mdyde wrote:Hello David,
Also try disabling the Mac's T2 chip, as others have mentioned, since that was a known hardware/firmware issue on some recent Macs.
Martin, that is not possible. T2's cannot be disabled. The T2 is integral to the functioning of the machine. It cannot even boot without it.
The article in question instructs the user to turn off time synchronization in System Preferences. Presumably this is because access to the system clock is also mediated by the T2, and the thought is that when the time is being updated via NTP, audio, which also flows through the T2, could be interrupted then the T2 is updating the hardware clock. More info here:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/2 ... io-problemBy the way, you are correct that this is a system issue that has nothing to do with Hauptwerk. It happens in all audio software. It only happens with certain USB audio interfaces. My Focusrite Scarlett was not affected. The issue was supposed to be fixed with a Mojave patch, but some users are still reporting the problem in Catalina.
The OP did not mention it, but he should obviously make sure he is on the latest patch of Catalina, currently 10.15.2.