There are several problems reported with the new MacBooks and the latest OS and investigations are still ging on. There is no solution and no workaround. It could make sense to create a support ticket.

https://my.presonus.com > Support > Create A Ticket (orange button)

Thanks for the reply , I ve raised a ticket, I was so looking forward to using my new Mac In the studio , a warning for others I guess. Dont buy the new MacBook Pro 2020 just yet as they don’t work with studio live series 3 desks... pretty much a very expensive place mat at this point.... so disappointed ... hope it’s not long before It can be made to work.

Here is the reply from support

Your issue relates to the new Mac. There is no hardware fault with the mixer.

We're sorry you're having this issue, and we will be reporting this to the development team. Thank you for bringing this to our attention—feedback from customers like you is a critical asset to the improvement of our hardware and software!

We will alert you through a support ticket follow-up to notify you if and when an update is available and where to get it.

We recommend reading the latest release notes when our software is updated to see if your issue is resolved. You can find the latest release notes in your my.presonus.com account.

I am assuming that this will get sorted, a bit nervous about the if an update becomes available which suggests they may not fix this which is unsettling...

Anyway hope this helps someone else and I don’t find myself having to get rid of the desk as I really like it, not a lot of use to me though if it isn’t gonna be made compatible with the 2020 MacBook Pro

So for others if you have a MacBook Pro 2020 model it will not currently work with this desk.... I ll post again if and when I have it working

Ok, after much messing around and research .....

USB does not work and will not work currently with the studiolive series three stuff... however

Using AVB for audio does work, it does have limitations if you have additional external racks sucH as the 32r but it does at least mean you can use the desk with the new MacBook pro 2020 and seems pretty stable in my early tests.

Guide is here

https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/a ... -and-a-Mac

Hope that may help anyone else having the same issues I did until the updated firmware is released

Paul

Thanks for posting this, Paul. I didn’t even think of this as a possible workaround!

So nearly 2 years later … is this ever realistically going to be fixed or is it never going to work with a 2020 Mac?

Thanks

This is an Apple issue. If you want it fixed, then contact them. It's their hardware and their issue to solve now.