Ardour won't start

Hi,

I’m using a MacBook with OS 10.6.6. I launch JackOSX 0.87, start the Jack Server from Jack Pilot, then launch Ardour 2.8.11-Intel . . . nothing. It appears for a fraction of a second then disappears. What should I do, or what am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Todd H.

@Irondog: actually, you do have such an email - its the confirmation email sent to you by PayPal. Given that the 2nd download ran into the same issue, I think we should conclude something else is going on. Lets start with you opening a Terminal window (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) and running the following commands

cd ~/Downloads
md5sum Ardour-2.8.11-Intel.dmg

This assumes that the download is in your Downloads folder. Paste the output of md5sum in a reply to this message. Then, lets call wherever you’ve installed the actual Ardour app “TOP”. Do this:

cd TOP
ls -lR Ardour-2.8.11.app

Paste the (long) output from that as well, and let me know where “TOP” is.

BTW, web forums suck for this kind of support. Things would be a lot faster and more flexible if you would join us on IRC, #ardour-osx channel, sometime during the non-deep-night US Eastern (UTC-5hr). See http://ardour.org/support for more details.

Todd-Harrops-MacBook:Downloads Todd$ md5sum Ardour-2.8.11-Intel.dmg
-bash: md5sum: command not found
Todd-Harrops-MacBook:Downloads Todd$ md5 Ardour-2.8.11-Intel.dmg
MD5 (Ardour-2.8.11-Intel.dmg) = 2e19b51d41b366b9372c827f548e444b
Todd-Harrops-MacBook:Downloads Todd$ _

Todd-Harrops-MacBook:Music:Audio Todd$ ls -iR Ardour.app
1884580 Contents

Ardour.app/Contents:
1884581 Frameworks 1884667 MacOS 1884795 Resources
1884666 Info.plist 1884670 Plugins 1885126 Surfaces

Ardour.app/Contents/Frameworks:
1884582 clearlooks 1884612 libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib
1884597 libFLAC.8.dylib 1884613 libgtkmm2.dylib
1884586 libappleutility.dylib 1884614 libgtkmm2ext.dylib
1884587 libardour.dylib 1884615 libintl.8.dylib
1884588 libardour_cp.dylib 1884616 libjpeg.7.dylib
1884589 libardourvampplugins.dylib 1884617 liblo.0.dylib
1884590 libart_lgpl_2.2.dylib 1884618 liblrdf.2.dylib
1884591 libatk-1.0.0.dylib 1884619 libmidi++.dylib
1884592 libatkmm.dylib 1884620 libogg.0.dylib
1884593 libaubio.2.dylib 1884621 libpango-1.0.0.dylib
1884594 libcairo.2.dylib 1884622 libpangocairo-1.0.0.dylib
1884595 libclearlooks.dylib 1884623 libpangoft2-1.0.0.dylib
1884596 libexpat.1.dylib 1884624 libpangomm.dylib
1884598 libfontconfig.1.dylib 1884625 libpbd.dylib
1884599 libfreetype.6.dylib 1884626 libpixman-1.0.dylib
1884600 libgailutil.18.dylib 1884627 libpng12.0.dylib
1884601 libgdk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib 1884628 libraptor.1.dylib
1884602 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0.dylib 1884629 librubberband.dylib
1884603 libgdkmm2.dylib 1884630 libsamplerate.0.dylib
1884604 libgio-2.0.0.dylib 1884631 libsigc++2.dylib
1884605 libglib-2.0.0.dylib 1884632 libsndfile.1.dylib
1884606 libglibmm2.dylib 1884633 libtiff.3.dylib
1884607 libgmodule-2.0.0.dylib 1884634 libvamphostsdk.dylib
1884608 libgnomecanvas-2.0.dylib 1884635 libvampsdk.dylib
1884609 libgnomecanvasmm.dylib 1884636 libvorbis.0.dylib
1884610 libgobject-2.0.0.dylib 1884637 libvorbisenc.2.dylib
1884611 libgthread-2.0.0.dylib 1884638 modules

Ardour.app/Contents/Frameworks/clearlooks:
1884583 engines

Ardour.app/Contents/Frameworks/clearlooks/engines:
1884584 libclearlooks.dylib 1884585 libclearlooks.so

Ardour.app/Contents/Frameworks/modules:
1884639 libpixbufloader-ani.so 1884653 libpixbufloader-xbm.so
1884640 libpixbufloader-bmp.so 1884654 libpixbufloader-xpm.so
1884641 libpixbufloader-gif.so 1884655 pango-arabic-fc.so
1884642 libpixbufloader-icns.so 1884656 pango-arabic-lang.so
1884643 libpixbufloader-ico.so 1884657 pango-basic-fc.so
1884644 libpixbufloader-jpeg.so 1884658 pango-hangul-fc.so
1884645 libpixbufloader-pcx.so 1884659 pango-hebrew-fc.so
1884646 libpixbufloader-png.so 1884660 pango-indic-fc.so
1884647 libpixbufloader-pnm.so 1884661 pango-indic-lang.so
1884648 libpixbufloader-qtif.so 1884662 pango-khmer-fc.so
1884649 libpixbufloader-ras.so 1884663 pango-syriac-fc.so
1884650 libpixbufloader-tga.so 1884664 pango-thai-fc.so
1884651 libpixbufloader-tiff.so 1884665 pango-tibetan-fc.so
1884652 libpixbufloader-wbmp.so

Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS:
1884668 Ardour2 1884669 Ardour2.bin

Ardour.app/Contents/Plugins:
1884671 alias_1407.so 1884730 mod_delay_1419.so
1884672 allpass_1895.so 1884731 multivoice_chorus_1201.so
1884673 am_pitchshift_1433.so 1884732 notch_iir_1894.so
1884674 amp_1181.so 1884733 phasers_1217.so
1884675 analogue_osc_1416.so 1884734 pitch_scale_1193.so
1884676 bandpass_a_iir_1893.so 1884735 pitch_scale_1194.so
1884677 bandpass_iir_1892.so 1884736 plate_1423.so
1884678 bode_shifter_1431.so 1884737 pointer_cast_1910.so
1884679 bode_shifter_cv_1432.so 1884738 rate_shifter_1417.so
1884680 butterworth_1902.so 1884739 rdf
1884681 caps.so 1884747 retro_flange_1208.so
1884682 chebstortion_1430.so 1884748 revdelay_1605.so
1884683 cmt.so 1884749 ringmod_1188.so
1884684 comb_1190.so 1884750 satan_maximiser_1408.so
1884685 comb_1887.so 1884751 sc1_1425.so
1884686 comb_splitter_1411.so 1884752 sc2_1426.so
1884687 const_1909.so 1884753 sc3_1427.so
1884688 crossover_dist_1404.so 1884754 sc4_1882.so
1884689 dc_remove_1207.so 1884755 sc4m_1916.so
1884690 decay_1886.so 1884756 se4_1883.so
1884691 decimator_1202.so 1884757 shaper_1187.so
1884692 declip_1195.so 1884758 sifter_1210.so
1884693 delay_1898.so 1884759 sin_cos_1881.so
1884694 delayorama_1402.so 1884760 single_para_1203.so
1884695 diode_1185.so 1884761 sinus_wavewrapper_1198.so
1884696 divider_1186.so 1884762 smooth_decimate_1414.so
1884697 dj_eq_1901.so 1884763 split_1406.so
1884698 dj_flanger_1438.so 1884764 step_muxer_1212.so
1884699 dyson_compress_1403.so 1884765 surround_encoder_1401.so
1884700 fad_delay_1192.so 1884766 svf_1214.so
1884701 fast_lookahead_limiter_1913.so 1884767 tap_autopan.so
1884702 flanger_1191.so 1884768 tap_chorusflanger.so
1884703 fm_osc_1415.so 1884769 tap_deesser.so
1884704 foldover_1213.so 1884770 tap_doubler.so
1884705 foverdrive_1196.so 1884771 tap_dynamics_m.so
1884706 freq_tracker_1418.so 1884772 tap_dynamics_st.so
1884707 gate_1410.so 1884773 tap_echo.so
1884708 giant_flange_1437.so 1884774 tap_eq.so
1884709 gong_1424.so 1884775 tap_eqbw.so
1884710 gong_beater_1439.so 1884776 tap_limiter.so
1884711 gsm_1215.so 1884777 tap_pinknoise.so
1884712 gverb_1216.so 1884778 tap_pitch.so
1884713 hard_limiter_1413.so 1884779 tap_reflector.so
1884714 harmonic_gen_1220.so 1884780 tap_reverb.so
1884715 hermes_filter_1200.so 1884781 tap_rotspeak.so
1884716 highpass_iir_1890.so 1884782 tap_sigmoid.so
1884717 hilbert_1440.so 1884783 tap_tremolo.so
1884718 imp_1199.so 1884784 tap_tubewarmth.so
1884719 impulse_1885.so 1884785 tap_vibrato.so
1884720 inv_1429.so 1884786 tape_delay_1211.so
1884721 karaoke_1409.so 1884787 transient_1206.so
1884722 latency_1914.so 1884788 triple_para_1204.so
1884723 lcr_delay_1436.so 1884789 valve_1209.so
1884724 lowpass_iir_1891.so 1884790 valve_rect_1405.so
1884725 ls_filter_1908.so 1884791 vynil_1905.so
1884726 matrix_ms_st_1421.so 1884792 wave_terrain_1412.so
1884727 matrix_spatialiser_1422.so 1884793 xfade_1915.so
1884728 matrix_st_ms_1420.so 1884794 zm1_1428.so
1884729 mbeq_1197.so

Ardour.app/Contents/Plugins/rdf:
1884740 caps.rdf 1884743 swh-plugins.rdf 1884746 tap_reverb.rdf
1884741 ladspa.rdfs 1884744 swh-scales.rdf
1884742 swh-aux.rdf 1884745 tap-plugins.rdf

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources:
1884928 InfoPlist.strings 1884805 ardour2_ui_sae.conf
1885063 MainMenu.nib 1884806 ardour_system.rc
1885113 SAE-de-keypad.bindings 1884807 charset.alias
1885114 SAE-de-nokeypad.bindings 1884808 ergonomic-us.bindings
1885115 SAE-us-keypad.bindings 1884809 etc
1885116 SAE-us-nokeypad.bindings 1884870 fonts.conf
1884796 appIcon.icns 1884871 gdk-pixbuf.loaders
1884797 ardour-sae.menus 1884872 icons
1884798 ardour.menus 1884929 instant.xml
1884799 ardour2_ui.conf 1884930 locale
1884800 ardour2_ui_dark.rc 1885071 mnemonic-us.bindings
1884801 ardour2_ui_dark_sae.rc 1885072 pango.modules
1884802 ardour2_ui_default.conf 1885073 pixmaps
1884803 ardour2_ui_light.rc 1885117 share
1884804 ardour2_ui_light_sae.rc 1885125 typeIcon.icns

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/MainMenu.nib:
1885065 CVS 1885069 info.nib
1885064 classes.nib 1885070 keyedobjects.nib

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/MainMenu.nib/CVS:
1885066 Entries 1885067 Repository 1885068 Root

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/etc:
1884810 fonts 1884857 gtk-2.0 1884861 pango 1884863 xml

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/etc/fonts:
1884811 conf.avail 1884855 fonts.conf
1884838 conf.d 1884856 fonts.dtd

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/etc/fonts/conf.avail:
1884812 10-autohint.conf 1884825 45-latin.conf
1884813 10-no-sub-pixel.conf 1884826 49-sansserif.conf
1884814 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf 1884827 50-user.conf
1884815 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf 1884828 51-local.conf
1884816 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf 1884829 60-latin.conf
1884817 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf 1884830 65-fonts-persian.conf
1884818 10-unhinted.conf 1884831 65-khmer.conf
1884819 20-fix-globaladvance.conf 1884832 65-nonlatin.conf
1884820 20-unhint-small-vera.conf 1884833 69-unifont.conf
1884821 25-unhint-nonlatin.conf 1884834 70-no-bitmaps.conf
1884822 30-metric-aliases.conf 1884835 70-yes-bitmaps.conf
1884823 30-urw-aliases.conf 1884836 80-delicious.conf
1884824 40-nonlatin.conf 1884837 90-synthetic.conf

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/etc/fonts/conf.d:
1884839 20-fix-globaladvance.conf 1884847 51-local.conf
1884840 20-unhint-small-vera.conf 1884848 60-latin.conf
1884841 30-metric-aliases.conf 1884849 65-fonts-persian.conf
1884842 30-urw-aliases.conf 1884850 65-nonlatin.conf
1884843 40-nonlatin.conf 1884851 69-unifont.conf
1884844 45-latin.conf 1884852 80-delicious.conf
1884845 49-sansserif.conf 1884853 90-synthetic.conf
1884846 50-user.conf 1884854 README

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/etc/gtk-2.0:
1884858 gdk-pixbuf.loaders 1884860 im-multipress.conf
1884859 gtk.immodules

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/etc/pango:
1884862 pango.modules

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/etc/xml:
1884864 catalog 1884867 sgml-data.xml
1884865 docbook-xml.xml 1884868 w3c-dtd-xhtml.xml
1884866 docbook-xsl.xml 1884869 xml-core.xml

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/icons:
1884873 application-x-ardour_16px.png
1884874 application-x-ardour_22px.png
1884875 application-x-ardour_32px.png
1884876 application-x-ardour_48px.png
1884877 ardour_icon_16px.png
1884878 ardour_icon_22px.png
1884879 ardour_icon_32px.png
1884880 ardour_icon_48px.png
1884881 computer_keyboard.png
1884882 computer_keyboard_active.png
1884887 crossfade-in-S1.png
1884888 crossfade-in-S2.png
1884883 crossfade-in-constant-power.png
1884884 crossfade-in-fast-cut.png
1884885 crossfade-in-linear.png
1884886 crossfade-in-long-cut.png
1884889 crossfade-in-short-cut.png
1884890 crossfade-in-slow-cut.png
1884895 crossfade-out-S1.png
1884896 crossfade-out-S2.png
1884891 crossfade-out-constant-power.png
1884892 crossfade-out-fast-cut.png
1884893 crossfade-out-linear.png
1884894 crossfade-out-long-cut.png
1884897 crossfade-out-short-cut.png
1884898 crossfade-out-slow-cut.png
1884899 fader_belt.png
1884900 fader_belt_h.png
1884901 ferret_02.png
1884902 grabber_edit_point.png
1884903 hide.png
1884904 nudge_left.png
1884905 nudge_right.png
1884906 record_normal_red.png
1884907 record_tape_red.png
1884908 sae.png
1884909 saelogo.png
1884910 strip_width.png
1884911 tool_audition.png
1884912 tool_gain.png
1884913 tool_object.png
1884914 tool_object.xpm
1884915 tool_stretch.png
1884916 tool_zoom.png
1884917 transport_end.png
1884918 transport_loop.png
1884919 transport_play.png
1884920 transport_range.png
1884921 transport_record.png
1884922 transport_start.png
1884923 transport_stop.png
1884924 tw_edit_icons_07.xcf
1884925 zoom_full.png
1884926 zoom_in.png
1884927 zoom_out.png

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale:
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1884940 de 1884977 fr 1885012 pl 1885037 ru
1884952 el 1884990 it 1885025 pt 1885050 sv

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/cs:
1884932 LC_MESSAGES

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES:
1884933 atk10.mo 1884937 gtk20-properties.mo
1884934 gettext-runtime.mo 1884938 gtk20.mo
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1884936 glib20.mo

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/de:
1884941 LC_MESSAGES

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES:
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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/el:
1884953 LC_MESSAGES

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES:
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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/es:
1884965 LC_MESSAGES

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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/fr:
1884978 LC_MESSAGES

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES:
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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/it:
1884991 LC_MESSAGES

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES:
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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/nn:
1885003 LC_MESSAGES

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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/pl:
1885013 LC_MESSAGES

Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES:
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1885035 LC_MESSAGES

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1885038 LC_MESSAGES

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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/pixmaps:
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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/share:
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Ardour.app/Contents/Resources/share/templates:
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1885122 32 Tracks.template

Ardour.app/Contents/Surfaces:
1885127 libardour_genericmidi.dylib 1885128 libardour_mackie.dylib
Todd-Harrops-MacBook:Music:Audio Todd$ _

“TOP” is Todd-Harrops-MacBook/Applications/Music:Audio/

Basically I install my music and audio apps in a subfolder of Applications, called Music/Audio (or “Music:Audio” in unix)

I’ll have some time try IRC on Thursday and part of Friday. Same time zone.

Thanks,
Todd

@irondog: it is worth reading http://ardour.org/first_time_osx_native particularly the section titled “It Doesn’t Work”

Thank you. Tonight I read it slowly and carefully and did what I could. Still no success, maybe the download was corrupt? When you have a minute would you please look at my log:

Feb 28 22:59:52: — last message repeated 2 times —
Feb 28 22:59:52 Todd-Harrops-MacBook Ardour2.bin[1369]: *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x36024c0 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Feb 28 22:59:52 Todd-Harrops-MacBook Ardour2.bin[1369]: *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x3604b30 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Feb 28 22:59:52 Todd-Harrops-MacBook Ardour2.bin[1369]: *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x3604b50 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Feb 28 22:59:52 Todd-Harrops-MacBook Ardour2.bin[1369]: *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x3604a60 of class NSCFData autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Feb 28 22:59:52 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: LANGUAGE set to en
Feb 28 22:59:52 Todd-Harrops-MacBook Ardour2.bin[1369]: *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x3604cf0 of class NSCFData autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Feb 28 22:59:52 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: LANG set to en_CA
Feb 28 22:59:52 Todd-Harrops-MacBook Ardour2.bin[1369]: *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x3604d20 of class NSCFData autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Feb 28 22:59:53 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: Ardour 2.8.11
Feb 28 22:59:53 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: (built using 7387 and GCC version 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5367))
Feb 28 22:59:53 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: Copyright © 1999-2008 Paul Davis
Feb 28 22:59:53 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: Some portions Copyright © Steve Harris, Ari Johnson, Brett Viren, Joel Baker
Feb 28 22:59:53 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: Ardour comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Feb 28 22:59:53 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Feb 28 22:59:53 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
Feb 28 22:59:53 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: under certain conditions; see the source for copying conditions.
Feb 28 22:59:54 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: ardour: [ERROR]: Ardour: could not find any ui configuration file, canvas will look broken.
Feb 28 22:59:54 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: ardour: [WARNING]: Unable to find UI style file Ardour. will look strange
Feb 28 22:59:54 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: ardour: [INFO]: Removed open file count limit. Excellent!
Feb 28 22:59:54 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: ardour: [WARNING]: no MIDI ports specified: no MMC or MTC control possible
Feb 28 22:59:54 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: ardour: [INFO]: Apple VecLib H/W specific optimizations in use
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: no more csLADSPA plugins
Feb 28 22:59:55: — last message repeated 1 time —
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Combo (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1131242095-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Dynamics (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1148808801-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: JACK-insert (2 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1245795170-1164723041
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Freeverb3 (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1249530419-1148347728
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Talkbox (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1415670891-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Test Tone (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1415934836-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUBandpass (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1651532147-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUDynamicsProcessor (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1684237680-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUDelay (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1684368505-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUDistortion (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1684632436-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUFilter (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1718185076-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUGraphicEQ (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1735550321-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUHipass (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1752195443-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUHighShelfFilter (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1752393830-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUPeakLimiter (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1819112562-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AULowpass (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1819304307-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AULowShelfFilter (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1819502694-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUMultibandCompressor (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835232624-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Sub-Bass Synthesizer (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295042-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Degrade (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295043-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Leslie (2 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295048-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Tracker (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295050-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Ring Mod (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295058-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Stereo Simulator (2 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295059-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Shepard Tones (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295064-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Re-Psycho! (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295065-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Detune (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295092-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Dub Delay (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1835295199-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUMatrixReverb (6 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1836213622-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUNetSend (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1853058660-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUParametricEQ (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1886217585-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: Round Pan (2 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1917870446-1835295064
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AURogerBeep (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1919903602-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUSampleDelay (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1935961209-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUPitch (1 i/o configurations) - 1635083896-1953329268-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUAudioFilePlayer (1 i/o configurations) - 1635084142-1634103404-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUNetReceive (1 i/o configurations) - 1635084142-1852990326-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:55 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUScheduledSoundPlayer (1 i/o configurations) - 1635084142-1936945260-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:56 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: detected AU: AUSpeechSynthesis (1 i/o configurations) - 1635084142-1953788784-1634758764
Feb 28 22:59:56 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: ardour: [INFO]: looking for control protocols in /Applications/Music:Audio/Ardour.app/Contents/MacOS/…/Surfaces
Feb 28 22:59:56 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: ardour: [FATAL]: cannot find icon image for fader_belt.png
Feb 28 22:59:56 Todd-Harrops-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[420] ([0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]): Exited with exit code: 9

@Irondog: corrupt download or something messed with your system after install:

Feb 28 22:59:56 Todd-Harrops-MacBook [0x0-0xd70d7].org.ardour.Ardour2[1369]: ardour: [FATAL]: cannot find icon image for fader_belt.png

That file is present in the download, without question.

Let me know if you hassles trying to download again. I can reset the download timer if necessary.

Well, I can’t find my Invoice ID from PayPal, but I’ve downloaded it again anyway (Ardour 2.8.11 for OS X Intel), and re-installed: same problem. Tried again (after deleting .ardour2 etc. again) and same fatal error as above. If I had an Invoice ID would that link to a different file? I can e-mail my Subscription Number if that helps, but I have no e-mail with an Invoice ID on it.

Thanks,
Irondog

@irondog: the “missing file” is present; the md5sum is correct (i.e. the download is perfect). something else is interfering with this, and if the folder is really called “Music:Audio” i suspect that is part of the problem, if not all of it. Try moving the .app folder somewhere else and starting it from there. My guess is that it will work fine. Using “:” in folder names was illegal in older versions of OS X (and MacOS) and is a particularly bad idea when using programs that are cross-platform with other Unix-like systems - the “:” character is used as a separator for search paths.

Aw cheese louise, it was that simple?! I did a sudo mv Music:Audio MusicAudio command and that fixed it, taking out the illegal character. Thanks Paul, for your patience. I can look forward to editing some audio now!

Cheers,
irondog