Saffire Pro 40 audio dropouts Sonar X1

I had many problems with this firewire interface mainly because it is firewire but I noticed I only had problems after I updated to Saffire MixControl 2.4. Everytime I open Sonar X1 it lags and when it lags I know it is my interface as the firewire active led light begins blinking then goes solid green. These drop outs are insane and I have no idea how to fix it, I have tried playing around with the buffer size, seems like 512 is somewhere decent. sometimes when I record my mics won't even record while the timeline marker keeps moving, so I have to reset it and play everyhing over again. Anyone have any suggestions? I am running my driver in legacy btw and it is the only way i could run my interface

Yeah i downloaded it the other day and everything got strange. I went back to 2.2 and all is fine. Hope you get it working.

Roll back to 2.2. 

On my LS56 they have the same problem with the Mix control 2.4 Version. Said just go back to 2.2 until they post the next update.

bump, i tried 2.2 again but i still get audio dropouts :@ this is incredibly frustrating. i don't know what else to do now. i hate you firewire

I got my pro40 in early 2009, the drivers have gotten better performance wise. My first headphone output has gotten scratchy. Thank goodness nothing else. Thats crazy about it warming up and the dropouts start. Honestly this will be my last firewire interface. Sorry you guys are having trouble. Mattstream, do you have a backup image of your system you can roll back to?

Not much of a backup, but I try to work with what I can..the drop outs come and go but it really is annoying they make sonar lag a bunch..was strange cause it used to work perfectly fine..firewire is very glitchy, sensitive too. I wish these companies would upgrade to something faster to atleast USB2.0. 

those repairs seem pretty hefty. i just got my interface during june 2011 so this is disappointing..i have a feeling my issues have to do with the firewire if its nothing with the drivers.

mattstream, check and try a different firewire controller driver. uninstall first, change to default and reinstall 2.2. maybe that will help?

I do some part-time PC support.  I've run into a lot of problems with Belkin products.  I do not recommend Belkin to my clients. 

Here everything runs well with the Saffire Pro 40 with ASIO drivers and 160 samples buffer. The chipset question (TI!)is a basic requirement for a professinell working interface like the pro 40,you know. Let me remind you,that a professionel audio PC is from the most experts required to run without internet,w-lan, firewall,net........a.s.o. cause of the resources it needs.

Mattstream have you seen this? http://www.focusrite.com/...1394_compatibility.pdf Although they recommend the Belkin, I have used the Sigg and Lacie with no issues

The Focusrite approved chipsets:

- Texas Instruments (TSB43AB22 and TSB43AB23)
- VIA (VT6306 and VT6308)

The motherboard in my computer, an ASUS P8P67PRO, has the VIA 6308: so far so good with it.

Maybe you have the same problem as I have with mine (or used to as it's been uninstalled and put to collect dust).  I have the approved Intel chipset and didn't have problems for several years.  Then I had a problem with the unit powering on and connecting.  It seemed to work OK on the second Firewire port on the Saffire Pro 40 and it would sometimes power on the first time I turned it on and others it took several on/off cycles to get it to power on.  I found that the AC power on/off switch was bad and after replacing it, the unit seemed to settle down.  Then it started intermittent drop outs after it warmed up and finally deteriorated to intermittent drop outs at any time not just after it warmed up.  

I'm through with Firewire, I bought a Roland Octa-Capture (USB) it's working great so far. 

I run a Pro24 purchased two years ago, Win7 64bit on an i7 box. Mixcontrol 2.4.1, upgraded from 2.4 which gave me the delay response problem with track and metronome arming. I'm using a cheap Vantec $24 FW PCIe card (VIA chipset) from TigerDirect. As Dean said above, double check the driver versions against what Focusrite says should go with which version. They often get 'out of sync' when switching versions of MixControl. I have no issues whatsoever...no drops, 64bit buffer all day long. Make sure you are using the legacy driver on your firewire card! I tried the VIA drivers, and although they worked, I would get a hiccup now and then. Focusrite recommends the legacy driver. Since I bought a Dell box, I spent a fair amount of time cleaning up the bloatware, and optimizing it and the OS for dedicated DAW use. I spend a good amount of time with latency checker and performance monitor...and got pretty intimate with device manager and services. Then a little bit with the registry and X1 adjustments for the multi-core support. Runs like a raped ape, but I worked at it. Plug-n-play it was not. Also, don't be afraid to work with Focusrite support...when I first tried to run my DAW on a new laptop, they spent a lot of time with me working it out. I thought they went above and beyond with trying to help me. Good luck... Sorry about the run-on paragraph...Firefox browser