X3 producer/interface problems

Have you turned off "Windows Sounds" in the Windows Control Panel?
 
Sounds like the system is stealing/mucking with the interface.

yellowcake64
It's a good call Beep. I guess this could happen intermittently?

Dave

Well if the system (or more accurately Windows) decides to make some kind of beep or blop or boop the it could (depending on the settings you have) reach out to the interface to do it. Windows sounds are 44.1 16bit by default (I think) so if your project is something different then it takes over the interface and changes your settings.
 
Or something like that. Best to just have Windows Sounds disabled anyway even if that's not the problem.
 
The other issue it could be... now that I think of it... is a faulty connection. So if that's a USB device then maybe your cable is pooched or your USB port is pooched. That would explain why you lose all sign of the interface in your Prefs (if that's what's going on).
 
So in that case try a new USB cable or switch to another available USB port on your system.
 
If you switch to another port though it's probably a good idea to disconnect the device, uninstall the driver, reconnect the device to the new port and then reinstall the driver according to the manufacturer instructions.
 
Also make sure you have the most current driver for you device and operating system (of course). I would also say that sometimes the LATEST driver may not be the best thing so maybe do a google search of the device and drivers to see what other users are experiencing and be very careful if the driver install includes irreversible firmware updates (like my Focusrite does).
 
Usually you'll be fine but it's always best to go in armed with as much info as possible.
 
PS: I am not a computer tech. Just an ultra meticulous and paranoid bugger when it comes to this crap and have had USB connectivity issues in the past.
 
Hope it works out.
 
Cheers!

slartabartfast
I think no one has yet mentioned the most common cause, Windows sleeping or powering off a USB hub to save battery/energy. You should make sure your power settings keep everything on all the time.

Oh... yeah. Massive omission on my part. Sorry about that.
 
Set your Windows Power Management scheme to "Performance"... or whatever the equivelant is in Win10 (so make sure all USB, CPU, Drives, etc NEVER power/idle down).

Go to the advanced power options and from the Change advanced power settings pop up menu set the USB selective suspend setting to Disabled.
Make sure the power is set to high performance and the turn off display and computer sleep is NEVER.
I'm assuming the device has a Win 10 driver. I had a similar problem with a Roland V-studio. Every time I pulled a different USB connection SONAR believed I'd pulled the interface. Driver problem. Reinstall the driver from the devices menu, it may have been overwritten or messed up with a Win update.


Check the device is default via the Windows sound icon, and the settings are suitable for recording. 
 
 
 
 

You know what guys, I think I've finally solved this. As is often the case with stuff like this it's something simple. The problem was that I had the US-4x4 plugged into a USB 3 (high speed port). Out of sheer desperation last night I just swapped it over into a USB 2 port and voila - no problems so far. Fingers and everything else crossed!
 
Dave