Hello all,

Well, I now have my MultiMix 12 FireWire working properly under Vista. Here's how I did it:

1.) Under Control Panel --> Programs and Features uninstalled all software starting with "Alesis" or "MultiMix".
2.) Under C:\Program Files, deleted the Alesis directory.
3.) Under C:\Windows\system32\drivers, deleted all files beginning with the word "Alesis".
4.) Rebooted.
5.) After logging back in, double-checked the Control Panel --> Sound section to make sure there were no Alesis devices. Closed the Sound window.
6.) Installed the v1.54.0 (March 2006) drivers.
7.) Ran the firmware upgrade from the v1.54.0 driver package. My device had firmware v1.02 in it, so this upgraded the device to v1.03. I DID NOT run the firmware v1.03 to v1.04 upgrade.
8.) Power-cycled the MultiMix.
9.) Rebooted my PC.
10.) After logging in, made sure the device was there via Control Panel --> Sound.
11.) Repeated steps 1 through 10, except this time used the v3.0.81.1080 (Jan 2008) drivers and ran the v2.0 firmware upgrade.

That's it! Here are all the drivers I have for anyone who wants them. There are more here than I used, but I figured it couldn't hurt to make them all available.

Alesis MultiMix 12 v1.0.41.2 (June 2005)
Alesis MultiMix 12 v1.54.0 (March 2006)
Alesis MultiMix 12 v3.0.56.2 (July 2007)
Alesis MultiMix 12 v3.0.81.1080 (January 2008)

Thanks to everyone who supplied the driver files and to Dan at Alesis for his insights!

All

Got things working as well, But my issue was caused by internal firewire port on Sony FR series (Not compatable). Got a second hand firewire PCICMA card from ebay - "Texas Instruments OHCI Compatable IEEE 1394 Host Controller" and things worked straight away.

Alan

to BeeL,
For your missing WDM channels, see this post.
Bill B

bvideo,

I cant use this post because, with te latest drivers, the Alesis Firewire Control Panel doesn't work. I only see blank fields and can not select anything.

I recently bought an Alesis Multimix 16 Firewire and I am trying to get it setup on my HP Pavillion dv 9700. I have installed new drivers etc. and got it connected but my laptop doesn't recognize the device. Any advice?

I have Windows Vista 32-bit installed and Ricoh 4-pin firewire chip.

Please help.

ORIGINAL: machardie
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I have Windows Vista 32-bit installed and Ricoh 4-pin firewire chip.
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Hi!

The Ricoh 4-pin firewire might be the problem. Alesis says, it´s best to use a firewire-controller with TI-Chipset. I used my Multimix 16FW connected to a Toshiba-Laptop with a 4-pin connector, but it had a TI-chipset. When I changed to a new computer I had a nowname 6-pin firewire-controller and I couldn´t make it work. So I purchased a Belkin-FW-Controller wich uses a TI-chipset too - and it works great! I don´t now the reason, but firewire and firewire is not the same. Maybe, if your laptop has a PCMCIA-slot, you can use a firewirecard with a TI-chipset.

Good luck!

I have a Phonic Helix Firewire 12 MK II

I just got a brand new one (replacement) from Phonic today!

The original one that I purchased had nothing but problems. It went back to Phonic twice. They finally replaced it.

Question now is, do I trust it or sell it on Craigslist?

So far my experience is that Phonic products SUCK!

Never used the phonics, didn't look upto much, I'd like to recommend the Alesis, but support from Alesis is up to much. But with the help of everyone on this forum we're all starting to get somewhere. I now have two Alesis Firewire mixers and are both working great with no issues, sounds r great for the price if you can get over firewire issues. But unfornunatly no longer available.

Note: make sure your using TI-chipset firewire controller. many onboard controllers are not.

Alan

ORIGINAL: AlanW

I now have two Alesis Firewire mixers and are both working great with no issues, sounds r great for the price if you can get over firewire issues. But unfornunatly no longer available.


Alan

I also noticed that the Alesis Multimix Firewire mixers are not longer available. They dump them over here for 299 euro. (the 8 version)
Ik lookes like Alesis stopped with firewire and returned to USB.
They started a couple of years ago with the mulmix8 usb with 2 recordable chanels.
They now come with multimix 8 usb2.0 and 16 usb2.0 with 10 and 18 recordable channels.
Is this the solution for all our problems. No problems with drivers anymore?.

Anyone tried the new USB versions? No problems with drivers anymore?

Hi Folks!

There´s a new (beta)driver-update for the Multimix firewire-series!
Alesis
I haven´t tried it yet, but I was really suprised, that a new driver appears now that the firewire-mixer line is discontinued.

Have a nice day!