Managing Matebook X Pro Volume Controls (For Both Speakers)

[TophC7]

Describe the bug
A second audio device is being registered by MacOS and its interfering with an app im trying to use. The apps keeps trying to use that audio device instead of the actual laptops speakers. I don't know what that audio device is but it just makes the speakers sounds HORRIBLE and I cant change the app to use the actual speakers or disable this second audio device.

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Running 12.1 monterey with your EFI im not sure if this can be a EFI configuration thing so here just asking :)

[tlefko]

— i see its not in the readme, im gonna pin this and mark as solve with screenshots of the solution

This is documented I believe on the readme, but basically their are two sets of speakers that cannot be controlled as one by macos in our matebook x pro. macos cannot control multiple speakers. the solution is to use eqmac or soundflower to combine both speakers into one audio device (by making a multi-output device in midi settings) and then you can use native volume. @TophC7

This will let you combine the main/bass speakers (the awful noise) and the treble/speakers into one audio and stop the switching. It is not a second audio device, but rather a set of speakers. This will TREMENDOUSLY IMPROVE AUDIO QUALITY @TophC7

[TophC7]

NICE. I was trying to boost the volume. The app i was using wasn't working at allbut eqmac is working flawless. Thanks everything working amazing now.

[tlefko]

NICE. I was trying to boost the volume. The app i was using wasn't working at allbut eqmac is working flawless. Thanks everything working amazing now.

im glad man, the computer is fantastic as a mac <3 how much better is the sound quality? need to know if it improves it @TophC7

[TophC7]

Ill test in the morning and let you know! People sleeping now lol

[TophC7]

Okay so i tested it and im genuinely so impressed these speakers did not sound this good in Windows or in Linux. At Max i still get the on-brand rattling from the laptop's chassis but other than that they sound GOOD and loud which usually they don't. I can also differentiate a little bit better the lows and highs so yeah much much better.

UNRELATED but dont know where to ask. If i have the latest EFI configuration can i / should i update to 12.3? i installed 12.1 to be safe but id like to update.

[tlefko]

Okay so i tested it and im genuinely so impressed these speakers did not sound this good in Windows or in Linux. At Max i still get the on-brand rattling from the laptop's chassis but other than that they sound GOOD and loud which usually they don't. I can also differentiate a little bit better the lows and highs so yeah much much better.

UNRELATED but dont know where to ask. If i have the latest EFI configuration can i / should i update to 12.3? i installed 12.1 to be safe but id like to update.

i’m glad they’re better!! and yes it’s safe to update if you like, it’s basically the same though

[yonathanarya]

One more quick update from me, I don't know if it's affecting the sound quality or not, but when I look at the AppleALC.kext, there are more layout-id which is named Matebook X Pro. So I tried that layout-id one by one to make sure if the speaker behave normally with 4 channels enabled. Finally, I get the layout-id 76 to get the 4-channel speaker working without any workaround on the midi setup.

[tlefko]

One more quick update from me, I don't know if it's affecting the sound quality or not, but when I look at the AppleALC.kext, there are more layout-id which is named Matebook X Pro. So I tried that layout-id one by one to make sure if the speaker behave normally with 4 channels enabled. Finally, I get the layout-id 76 to get the 4-channel speaker working without any workaround on the midi setup.

It shouldn't impact sound quality, and that's excellent! I didn't know that layout-id was actually functional without MIDI workaround. I'll include in the latest release along with the bluetooth fixes -- im trying to figure out what's causing the blackscreen issue on OC for some systems

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