[6.71] Output Channel Name Aliasing not working (FIXED)

[mtierney]

Hey all, I'm having an issue where I'm trying to change the Output Channel Name Aliasing. I go to preferences and click Edit Names/Map..., and I'm trying to remove some of the virtual outputs that my interface spits out. So I select the channels, click Remove, and the channels are removed from the list. Then I hit OK. But then, the channels are still there! I can find them in the hardware outputs and the routing matrix (where it's especially cumbersome since they take up a lot of space). If I go back into preferences and click Edit Names/Map again, the channels I had just removed are still present. No matter what I try to do to remove those channels, when I hit ok and reopen Edit Names/Map, they come back. I've tried saving it as a preset, resetting and trying again, etc, to no avail. What's even stranger is that I'm having no problems with input channel aliasing; I removed some channels on that side and it worked no problem, which is why I don't think it's user error

I'm using two Universal Audio Apollo X16s with the latest version of Reaper. My computer and OS specs are in my signature

Thanks in advance!

[mtierney]

Giving this a bump. I just downloaded 6.72 and I'm still having this issue with output channel aliasing. Does anyone else have problems with output channel aliasing in preferences?

I made a screen cap video of what's going on, linked below, if that's helpful. As you can see, I just want to delete the redundant channels that my interface has. I can remove the channels in the aliasing window, but it won't save. Strangely, if I remove the channels then add a blank channel, it will save, but I can't rename or do anything with that channel, or it will revert to the default layout. As I mentioned in my original post, this is made all the stranger by the fact that the input channel aliasing works no problem

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ira7w7qc05...%20AM.mov?dl=0

Thanks in advance!

[bubo]

Just my 2 cents:

Doesn´t those lists just represent your devices Input- and Output-Range set at
->Preferences->Audio->Device ?

Did you try to unselect these channels there already?

Or even within your devices own configuration utility?

I can confirm the described behaviour on my WIN7/pro machine running an RME RayDAT and UFXII so seems not related to your machine.
Only if i lower the -in this case- output range e.g. to ADAT-1 - ADAT-16 further channels (ADAT-17 - ADAT-32 and AES-L/AES-R SPDIF-L/SPDIF-R (33-36) don´t appear in the aliasing list anymore.

[EpicSounds]

I can replicate the issue when deleting inputs or outputs.

[Justin]

Ah thanks, fixing!

[mtierney]

Thanks Justin!

RE bubo–ideally I would just change this at the interface software level, but the universal audio software, like a lot of interface software in my experience, is a bit less configurable than I wish it was. I also want Reaper's I/O to be different than my device's I/O for Zoom so I can route some virtual ins and outs in a way that avoids me accidentally making feedback loops. In this case, the channel aliasing is definitely my best solution. Hopefully it's a simple fix!

[bubo]

Originally Posted by mtierney

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RE bubo–ideally I would just change this at the interface software level, but the universal audio software, like a lot of interface software in my experience, is a bit less configurable than I wish it was. I also want Reaper's I/O to be different than my device's I/O for Zoom so I can route some virtual ins and outs in a way that avoids me accidentally making feedback loops. In this case, the channel aliasing is definitely my best solution. Hopefully it's a simple fix!

Yes i see now, -different task different requirements.

I am using Reaper on a very basic level and been fine so far cutting or adding devices I/O range as explained above.