Ok so here’s the setup and results:
- Ableton Live 11 Lite (limited to 8 channels)
- Apple Macbook Air M1 (2020)
- Play+ directly connected via USB-C
- Audio Output goes back to the Play+ (using headphones on the Out)
- When not changing/previewing patches, everything works as expected
- you can edit a synth without issues
- you can change the macro values without issues
- Once you start previewing / changing patches for a synth, eventually the output gets distorted / broken
- I’ve decided to go through the ACD Patches: I didn’t make it down the list before this occurs.
- When changing the Audio Output Device to something else - like the the Macbook Speakers or external Headphones - the audio is perfectly fine there
- When switching Audio Output Device back to the Play+, the audio remains garbled until you power cycle the Play+