Vista 64 and driver for focusrite

Are you running the ASIO driver, I am aware that with my OLD 26 i/o only the ASIO drivers gave access to all the I/O unless you hacked the registry to activate them.

You don't say whether this is something that's just started happening or if it's never worked properly or what the case is.
 
That info will make a lot of difference on how we might approach giving you suggestions. Welcome to the forum

Maybe it is the setup or the Safire control configuration I am using. Perhaps.....
11 and 12 are spdif?

I get the analog inputs 1,3,5,7 inputs (selectable)
The rest appear there but are not selectable.(in sonar x1 audio drivers)

Question(s):
 
Are we talking about "selectable" in the track inputs or in the Edit > Preferences > Audio - Devices section.
 
If you are merely talking about the available TRACK inputs go to your Sonar Audio Devices Preferences and make sure all those channels are selected. If they are grayed out then yes... something else is going on in which case....
 
What Samplerate are you set to?
 
I know that the ADAT/Optical connector (and such connectors in general) only allow 4 channels at 96khz samplerate and the full 8 at 48khz samplerate. So even though you said SPDIF is what is borking out maybe you meant the ADAT connection.
 
Just a couple longshot guesses/suggestions. Check that stuff out and return with your answers. If you solve the issue also return and post the solution for other users.
 
Cheers!
 
Edit: And please check out Wookie's question. I will follow that up with "Did you install the drivers from the disc that came with the hardware or did you download the most updated driver version for Vista?"
 
The reason this is important is because you generally do NOT want to install drivers from included discs because they are almost ALWAYS outdated and Focusrite did indeed have some problems with their drivers quite a few years back (so Vista may have been affected). Check for the LATEST Vista drivers on the Focusrite website and make sure you actually have them installed (check the point/version number... if they match you are good... if not dowanload and install the most recent Vista drivers).

Doktor Avalanche
Try 3.6.. At your own risk as it says nothing about Vista. You could ask Focusrite if it might work (they won't support it however).
http://global.focusrite.c...saffire-mix-control-36

Note this will also update your firmware.
3.6 is definitely the saffires best ever drivers by a mile at least on win 8.1.

I would like to point out VERY emphatically the "AT YOUR OWN RISK" part of Dok's post.
 
You should not install drivers for an OS other than the one you are using.
 
Sorry, Alex but that is jumping the gun by a mile. There are still some questions that need to be answered before trying out mismathced drivers.
 
Yanno  I lurvs ya but there are other easier and more logical solutions to try first. The Vista drivers should be okay. If they aren't posted on their site a quick email to Focusrite support should get OP a download.
 
Cheers.

Again mix control not only updates drivers bit firmware as well...

I thought this might be interesting.
 

 
Apparently Sonar platinum runs in Windows Vista operating system context, under Windows 10.

The Adat connection is what I used before, I believe. And yes options- audio drivers - ASIO drivers of which some are grayed out.
Its been about 3 years since I had it going. I know I had to purchase a TI f/w card to get it to work.
Thank you

Nope totally get your Beep... But I differ I think from top downwards from a software level... it's far easier to troubleshoot that way esp when you are looking a dependencies. You then move onto other things...

You may also find you will need to change from Legacy firewire driver when you move up to Mix Control 3.6

Thanks to everyone for their input. I'm very grateful. Its not easy to admit fault but I guess I was loading an earlier version of sonar. Ver 8.1. I loaded up sonar x1.5 and it looks like it will work. It was too late to try anything but the drivers were all there and selected. Once again, great support.

Okay, I'll try... this is my theory
based on my experiences.

Theothers will. If you are recording digitally spdif or optical, then it all depends on frequency lock.

You should have left the extra details in your previous post. IIRC you were having a problem with external devices screwing up at different samplerates. This is important.
 
I saw that post earlier but wasn't smart enough to help. Thing is you need to keep external devices in sync and based on your now edited post that you had external gear or something inside sonar set weird. Not enough details were provided.
 
The only advice I can give (and it is paranoid, dum dum, non professional advice) is keep everything sync'd. Always use the exact sample rate and bit depth through out a specific project until it is completed. When using external gear, if it has any settings like this make sure they match up to your project, soundcard and whatever else is going on.
 
Just keep everything consistent and bad things are less likely to occur. There are several mechanisms that allow mismathced this thats and the other to play reasonably well together in Sonar but my philosophy is... don't tempt fate. Unless you REALLY know what you are doing make sure everything matches up wherever and whenever possible.
 
More details will help the smarter dudes help you.
 
Cheers.