Audio Dropouts when connected to audio interface catalina 10.15.6

[thundercougarfalconbird]

Hello all!

First time posting here. I've recently come across an annoying problem from updating to Catalina 10.15.6.

Here's my system info:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

Processor: 2.9 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5

Memory:16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3

Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB


I'm experiencing random audio dropouts system wide when connected to my Steinberg ur44 audio interface. I have the latest drivers installed. I've done an smc reset, pram reset, reinstalled the drivers and optimized my mac to make sure I kept processing to minimum.

I've reset the coreaudiod but it doesn't help. It seems to be related to the connection between my steinberg interface and my macbook. The interface is using a type b connector. I've tried both ports to no avail.

I've gathered lines of code that continue to run when connected to the interface.


default 14:45:12.201596-0700 coreaudiod -----------------------------------
default 14:45:12.201675-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager::CheckForChanges: 'sOut' --->>>
default 14:45:12.201766-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager::UpdateDefaultDevice: 'sOut' --->>>
default 14:45:12.201842-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager::FindPreferredDefaultDevice: 'sOut' --->>>
default 14:45:12.201967-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager::FindPreferredDefaultDevice: 'sOut' <<<---
default 14:45:12.202048-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager:ickDefaultDevice: 'sOut' --->>>
default 14:45:12.202420-0700 coreaudiod Heap has 2 items
default 14:45:12.202516-0700 coreaudiod 57: 'AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,1:0'
default 14:45:12.202593-0700 coreaudiod Arrival Time: (0, 0)
default 14:45:12.202671-0700 coreaudiod Transport: 'bltn'
default 14:45:12.202789-0700 coreaudiod Input Data Source: ''
default 14:45:12.202868-0700 coreaudiod Output Data Source: 'ispk'
default 14:45:12.202960-0700 coreaudiod Input Kind: None
default 14:45:12.203147-0700 coreaudiod Output Kind: Speaker
default 14:45:12.203257-0700 coreaudiod Can Be Input: no
default 14:45:12.203353-0700 coreaudiod Can Be Output: yes
default 14:45:12.203442-0700 coreaudiod Can Be System: yes
default 14:45:12.203531-0700 coreaudiod 222: 'YamahaUSBAudioEngine2:0499:150e:0212:Steinberg UR44:L-14200000'
default 14:45:12.203694-0700 coreaudiod Arrival Time: (6, 6705000000000)
default 14:45:12.203780-0700 coreaudiod Transport: ''
default 14:45:12.203860-0700 coreaudiod Input Data Source: ''
default 14:45:12.203975-0700 coreaudiod Output Data Source: ''
default 14:45:12.204152-0700 coreaudiod Input Kind: Don't
default 14:45:12.204230-0700 coreaudiod Output Kind: Don't
default 14:45:12.204440-0700 coreaudiod Can Be Input: yes
default 14:45:12.204478-0700 coreaudiod Can Be Output: yes
default 14:45:12.204623-0700 coreaudiod Can Be System: yes
default 14:45:12.204788-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager:ickDefaultDevice: 'sOut' | picking 57: 'AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,1:0'/'ispk'
default 14:45:12.204977-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager:ickDefaultDevice: 'sOut' <<<---
default 14:45:12.205157-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager::UpdateDefaultDevice: 'sOut' <<<---
default 14:45:12.205363-0700 coreaudiod HALS_DefaultDeviceManager::CheckForChanges: 'sOut' <<<---
default 14:45:12.205568-0700 coreaudiod -----------------------------------


Does anyone have any idea as to what is causing this error and how to fix it? I have no idea how to read this but it seems that coreaudiod continually resets itself.

Thanks in advance for your time.

-Kevin