Doing that could cause THIS

alexoosthoek


Doing that could cause THIS

 
I NEVER, EVER use Bus power for that same reason.  This can happen with ANY FireWire device, not just the FireFace.
 
The OP should use the supplied PSU for safer operation. 
 
And by the way, this information is included in a bright yellow sheet with the words "IMPORTANT NOTICE" when you buy the Fireface.
 
 
 

Been using a Delta 1010 with my win7/64 machine.
Works well, but I need to boot the machine twice for the system to recognize the unit.
No other problems.
 Guess I'm lucky it works!

I am using a Delta AP2496.  I used to have a problem where the drivers would stop working for some reason.  Someone on their forum posted a batch file to restart the audio engine.  Oddly I'm not sure if the batch file works because I have not had the problem since copying it to my DAW.

Philip




I also confess, I did erroneously jack with the 6-pin firewire cable ... shoving it in and out of my Dell-alienware while the computer was on! 

Not good! If you actually "hot swapping" this is considered a no-no in the FW arena. Some companies will not even offer support for this.

That being said, I always like to mention my profire 610 which has run very well with xp, vista, win7 and especially win7x64 :D

M-Audio Fast Track Ultra here as well - no problems. In fact the only thing that seesm to cause problems (freezes on exit) is my firewire connected Liquid Mix 16 - the dedicated W7 drivers don't seem to have emerged? Have to use legacy firewire drivers.

Mackie 1200f with a Mackie 800r connected to it via lightpipe. No issues so far...

Philip



MOTU UltraLite MK3 Firewire USB Hybrid $549, Wow!

Philip - I'm with Jim on this - I'd definitely try REALLY REALLY hard to work out the problems with your FF400 before spending money on another soundcard.  returning to RME and/or rolling back the drivers sounds like a plan to me.
 
if not, I just wanted to chime in on this card above.  I just received mine as a replacement for my dying Delta 44 (had it for 5 years in 3 different machines but it's in need of repair now so I'm moving on).  so far I have not had a chance to record with it, but playback for mixing I have done and there's a MARKED difference in what I hear between the MOTU and the D44!!!  I hear things in a project I'm mixing that I didn't hear before (and need to fix!!).  so far I'm a satisfied customer of the Ultralite hybrid!
 
I did have some problems with the firewire card and I'm sending that back (PCIe to 1394A/B) but it's working flawlessly in USB for now (the VIA chipset onboard firewire wouldn't work without stuttering and dropout).

Hey Phillip,
If you already have pre's and price is no barrier you can do what I did.  I have a MOTU 896HD with B.L.A. mods that I liked OK but was sick of some of the driver games that MOTU was playing with for a while.  I ended up going with a Lynx PCI-e, Lynx LT-Adat and a Lynx Aurora16.  If you did that, you could function essentially how I do:

1. stand-alone pre's go directly into the Aurora
2. Old sound card (MOTU in my case, FF400 in yours) operates in stand alone mode and connects to the PCI-e card either via inputs on the Aurora or via optical connection to the LT-ADAT.  I THINK the ff400 will do that, but make sure before you do anyting.

If you went that way, you could still keep the pre's and I/O on your RME, still use your existing pre's and just update to a top end card and converter. 

One more thing about the Lynx stuff, it words perfectly with Win7 64 and the support is fantastic.  When I was having some problems I had the owner of the company (who also is a software developer) start a WebEx with me so he could see what was not working and help me fix it.  I didn't ask for that, I didn't raise hell to get it, I posted on their support forum and he emailed me, then set up a time for a phone call and a WebEx session.

Anyway, it's not cheap, but if the FF will work for you it's a way to upgrade without losing much.

Good luck
Dean

BTW, always a good idea to llsten to Jim Roseberry's advice also.  I bought my PC from him and then he helped me troubleshoot it and get it fixed when it had a problem.  He REALLY knows what he's doing and is a fantastic guy as well.