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Windows 7 and Firewire audio interface issue (solved)

dmtoad
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Posted : Nov 6, 2009 12:25:13
Just found how to fix my Motu - Windows 7 compatibility issue (should work with other firewire audio interfaces too).

Solution :
http://www.focusrite.com/answerbase/en/article.php?id=1030

Could be useful for for ppl that will upgrade to Windows 7.
Elad
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Posted : Nov 6, 2009 16:15
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Upavas
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Posted : Nov 9, 2009 02:13
Did that, still have a small issue with win 7 and my m box. Hope I can solve it soon...           Upavas - Here And Now (Sangoma Rec.) new EP out Oct.29th, get it here:
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dmtoad
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Posted : Nov 10, 2009 14:57
Could you describe your issue ?
Suloo
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Posted : Nov 10, 2009 18:36
a friend of mine has an problem with that too..

he owns an echo audiofire 2 and got dropouts and crackels..he tried this legacy driver but didn`t help at all..

any more suggestions maybe?           -------......-------...-..-..-..-.-.-.-.-
dmtoad
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Posted : Nov 10, 2009 19:22
Crackels still occures sometimes as with win. XP (but really rarely).

What you can try is to disable windows sound theme :
http://www.techdreams.org/tips-tricks/how-to-disable-sound-themes-in-windows-7/3095-20090719


And for Motu users (may be for other sound cards too), it's recommended to use a firewire card with a Ti (Texas Instruments) chipset on it.


If nothing worked :
You could also try this registry trick (not sure if it has any effect on windows 7 but I applied it anyway)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222
--> You don't need to apply the patch, just add the registry key.
Suloo
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Posted : Nov 10, 2009 21:46
Quote:

On 2009-11-10 19:22, dmtoad wrote:
Crackels still occures sometimes as with win. XP (but really rarely).

What you can try is to disable windows sound theme :
http://www.techdreams.org/tips-tricks/how-to-disable-sound-themes-in-windows-7/3095-20090719


And for Motu users (may be for other sound cards too), it's recommended to use a firewire card with a Ti (Texas Instruments) chipset on it.






that link sadly doesn`t work, but if its the standard windows sound stuff its already disabled..


and with Ti chipset , this is more or less a myth from my experience..might work for some, but it could have woked with other chipsets as well..           -------......-------...-..-..-..-.-.-.-.-
dmtoad
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Posted : Nov 11, 2009 16:29
Yes, I was talking about the standard windows sound (and disabling the "play windows startup sound" too).

I had lot of trouble with VIA chipset on fw card and changing for a TI card solved that.

Also found this information on the net:
http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5305

-->[...] and have been proven to be a problem of the new FireWire driver from MS that is part of Windows 7. We have written confirmation that a fix will most probably not be available within the next 12 months.

Lol, thanks Micro$oft.
I was lucky with my setup and got it to work with Windows 7 64 bit.
I'm really happy with it (nice perfs, stable and supporting 8gb of ram).

But Microsoft really sucks regarding the firewire support.
dmtoad
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Posted : Nov 11, 2009 17:34
An other interesting thread :
http://forum.isratrance.com/pops-and-cracks-from-your-sound-card-here-is-my-solution/
mquirk1
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Posted : Nov 13, 2009 08:02
Quote:

On 2009-11-10 21:46, Zork wrote:
Quote:

On 2009-11-10 19:22, dmtoad wrote:
Crackels still occures sometimes as with win. XP (but really rarely).

What you can try is to disable windows sound theme :
http://www.techdreams.org/tips-tricks/how-to-disable-sound-themes-in-windows-7/3095-20090719


And for Motu users (may be for other sound cards too), it's recommended to use a firewire card with a Ti (Texas Instruments) chipset on it.






that link sadly doesn`t work, but if its the standard windows sound stuff its already disabled..


and with Ti chipset , this is more or less a myth from my experience..might work for some, but it could have woked with other chipsets as well..




99% of the time on forums when i hear about people having problems with crackles and dropouts for firewire interfaces, it's solved when they get a TI chip.
fractal fields
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Posted : Dec 11, 2009 12:27
hello

can someone tell me if its good to go from xp to 7 (32/64 bit) for music production?

I'm happy running xp, everything works (use alot of old pluginz).

But the extra ram you get with 7 is appealing...

hardware specs: -abit P5K-E wifi AP
-Q6600
-4 Gig ram (not used to full extend by xp)
-onboard soundcard (shame on me i know)


My main DAW is ableton.

thanks for the info.

~NabaruN~
orange
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Posted : Dec 11, 2009 15:22
so far all the plugins i like work and they are some old ones in there... ( pro 53, mgtriger gate etc. )

win 7 64bit

i would say go for it!           http://www.landmark-recordings.com/
http://soundcloud.com/kymamusic
fractal fields
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Posted : Dec 11, 2009 16:25
Thanks orange,

Also stumbled upon JBridge -an xp platform emulator softw- that should run the things that dont

my apologies for goin' bit offtopic

greetz.

~NabaruN~
dmtoad
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Posted : Dec 16, 2009 15:38
First, you have to be sure your sound card (and midi controller if you have one) have 64bit drivers...

(you need a 64bit Windows to add more than 4Gb of RAM)
Cactus Division

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Posted : Dec 18, 2009 04:31
motu ultralite works fine now with W7 64bit now - thnxs
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