge
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Does anyone run AU Lab successfully on Big Sur? I tried @kcarnold's and @ProfFan's approach but I get: "Error: table access has 13 columns but 12 values were supplied"

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genevera commented Mar 9, 2021

@roggenrohl-inge I'm on Big Sur and have it working. As the error indicates: there is an extra column. You could select a row and you may notice an extra integer column. The following insert statement worked for me:

INSERT INTO access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,2,2,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0, CAST(strftime('%s','now') AS INTEGER)) ;

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@genevera I'm on Big Sur 11.5.2 and get this: "Error: UNIQUE constraint failed: access.service, access.client, access.client_type, access.indirect_object_identifier“

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sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "insert into access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,1,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0,CAST(strftime('%s','now') AS INTEGER));"

When trying this method on the latest macos patch I get the error message
Error: unable to open database "/Users/alex/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db": authorization denied

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@roggenrohl-inge I'm on Big Sur and have it working. As the error indicates: there is an extra column. You could select a row and you may notice an extra integer column. The following insert statement worked for me:

INSERT INTO access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,2,2,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0, CAST(strftime('%s','now') AS INTEGER)) ;

When trying this method I get the error message
no matches found: VALUES(kTCCServiceMicrophone,com.apple.audio.aulab,0,2,2,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,UNUSED,NULL,0, CAST(strftime(%s,now) AS INTEGER))

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expdsp commented Jan 22, 2022

🤖 Running via terminal works for me... hope this helps someone!

@hemanthpai
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I’m running MacOS Monterey on Intel silicon (Mac Pro). I also had trouble getting AU Lab to work with Blackhole 2ch. Like others mentioned, the root of the problem is AU Lab needs « Microphone » permissions. I tried placing the app in different folders but it didn’t work. I even tried resetting my Mac (erase all contents and settings), downloading AU Lab after deleting the one on my machine, using tccutil to purge the permissions for Microphone but still no luck. Sadly the only way to get this working is to disable SIP so you can edit the database and then enable SIP: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection

I used the updated sql query posted by @genevera in conjunction with @kcarnold ‘s command.

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In case it is helpful to future folks-- you don't have to disable SIP to make the change you just need to grant your terminal Full Disk Access (Under Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access) temporarily to make the change. Restarting your terminal is way less painful than booting into recovery mode to disable SIP.

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analogist commented Jun 25, 2022 •
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Confirm working as of 12.4 Monterey on M1.

For reference the full process for granting AU lab access to microphone should be:

  1. Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access -> check Terminal (from 1)
  2. quit and restart Terminal
  3. in Terminal: sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "INSERT INTO access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,2,2,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0, CAST(strftime('%s','now') AS INTEGER)) ;" (from 2 and 3)
  4. Full Disk Access -> uncheck Terminal

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liuwl-j commented Jul 29, 2022 •
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M1 for macOS Monterey

sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "INSERT or REPLACE INTO access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,2,2,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0,1577993260);"

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Bushwickz commented Nov 12, 2023 •
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Confirm working as of 12.4 Monterey on M1.

For reference the full process for granting AU lab access to microphone should be:

  1. Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access -> check Terminal (from 1)
  2. quit and restart Terminal
  3. in Terminal: sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "INSERT INTO access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,2,2,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0, CAST(strftime('%s','now') AS INTEGER)) ;" (from 2 and 3)
  4. Full Disk Access -> uncheck Terminal

Still in 2023/2024 fighting with Aulab. Intel Pro on macOs Sonoma 14.4.1 with the following error

"Error: in prepare, table access has 17 columns but 12 values were supplied"

csrutil disable. Even SU.

smh

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dmurph commented Dec 21, 2023 •
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After querying my access data for the extra data in Sonoma, it looks like some new columns were added. By adding null, null, "UNUSED", 0, it matches the others....

I make no promises, but this seems to have worked for me:

sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "INSERT INTO access VALUES('kTCCServiceMicrophone','com.apple.audio.aulab',0,2,2,1,NULL,NULL,NULL,'UNUSED',NULL,0, CAST(strftime('%s','now') AS INTEGER), NULL, NULL, 'UNUSED', 0) ;"

Um.... run at your own risk.

@level3tjg
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This issue stems from AU Lab not being signed with the required entitlements to access audio inputs.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>com.apple.security.device.audio-input</key>
	<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Write the contents above into a plist file (e.g. entitlements.plist) and codesign the AU Labs executable with them

codesign --entitlements entitlements.plist -f -s - /Applications/AU\ Lab.app/Contents/MacOS/AU\ Lab

@TheRandomFactor
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I know very little about computers and softare, but I did find a simple workaround. Just in case it can be of any use to anyone, here's a video I made on this subject: https://youtu.be/2RigWfQ4lGU?si=BXqu-bM_zt09cGzA

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BaksiLi commented May 16, 2024

Insert into com.apple.TCC/TCC.db will not be effective if System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled on your Mac.

Another workaround is by using the Terminal application as an intermediary step:

  1. Grant Terminal.app the microphone the access to microphone. This can be achieved by ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i ":1" -t 5 audiocapture.mp3 && rm audiocapture.mp3.
    This command attempts to record a 5-second audio clip, triggering a prompt for microphone access. Ensure ffmpeg is installed before running this command.
  2. Open AU Lab by right-click AU Lab -> Show Package Contents -> Contents -> MacOS and open. It will firstly open a Terminal window and from there, opens the application. Now AU Lab should now have access to the microphone.

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