I installed the MAC version of the firmware and drivers from the disc that came with my Tascam US-144 and once completed, plug the US-144 into the Mac. The app for the US-144 said that nothing was attached or it couldnt be found. Something like that. So i downloaded the latest driver from the Tascam website.
The same thing happened to me. When I plug the US-122 in, the entry 'Vendor-Specific Device' appears in the USB Device Tree (in the Hardward:USB section of System Information), but the US-122's USB light does not go on. When I plug in a US-122L, 'US-122L' appears in the USB Device Tree, and the USB light on the US-122L goes on. On a Mac running 10.6, the same things appear in the USB Device Tree, but the USB lights come on for both devices.
However, the USBlight on the US-122L comes on immediately when the device is plugged in, and the USB light on the US-122 only comes on after the driver has been loaded. I've filed a support ticket with Tascam. I'll report what they tell me. (I don't expect them to be much help; in the past, when I've had compatibility problems with the US-122, they've just told me 'it's not supported' - even in cases where I subsequently got it to work.). Here is the official answer from Tascam Support: Hello Stefan Blome, Thank you for contacting TASCAM.
Our customer support representative, RBlanco, has written the following response to your message: Stefan, Unfortunately that unit has been discontinued for a few years now and we are no longer developing drivers for it, so I doubt a Mac OSX Lion/64 bit driver will be released. I apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your interest in Teac/Tascam products. If you need further assistance feel free to call us at 323-727-7617 or e-mail us at So I think we need to buy a new Audio Interface 😟. Ive had the same problem as you guys. And agree with Craig that it has turned out to be an expensive upgrade to lion.
However my work around on this was to install Snow Leopard on an External Harddrive and boot it through my I-Mac/Macbook. Seems to work fine this way, its not ideal but it beats spending out on a similar device.
Looking around its hard to find any good value item with all the ports I need. So tascam if you are reading (which i doubt you arent) I will not be buying anymore tosh from you, back to M-Audio me thinks!
Very, very sad that some companies dont support their own - still working perfectly - hardware any more and take the chance to force customers to buying something new. I also have a US-122 and when I switch to Lion, I will buy something from another manufacturer. The M-AUDIO FAST TRACK PRO for example is also not the latest piece of hardware available on the planet, but it looks like there are brand-new beta drivers for Lion available. Can anyone confirm that it is working with Lion?
TASCAM - this was a bad choice not to support your own products any more. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the.
Tascam US-122 Detected but not working Hi, Just jumped on board with with a new iMac. For a week, my US-122 worked fine. For some reason now it connects to the iMac fine at startup (Green USB light on), and the us-122 software is detecting it's hooked up. I can not get any sound out of it. Itunes locks up when trying to play a file until I switch back to the internal speaker system within the iMac. None of the audio software works until I switch back to internal speakers.
I've tried stripping out the tascam drivers (3.4.0) and reload them, no luck. Does anybody have a idea on how to correct this? Thank You Manny. Found this posted on another forum, if you are still having problems with the US-122 even after cleaning all the drivers, etc from your machine and trying again, try connecting it to a Powered USB Hub. I have a late-2008 unibody MBP and the US-122 will not under any circumstance work when connected directly to it, even in Windows under Boot Camp. Just bought a Belkin Powered USB Hub, reinstalled the drivers, and it works fine in Garage Band and Logic Express 8. As a test I connected the US-122 directly to the MBP, and sure enough it crapped out.
Back on the hub, and it works fine. Look in System Profiler under the 'About this Mac' pull down from the Apple menu. Look at the list of USB devices on your system. You will see the keyboard and mouse and any hubs you might have. If the us122 device shows up as a USB device of any kind (even if as 'unknown device') then you have a driver/software issue but if the US122 fails to show up at all then you have a dead us122. Edit: Well either 'dead' or not fully powered up.
The post above is reasonable. USB devices, when plugged in will send a request for power and the hub can say yes or no.
USB devices are only allowed minimal power without asking. So it could be that you are using an under powered hub or a powered hub that is already powering a disk or whatever. Be Sure To Trash All The Old US 122 Software Yes, lowblow's method worked for me: Brand new Mac Pro, five-year-old Tascam US-122. In my case, I did not need a powered hub. I just made sure I got rid of ALL the old us-122 software. To be thorough, I did this in two ways: 1.
Did a search for all file names containing 'us-122', and trashed them 2. When you download the 3.40 driver, it gives you an 'uninstall' app as well. I downloaded that and ran it. Wanted to be sure. I re-started the computer and I'm back in business.
The powered hub idea definitely made sense. Just in my case, it wasn't needed. Take your time. Click to expand.I'm having a similar problem - I've been using the us 122 with Garageband for nearly 5 years now and have never had this problem. I've recently bought a new Macbook and have installed the latest 3.4.0 drivers for the us-122.
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It powers on ok and garageband recognizes it and allows it to be selected as both audio input and output. However, when it's selected as the input garageband does not pick up any audio signal from the interface for real instruments - no signal registers on the mixer - the channel is simply dead.
I have checked that the input is correct and tried every possible input but no luck. Any suggestions? Tascam us-122 malfuntion i'm getting a message from garage band that says it's having trouble synchronizing my midi and audio. And this: Sample Rate 28869 recognized. Check conflict between GarageBand and external device. I have os10.5 leopard the newest ish.
With ilife 09 and garage band 09. It recognizes the tascam as i can select it as my output and input audio but it plays choppy if at all. And the error message continues to pop up. I downloaded new drivers. Have a powered usb hub. Problem with tascam us-122 I just bought a new macbook Pro and when I hooked up the tascam us-122 to work with garageband it wouldn't recognize it at all, in reading the some of the answers here I downloaded the 3.40 driver and it finally it started working, but now as I record the audio starts getting stuck and repeats like a broken record and I have to quit garageband and restart it again. I am just wondering is there anything I can do fix this problem?
Or does anyone know of any reasonably priced midi interfaces with phantom power that will work with leopard/garageband/logic express? Thanks a lot. Simple Fix-or is it Hey guys, As posted in a previous thread, using a powered usb hub will allow you to use the tascam us-122 with garageband and logic pro. I tried in vain for several hours to get it to work-it could be seen in the audio preferences, but would not detect the sound. After I plugged into a powered usb hub, the thing worked like a charm! I have hear of this problem before-with self-powered usb hard drives.there is something with the specifications for the usb controller in the mac-it doesn't allow for a lot of power.
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Anyways, don't throw out the us-122! Just get a powered usb hub! I bought one at Future Shop/Best Buy for $30 cdn.cheaper than a new interface!