VRM Box - no sound ...

I, too, have the VRM...

I use a Quad Capture...

I'll let you know if I have any issues after I get my download and install today...

I've used my VRM box with both a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 and now with a Roland Octa-Capture.  As noted whatever device you have the VRM connected to must be the output device in Sonar.

That's what Thought too.  But when I go to Edit - Preferences -   only the Focusrite is available to choose.  The MOTU is greyed out.
When I take the S/PDIF out of the VRM, then I get sound.   Hmmm ... I guess that means the MOTU is somehow not sending through the S/PDIF OUT?  

rscain


If you have the VRM hooked to the outs on your MOTU then you'll need to set the outputs of your master to the MOTU.

Go to Preferences>Devices and set your playback timing out to the MOTU. That should do it.

Yep, I have the MOTU on, and its S/PDIF OUT to VRM S/PDIF IN.

Is it possible MOTU is sending anything OUT via the S/PDIF OUT?   I don't really understand this Ultralite so well ... :-/

cclarry


Is the Motu USB / Firewire plugged in?  If not then it won't be usable...

Kinda stating the obvious...but ya never know....LOL

I have both the VRM and the Quad plugged in...and use the S/PDIF out on
the Quad to the S/PDIF in on the VRM...

Everything seems set OK on the MOTU Ultralite - just wondering if the MOTU i sending out at 96KHz and VRM only accepts 44 or 488 ... hmmm ... 

When using it with SPDIF input, the VRM box can go up to 192KHz.  When using as a USB interface the sample rate can be 44.1K or 48K.  

As others have said, when using the SPDIF input on the VRM box, you will need to set your output of Sonar to the SPDIF outputs of the device your are using to send to the VRM box (in your case the Ultralight).  The reason that you cannot select Ultralite is that you have another device selected in the Audio > Devices tab of the Preferences.  If you uncheck all of the selections for input and output, you should see all of the greyed out choices become available.  Once you select the Ultralite, you will still need to route your outputs to the appropriate selection for the SPDIF outs on the MOTU.

Thanks for the message - and I managed to finally route to the MOTU ok.   But now each time I plug the box in, I get a "USB device not recognised" message ... it worked previously, so no idea why I get this message ... I have a number of other USB devices, all working fine.   Any ideas on this one?

Sorry guys to jump into the conversation, but its the only place I found on the net talking about VRM Box in content of Windows 7 64-bit. I have been using my VRM Box with WinXP for awhile, never a problem. Just upgraded to a new laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (SP1), installed the latest software version from Focusrite website (v1.2 for VRM Box), hooked up the box - it got recognized and led lit up. I can select different speakers types, etc., but there is not sound coming out of my headphones. I uninstall and re-install again, the same. Although I'm using FL Studio, at this point I can not get any audio outside of DAW. Tried playing video clip from YT - no sound, playing a regular mp3 in Media player - it actually halted it until I unplugged the box. I already emailed Focusrite support, and still waiting for reply.

Wondering if you guys can kindly recommend me what am I missing? Is there a trick during the install? Or special setting in Win7 x64? I have VRM Box selected as default playback device, but can't hear any sound :(

Thanks!

For me anyway, there is no special trick with Windows 7.  My problem was the USB device being not recognised.  If you get that OK, and the software is apparently working OK as well, maybe your problem lies in your audio routing.   Are you using the box as a stand along audio interface (just the USB connection), or using the S/PDIF connection?  If the latter, as it states in the thread above, you need your Master bus routed to your soundcard, and not to the VRM box.

twister6


Sorry guys to jump into the conversation, but its the only place I found on the net talking about VRM Box in content of Windows 7 64-bit. I have been using my VRM Box with WinXP for awhile, never a problem. Just upgraded to a new laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (SP1), installed the latest software version from Focusrite website (v1.2 for VRM Box), hooked up the box - it got recognized and led lit up. I can select different speakers types, etc., but there is not sound coming out of my headphones. I uninstall and re-install again, the same. Although I'm using FL Studio, at this point I can not get any audio outside of DAW. Tried playing video clip from YT - no sound, playing a regular mp3 in Media player - it actually halted it until I unplugged the box. I already emailed Focusrite support, and still waiting for reply.

Wondering if you guys can kindly recommend me what am I missing? Is there a trick during the install? Or special setting in Win7 x64? I have VRM Box selected as default playback device, but can't hear any sound :(

Thanks!

Thank you for replies!  I'm using it only for headphone output.  USB port was recognized, and it seems that driver was installed, but no audio from headphone output.  I didn't even get to DAW, just want for it to work in basic Windows environment :(  Is there a setup to enable a path of USB->headphone output?  Thanks!

ULTRABRA - I'm glad to hear you got the VRM box running happily in your set up.  The USB bus on i series chipset motherboards can be a bit finicky once the USB 1.1 device count starts to stack up.  This would probably be what you were experiencing.

twister6 - please contact Focusrite support:  http://www.focusrite.com/answerbase/en/contact.php

I get sound out of my VRM box via my M-Audio Fast Track S/PDIF, whether the clock source is set to internal or S/PDIF. It doesn't seem to make any difference and I don't get any audio clicks either way. 

Have you tried connecting the VRM via USB and bypassing your interface? At least if you still hear the audio clicks, you know it's a problem with your VRM box and nothing to do with S/PDIF or clock sources. 

Mine either had no sound or sound with a dreadful hum.  I could not get it to work at all so I sent it back to Sweetwater (this was last year).  Got the Focusrite Pro24 DSP with VRM and it worked fine.  That little VRM box is sketchy on some systems. 

Ultrabra- Unless you are clocking to a 3rd device that is feeding clock signal to the MOTU, you will need to have your Ultralite set to clock internally.  Setting it to SPDIF will make it clock to the incoming clock on your SPDIF inputs.  If you do not have a device sending SPDIF in, the sound card will not have a clock source and you will not get playback.  In regards to the clicks and pops, make sure that you are using a proper 75 ohm SPDIF cable as opposed to a run of the mill analog RCA audio cable.  Also, check your DPC latency to make sure that the clicks and pops aren't DPC spikes.  Here is a useful tool for checking DPC latency:

http://thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml

VintageVibe- definitely submit a ticket to Focusrite support so that we can get you up and running.

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