[Solved] Sequoia - issues with USB DAW devices

[osxjunkie]

Since upgrading to Sequoia I'm not able tu se my audio devices (Scarlett Solo and Quad Cortex) which are working perfectly under Sonoma (I have separate disk for every os - hardware, connections, configuration is the same).

I do see these devices in system, I can even detect signal from them in System Settings:

Unfortunately I can't record with these devices despite having correct settings in DAW (GarageBand/Reaper etc.).
Also - no app requested access to Microphone and I can't add any there (System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Microphone).
Sequoia 15.1 (updated this morning - but had exactly the same issue under 15.0 and 15.0.1).

Any ideas?

 

[bonfilio124]

same thing here. Whatever happened started with 15.1, 15.0.1 works fine with USB audio (Behringer Studio L + Behringer XR8 here).

 

[osxjunkie]

Then you're a bit more lucky than me. In the end I rolled back to Sonoma, everything is working fine there.

I've also found several threads on other forums describing same issues with Sequoia on apple hardware. They definitely changed something there and hackintosh community did not follow up as this is too niche I guess.

I've tried new versions of OpenCore, kexts etc. No luck still...

 

[UtterDisbelief]

Then you're a bit more lucky than me. In the end I rolled back to Sonoma, everything is working fine there.

I've also found several threads on other forums describing same issues with Sequoia on apple hardware. They definitely changed something there and hackintosh community did not follow up as this is too niche I guess.

I've tried new versions of OpenCore, kexts etc. No luck still...

Hi there.

Without seeing an EFI folder it's a bit difficult to troubleshoot, however my first suggestion would be to check security settings and amfipass, because Sequoia is stricter again than previously.

 

[osxjunkie]

Hi there.

Without seeing an EFI folder it's a bit difficult to troubleshoot, however my first suggestion would be to check security settings and amfipass, because Sequoia is stricter again than previously.

I’ll attach EFI folder once I’ll boot Sequoia, but in the meantime could you tell me how/which security settings to check?

Also - I’m not using amfipass kext.

 

[UtterDisbelief]

I’ll attach EFI folder once I’ll boot Sequoia, but in the meantime could you tell me how/which security settings to check?

Also - I’m not using amfipass kext.

Well I don't want to repeat what you may already have tried but:

1) Set the Misc/Security/SecureBootModel in the config.plist to "Disabled" if it isn't already.

2) Check which csr-active-config value you are using in the NVRAM 7**** section.

3) Depending on which kexts and patches you are using the amfipass.kext may help. However you might also have the amfi boot-argument already installed. Having said that, the issues this solves were also present in Sonoma as well, so might be irrelevant.

 

[osxjunkie]

Just checked, and:

SecureBootModel I have set to "Default"
csr-active-config is set (I do believe) correctly.

config.plist and whole EFI directory attached.

 

[Feartech]

Just checked, and:

SecureBootModel I have set to "Default"
csr-active-config is set (I do believe) correctly.

config.plist and whole EFI directory attached.

you need to do this:

Thread 'The New Beginner's Guide to USB Port Configuration'

Nov 6, 2019

Welcome to the USB Ports Configuration Guide​

Getting your USB Ports configured correctly is necessary for the smooth running of your Hackintosh. In this guide I'll try to make this as easy as possible. There are other tools out there to do this job and which you choose is up to you. The beauty of the USBPorts kext we produce here is that it isn't affected by macOS security and requires no special run-times to create.

A few breaking updates before we get going:

The latest versions of macOS Sonoma 14.4+ seem to require that port HS01 is kept active. You’ll understand what this...

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[Edhawk]

Try this revised EFI. It is based on the settings I use with my Z370 / i5-8500 / RX 580 system.

1. You need to add your serial number to the config.plist, but leave everything else as it stands.
   1. I have cleaned up and revised your config.plist as deemed necessary.
   2. I have removed the unnecessary Kexts.new folder, along with most of the entries in the Tools folder.
   3. I have replaced a number of kexts with their latest releases.
2. You need to undertake the USB port configuration as pointed out by @Feartech
3. You would also be advised to generate your own SSDT's using your system DSDT and the SSDTTime script.
   1. https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/custom-ssdts-using-corpnewts-ssdttime.318976/
   2. The screenshot below are the SSDT's I created for my Z370 system.
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   4. Your ACPI folder should contain similar SSDT's, not the two generic SSDT's from Dortania.

Copy this EFI folder to the EFI partition on a spare USB pen drive and see how it boots.
Don't replace your current EFI until you know this EFI works.

 

[UtterDisbelief]

Follow the guidance from @Feartech and @Edhawk.

It may be important for your audio interfaces that they have sufficient input power from USB to be able to record and convert analog to digital etc. As was mentioned previously Apple has tweaked the USB stack for Sequoia, which might explain why Sonoma was okay but Sequoia is not. Hackintoshes are not actually Macs.

I see you are using a generic SSDT-EC-USBX.aml file in your ACPI folder.

A good idea is to create the appropriate USB port configuration, using Hackintool, or any other recognized utility you might wish to. If you run Hackintool specifically it will export a USBPorts.kext you can use on its own - and it includes code for power delivery - or you can use the SSDTs instead. A new SSDT-EC-USBX, which is the alternative method, is included.