The M-Audio Radium 49 on a Modern Mac: Dealing with Legacy Hardware
The M-Audio Radium 49 is a classic piece of MIDI controller history. Known for its sturdy build, semi-weighted key action, and handy built-in pitch and modulation wheels, it was a studio staple in the early to mid-2000s.
- The last official drivers were written for PowerPC and early Intel 32-bit operating systems (macOS 10.4 Tiger through 10.14 Mojave).
- Modern macOS (10.15+) dropped support for 32-bit applications and kernel extensions (kexts) that these old drivers rely on.
Driver Name: M-Audio USB MIDI Driver 6.1.3 (for macOS 10.4 - 10.14)
To install the M-Audio Radium 49 driver on your Mac, follow these steps:
- MIDI routing and DAW setup