When it's quiet

Troubleshooting

The short version: most silence is a muted output device, and most launch trouble is the unsigned-app warning. Details and everything else below.

No sound

In rough order of likelihood:

1. Check the system output device and its mute state. On a Mac that usually plays through a USB interface, the built-in speakers are often muted — Resonode is happily making audio into a muted device. This is the number-one cause, by a wide margin.
2. Check the Output module. Every patch needs one, with its level up. Park a Meter just before it — if the meter moves, signal is arriving and the problem is downstream (device, mute, cables to your ears).
3. Is the transport running? Synced Clocks wait for Play. If the patch is sequenced and silent, press Space.
4. Probe the cables. Hover cables backwards from the Output until one shows a flat line — the break is right there. A stuck gate or an Amp with no envelope shows up in seconds.
5. MIDI patches: confirm your controller is sending on a channel the MIDI In hears, or just play the QWERTY keys to bypass the question.

"App can't be opened" (macOS)

Resonode is currently unsigned. Right-click the app and choose Open the first time, or clear the quarantine flag:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine Resonode.app

The same applies to the plugin bundles under ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/ if your host refuses to scan them.

SmartScreen warning (Windows)

Choose More info → Run anyway on first launch. Windows learns and stops asking.

AppImage won't start (Linux)

Make it executable first: chmod +x Resonode-*.AppImage. If FUSE is missing on your distro, run it with --appimage-extract-and-run.

After a crash

Relaunch — Resonode offers to restore your autosaved work (autosave runs every 30 seconds). If a crash repeats, the log below is the useful thing to send.

Logs and diagnostics

• macOS: ~/Library/Logs/Resonode/Resonode.log
• Windows: the per-user application-logs folder (search for Resonode.log)
• The toolbar CPU meter shows engine load; if a huge patch crackles, raise your audio buffer size in the audio settings.

Still stuck?

Email hrvst@soundsofibiza.co.uk with what you expected, what happened, and the log if it's relevant. It's one person and replies are fast — registered users get flagged first.