# Returning to sonic-pi after long time away having issues with the latest beta version please help **URL:** \ **Category:** Support, Help & Resources\ **Created:** [February 16, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/returning-to-sonic-pi-after-long-time-away-having-issues-with-the-latest-beta-version-please-help/6545 "2022-02-16T00:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![soundwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@soundwarrior](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/soundwarrior)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/returning-to-sonic-pi-after-long-time-away-having-issues-with-the-latest-beta-version-please-help/6545/1 "2022-02-16T00:21:06Z")
Hi everyone hope you’re doing well and staying safe 🙂 as many of you may know I’m totally blind and I’ve been away for a long while. I just a few minutes ago tried to open up the latest beta version of Sonic Pi on macOS Big Sur on a 2019 MacBook Pro 30 2GB ram 8 core Intel processor 2.9 Gb processor speed 2 TB hard drive. VoiceOver told me it was busy for a while then I got the following error: Apologies, a critical error occurred during startup: GUI was unable to connect to the Ruby server. Please consider reporting a bug at > **[sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi](https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/issues)** > > Code. Music. Live. Contribute to sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi development by creating an account on GitHub. # Sonic Pi Boot Error Report ## System Information Sonic Pi version: 4.0-beta3 OS: macOS 10.16 Logs: spider.log: Sonic Pi Spider Server booting… The time is 2022-02-15 16:22:09 +0000 Using primary protocol: udp Detecting port numbers… Ports: {:server\_port=\>36695, :gui\_port=\>36696, :scsynth\_port=\>36697, :scsynth\_send\_port=\>36697, :osc\_cues\_port=\>36698, :tau\_port=\>36699, :listen\_to\_tau\_port=\>36704} Opening UDP Server to listen to GUI on port: 36695 Spider - Pulling in modules… Spider - Starting Runtime Server TauComms - Sending /ping to tau: 127.0.0.1:36699 studio - init scsynth boot - Waiting for the SuperCollider Server to have booted… scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 TauComms - Sending /ping to tau: 127.0.0.1:36699 TauComms - Receiving ack from tau TauComms - connection established scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:36697 scsynth boot - Unable to connect to SuperCollider Audio Server (Promise timed out after 30 seconds.). Exiting… Spider - Failed to start server: exit /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:183:in `exit' /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:183:in `rescue in wait\_for\_boot’ /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:181:in `wait_for_boot' /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:145:in `boot’ /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:38:in `initialize' /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/server.rb:81:in `new’ /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/server.rb:81:in `initialize' /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/studio.rb:67:in `new’ /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/studio.rb:67:in `init_scsynth' /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/studio.rb:44:in `initialize’ /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/lang/sound.rb:90:in `new' /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/lang/sound.rb:90:in `block (2 levels) in included’ /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/lang/ixi.rb:72:in `block (2 levels) in included' /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb:241:in `new’ /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb:241:in `’ daemon.log: [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Welcome to the Daemon Booter [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36695, #UDPSocket:0x000000011083b420 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36696, #UDPSocket:0x000000011083aea8 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36697, #UDPSocket:0x000000011083aac0 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36698, #UDPSocket:0x000000011083a1d8 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36699, #UDPSocket:0x0000000110839d28 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36700, #UDPSocket:0x00000001108396c0 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36701, #UDPSocket:0x0000000110838f18 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36702, #UDPSocket:0x0000000110833b08 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36703, #UDPSocket:0x00000001108332c0 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36704, #UDPSocket:0x0000000110832cf8 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] checked port 36705, #UDPSocket:0x00000001108323c0 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Selected ports: [2022-02-15 16:22:08] {“spider-listen-to-gui”=\>36695, “gui-send-to-spider”=\>36695, “gui-listen-to-spider”=\>36696, “spider-send-to-gui”=\>36696, “scsynth”=\>36697, “scsynth-send”=\>36697, “osc-cues”=\>36698, “tau”=\>36699, “spider”=\>36700, “phx”=\>36701, “gui-keep-alive”=\>36702, “tau-keep-alive”=\>36703, “spider-listen-to-tau”=\>36704, “daemon-listen-to-tau”=\>36705} [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Setting up zombie kill switch for gui-keep-alive listening on port 36702 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Setting up zombie kill switch for tau-keep-alive listening on port 36703 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Booting Tau [2022-02-15 16:22:08] fetching toml opts [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Daemon listening to info from Tau on port 36705 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Process Booter - booting sh with args [“/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/beam/tau/boot-mac.sh”, “true”, “false”, “true”, “true”, “36698”, “36699”, “36704”, “36705”, “36703”, “/Users/trculver/.sonic-pi/log/tau.log”, “true”, “true”, “36701”, “GA2t6HQ/pprMSr8zCciMC5S1Pc1+olKPEJiW6kBKOx7floD0I7Y0W/2BbtMBm3BWbr9ADu1nFL2gEVLqWL3ghg==”, “prod”] [2022-02-15 16:22:08] sh /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/beam/tau/boot-mac.sh true false true true 36698 36699 36704 36705 36703 /Users/trculver/.sonic-pi/log/tau.log true true 36701 GA2t6HQ/pprMSr8zCciMC5S1Pc1+olKPEJiW6kBKOx7floD0I7Y0W/2BbtMBm3BWbr9ADu1nFL2gEVLqWL3ghg== prod [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Booting Scsynth [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Process Booter - booting /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/native/scsynth with args [“-u”, “36697”, “-a”, “1024”, “-m”, “131072”, “-D”, “0”, “-R”, “0”, “-l”, “1”, “-i”, “16”, “-o”, “16”, “-b”, “4096”, “-B”, “127.0.0.1”] [2022-02-15 16:22:08] /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/native/scsynth -u 36697 -a 1024 -m 131072 -D 0 -R 0 -l 1 -i 16 -o 16 -b 4096 -B 127.0.0.1 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 64551, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Booting Spider Server [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Process Booter - booting /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/native/ruby/bin/ruby with args [“–enable-frozen-string-literal”, “-E”, “utf-8”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb”, “-u”, “36695”, “36696”, “36697”, “36697”, “36698”, “36699”, “36704”] [2022-02-15 16:22:08] /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/native/ruby/bin/ruby --enable-frozen-string-literal -E utf-8 /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb -u 36695 36696 36697 36697 36698 36699 36704 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Waiting for processes to complete… [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Kill switch #33793 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 50989, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Kill switch for port 32841 triggered. Exiting… [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Daemon Booter is now exiting. [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Cleaning up any running processes… [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Process Booter - no need to kill /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/native/ruby/bin/ruby with pid 18710 and args [“–enable-frozen-string-literal”, “-E”, “utf-8”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb”, “-u”, “32835”, “32836”, “32837”, “32837”, “4560”, “32838”, “32843”] - already terminated, wait\_thr status: #\, false [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Process Booter - no need to kill /Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/native/scsynth with pid 18707 and args [“-u”, “32837”, “-a”, “1024”, “-m”, “131072”, “-D”, “0”, “-R”, “0”, “-l”, “1”, “-i”, “16”, “-o”, “16”, “-b”, “4096”, “-B”, “127.0.0.1”] - already terminated, wait\_thr status: #\, false [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Killing Tau with pid 18709 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Tau process has completed [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Process Booter - killing sh with pid 18709 and args [“/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/beam/tau/boot-mac.sh”, “true”, “false”, “true”, “true”, “4560”, “32838”, “32843”, “32844”, “32842”, “/Users/trculver/.sonic-pi/log/tau.log”, “true”, “true”, “32840”, “hActXq/AnBJTnBHsqe43JmsacDrbpmpxcSJkoZ0l56vV9bQnzFsfBktBPZMSXrJk6h5lg9ZccjssJynj3pBqdA==”, “prod”], wait\_thr status: #\, sleep [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Scsynth process has completed [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Spider Server process has completed [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Sending TERM kill command to 18709 [2022-02-15 16:22:08] Process 18709 still running, waiting for it to finish… [5] [2022-02-15 16:22:09] Process 18709 still running, waiting for it to finish… [4] [2022-02-15 16:22:10] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:10] Kill switch #36703 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 60470, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:10] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:10] Process 18709 still running, waiting for it to finish… [3] [2022-02-15 16:22:11] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:11] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:11] Process 18709 still running, waiting for it to finish… [2] [2022-02-15 16:22:12] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:12] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:12] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 58232, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:12] Kill switch #33793 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 50989, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:12] Process 18709 still running, waiting for it to finish… [1] [2022-02-15 16:22:13] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:13] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:13] Process 18709 still running, waiting for it to finish… [0] [2022-02-15 16:22:14] Kill switch #36703 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 60470, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:14] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:14] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:14] Sending KILL kill command to 18709 [2022-02-15 16:22:14] Process 18709 still running, waiting for it to finish… [5] [2022-02-15 16:22:15] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:15] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:15] Process 18709 terminated [2022-02-15 16:22:15] Daemon Booter - Over and Out. [2022-02-15 16:22:16] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:16] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:16] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 56043, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:16] Kill switch #33793 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 50989, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:17] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:17] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:18] Kill switch #36703 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 60470, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:18] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:18] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:19] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:19] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:20] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:20] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:20] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 58114, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:20] Kill switch #33793 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 50989, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:21] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:21] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:22] Kill switch #36703 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 60470, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:22] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:22] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:23] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:23] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:24] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:24] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:24] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 49859, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:24] Kill switch #33793 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 50989, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:25] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:25] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:26] Kill switch #36703 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 60470, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:26] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:26] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:27] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:27] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:28] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:28] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:28] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 58008, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:28] Kill switch #33793 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 50989, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:29] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:29] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:30] Kill switch #36703 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 60470, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:30] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:30] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:31] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:31] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:32] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:32] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:32] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 55683, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:32] Kill switch #33793 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 50989, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:33] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:33] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:34] Kill switch #36703 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 60470, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:34] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:34] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:35] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:35] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:36] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:36] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:36] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 61114, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:36] Kill switch #33793 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 50989, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:37] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:37] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:38] Kill switch #36703 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 60470, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:38] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:38] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:39] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:39] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:40] Daemon received Pid data from Tau: [18831] [2022-02-15 16:22:40] Daemon received UDP data from Tau: [“/tau/pid”, [18831], [“AF\_INET”, 60531, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] [2022-02-15 16:22:40] Kill switch #36702 Received UDP data [“/daemon/keep-alive”, , [“AF\_INET”, 56339, “127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.1”]] tau.log: 16:22:08.967 [info] SIGTERM received - shutting down 16:22:09.096 [info] All systems booting… 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_MIDI\_ENABLED bool true 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_LINK\_ENABLED bool true 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_CUES\_ON bool true 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_OSC\_IN\_UDP\_LOOPBACK\_RESTRICTED bool false 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_MIDI\_ON bool true 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_LINK\_ON bool true 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_OSC\_IN\_UDP\_PORT int 36698 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_API\_PORT int 36699 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_SPIDER\_PORT int 36704 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_DAEMON\_PORT int 36705 16:22:09.096 [info] extracting env TAU\_KEEP\_ALIVE\_PORT int 36703 16:22:09.096 [info] Initialising MIDI native interface 16:22:09.117 [info] Initialising Link native interface 16:22:09.163 [error] Connecting to Daemon keepalive port via UDP…36703 36705 16:22:09.163 [info] Waiting for keepalive messages… 16:22:09.163 [info] Starting with MIDI server enabled 16:22:09.163 [info] Starting with Link server enabled 16:22:09.163 [info] ±-------------------------------------+ This is the Sonic Pi Link Server Powered by Erlang 24 Number of detected peers: 0 Current tempo: 120.0 ±-------------------------------------+ 16:22:09.179 [info] ±-------------------------------------+ This is the Sonic Pi MIDI Server Powered by Erlang 24 Detected MIDI input ports: [‘iac\_driver\_bus\_1’, ‘iac\_driver\_live\_reeder\_feedback\_input’, ‘iac\_driver\_live\_reeder\_commands\_output’, ‘clarett\_8pre\_usb’] Detected MIDI output ports: [‘iac\_driver\_bus\_1’, ‘iac\_driver\_live\_reeder\_feedback\_input’, ‘iac\_driver\_live\_reeder\_commands\_output’, ‘clarett\_8pre\_usb’] ±-------------------------------------+ 16:22:09.179 [info] ±-------------------------------------+ This is the Sonic Pi OSC Server == Tau == Powered by Erlang 24 ``` Incoming OSC on port 36698 ``` OSC cue forwarding to {127, 0, 0, 1} on port 36704 ±-------------------------------------+ 16:22:09.179 [info] ±-------------------------------------+ This is the Sonic Pi API Server Powered by Erlang 24 ``` API listening on port 36699 ``` ±-------------------------------------+ 16:22:09.179 [info] Starting Phoenix server 16:22:09.180 [info] ±-------------------------------------+ This is the Sonic Pi Link Server Powered by Erlang 24 Number of detected peers: 2 Current tempo: 120.0 ±-------------------------------------+ 16:22:09.181 [info] ±-------------------------------------+ This is the Sonic Pi MIDI Server Powered by Erlang 24 Detected MIDI input ports: [‘iac\_driver\_bus\_1’, ‘iac\_driver\_live\_reeder\_feedback\_input’, ‘iac\_driver\_live\_reeder\_commands\_output’, ‘clarett\_8pre\_usb’] Detected MIDI output ports: [‘iac\_driver\_bus\_1’, ‘iac\_driver\_live\_reeder\_feedback\_input’, ‘iac\_driver\_live\_reeder\_commands\_output’, ‘clarett\_8pre\_usb’] ±-------------------------------------+ 16:22:09.181 [info] ±-------------------------------------+ This is the Sonic Pi OSC Server == Tau == Powered by Erlang 24 ``` Incoming OSC on port 36698 ``` OSC cue forwarding to {127, 0, 0, 1} on port 36704 ±-------------------------------------+ 16:22:09.181 [info] ±-------------------------------------+ This is the Sonic Pi API Server Powered by Erlang 24 ``` API listening on port 36699 ``` ±-------------------------------------+ 16:22:09.181 [info] Running TauWeb.Endpoint with cowboy 2.9.0 at 127.0.0.1:36701 (http) 16:22:09.182 [info] Access TauWeb.Endpoint at [http://localhost:36701](http://localhost:36701) scsynth.log: Number of Devices: 9 0 : “CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 Audio” 1 : “CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 Audio” 2 : “Clarett 8Pre USB” 3 : “External Microphone” 4 : “External Headphones” 5 : “MacBook Pro Microphone” 6 : “MacBook Pro Speakers” 7 : “Pro Tools Aggregate I/O” 8 : “ZoomAudioD” ERROR: Input sample rate is 48000, but output is 44100. Mismatched sample rates are not supported. To disable input, set the number of input channels to 0. could not initialize audio. libc++abi: terminating gui.log: [API] [INFO] : daemon\_stdout: 36702 [API] [INFO] : daemon\_stdout: 36696 [API] [INFO] : daemon\_stdout: 36695 [API] [INFO] : daemon\_stdout: 36697 [API] [INFO] : daemon\_stdout: 36698 [API] [INFO] : daemon\_stdout: 36701 [API] [INFO] : daemon\_stdout: lINgGMA26x89rHBtx2hRrNvcxobbiTXE3zzhfa9LxE087rCtwMYflbZu5PEuHgNY1m1vnQ2HlzC+0r0uFRLV0w== [API] [INFO] : Setting up Boot Daemon keep alive loop [API] [INFO] : API Init Started… [API] [INFO] : API State set to: Initializing… [API] [INFO] : Going to start pinging server… [API] [INFO] : Starting UDP OSC Server on port 36696… [API] [INFO] : Pinging Spider Server until a response is received… [API] [INFO] : Waiting for Sonic Pi Spider Server to respond… [API] [INFO] : UDP OSC Server ready and listening [GUI] [i18n] - Looping through preferred ui languages [GUI] - Language setting: system\_language [GUI] - System language: en\_GB [GUI] [i18n] - Looping through preferred ui languages [GUI] - Using language: en\_GB [GUI] [i18n] - Loading translations for en\_GB [GUI] - translations available [GUI] - hiding main window [GUI] - initialising toolbar icons [GUI] - setting up window structure [Debug] Adding language combo box entries… 2 [Debug] Adding language system\_language to the combo box [Debug] Adding language en\_GB to the combo box [GUI] - restoring scope states [GUI] - creating status bar [GUI] - creating info panel [GUI] - creating shortcuts [GUI] - creating tool bar [GUI] - initialising documentation window [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 59 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 58 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 57 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 56 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 55 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 54 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 53 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 52 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 51 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 50 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 49 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 48 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 47 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 46 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 45 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 44 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 43 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 42 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 41 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 40 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 39 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 38 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 37 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 36 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 35 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 34 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 33 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 32 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 31 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 30 [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Waiting Until Ready… 29 [API] [INFO] : UDP OSC Server no longer listening [API] [INFO] : . [API] [ERROR] : Oh no, Spider Server got to an Error State whilst starting… [GUI] - Critical Error. Unable to connect to server.. [GUI] - Sonic Pi Server failed to start with this error message: \> Server Exception: exit [“/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:183:in `exit’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:183:in `rescue in wait\_for\_boot’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:181:in `wait_for_boot’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:145:in `boot’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/scsynthexternal.rb:38:in `initialize’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/server.rb:81:in `new’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/server.rb:81:in `initialize’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/studio.rb:67:in `new’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/studio.rb:67:in `init_scsynth’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/studio.rb:44:in `initialize’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/lang/sound.rb:90:in `new’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/lang/sound.rb:90:in `block (2 levels) in included’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/lib/sonicpi/lang/ixi.rb:72:in `block (2 levels) in included’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb:241:in `new’”, “/Applications/Sonic Pi v4 BETA 3.app/Contents/Resources/app/server/ruby/bin/sonic-pi-server.rb:241:in `'”] [GUI] - Sonic Pi Server failed to start with this error message: \> Critical error! Could not connect to Sonic Pi Server. Does anybody know what’s going on and how to fix this error? Thank you very much for all your help kind regards Trey. ---
**Author:** ![ethancrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/returning-to-sonic-pi-after-long-time-away-having-issues-with-the-latest-beta-version-please-help/6545/2 "2022-02-16T01:04:07Z")
Hey hey @soundwarrior, A small side note: we prefer to track things like Sonic Pi booting issues all in one place over on GitHub - it makes them easier to manage! The forum here is useful for issues with Sonic Pi where folks are not sure how to do something, or Sonic Pi maybe does something unusual, but it still runs. If Sonic Pi doesn’t really run at all, that’s a critical issue that we need to track at the source repository. Regarding the problem you’re having above, this is a known issue in the system that is still to be addressed, that is a result of our recent heavy changes introduced at the start of version 4. The key error message is in `scsynth.log`: ```ruby ERROR: Input sample rate is 48000, but output is 44100. Mismatched sample rates are not supported. To disable input, set the number of input channels to 0. ``` Sonic Pi on macOS is temporarily no longer attempting to handle mismatched input and output sample rates. As such, until we’re able to fix this in time for a future version 4 beta or final release, it’s necessary to use the audio and MIDI settings window in macOS to update both input and output sample rates to be the same. There are details about how to change device sample rate at [Set up audio devices in Audio MIDI Setup on Mac – Apple Support (AU)](https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/audio-midi-setup/ams59f301fda/mac) . Once they’re the same, Sonic Pi should hopefully boot up properly! ---
**Author:** ![soundwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@soundwarrior](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/soundwarrior)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/returning-to-sonic-pi-after-long-time-away-having-issues-with-the-latest-beta-version-please-help/6545/3 "2022-02-16T21:36:04Z")
Hi Ethan, thank you for your reply. I looked in audio midi setup as you suggested and both the input and output sample rates of the same. Wells can you advise please? Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![ethancrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/returning-to-sonic-pi-after-long-time-away-having-issues-with-the-latest-beta-version-please-help/6545/4 "2022-02-17T11:06:55Z")
In that case, I’m guessing that the problem is that while the audio MIDI setup window may say that two of the devices on your system might have the same input and output sample rates, _these devices may not be the same ones that Sonic Pi is selecting on startup_ - and hence the sample mismatch may remain, for the devices it _does_ try to select. It may require copying the following file: [audio-settings.toml](https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/blob/f4b17fffdeb143e8eb19c3d14ed440f2f6e037f1/app/config/user-examples/audio-settings.toml) into your `.sonic-pi/config` folder and editing the line that says: ```ruby # sound_card_name = "" ``` By removing the `#` and inserting text that matches the name of a different sound device in between the quotes, perhaps something like this: ```ruby sound_card_name = "MacBook Pro" ``` (Assuming the ‘MacBook Pro Microphone’ and ‘MacBook Pro Speakers’ both have the same sample rate). Or, any other device name in between the quotes that will allow Sonic Pi to select both input and output device that matches the name. ---
**Author:** ![soundwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@soundwarrior](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/soundwarrior)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/returning-to-sonic-pi-after-long-time-away-having-issues-with-the-latest-beta-version-please-help/6545/5 "2022-02-28T09:45:31Z")
hi thanks for your help think i fixed the problem 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ethancrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 9:47am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/returning-to-sonic-pi-after-long-time-away-having-issues-with-the-latest-beta-version-please-help/6545/6 "2022-02-28T09:47:59Z")
@soundwarrior that’s good to know! you’re welcome.