Fixing Audio Channel Down-Mixing in VoodooHDA (Tahoe)

Restoring Stereo Output on MSI Z490 Tomahawk

If VoodooHDA is treating your stereo speakers as a 5.1 system on macOS Tahoe, you need to modify the Info.plist inside the kext.

The Fix:

1. VoodooHDA Settings: Right-click VoodooHDA.kext > Show Package Contents > Contents > Info.plist.
2. NodesToPatch: Find the NodesToPatch section. You need to 'untask' the Orange and Black jacks by setting their ConfigDefault to 0x40f000f0 (Disabled).
3. Vectorize: Set Vectorize to True to improve audio processing efficiency on your i9-10850k.
4. Rebuild Cache: Run sudo kextcache -i / and reboot.