M-Audio Audiophile USB piece of shit!!

[marra]

I can't get no sound with my MIDI keyboard. I managed to once, but not anymore.

I have this M-Audio Audiophile USB soundcard, a MacBook Pro running Windows 7 (x64) and a MIDI keyboard. I used to be able to connect them flawlessly to Live, but after upgrading to Windows 7 and Audiophile's new driver, countless of creative moments have been lost trying to fix this.

I've tried all sorts of settings combos. The closest I've gotten is when I can play my MIDI keyboard via Live - only it's all slow-dragging-with-only-one-of-10-keys-working - the computer keyboard works just fine until I press a key with my MIDI keyboard, then both become slow-dragging-with-only-one-of-10-keys-working.

I've tried with sample rates 44.1 and 48 at the M-Audio properties. Analog and S/PDIF channels. All sorts of latencies, output buffer sizes and driver error compensations. In Live, I've never managed to get the ASIO driver working, but I remember making it work a couple of months ago using the MME/DirectX driver with my MacBook's headphones output as the output.

Anybody know how to go about this?

Thanks!

Marra

[abletony84]

yeah i have the same problem..

[anthonyvigh]

Its Windows crappy programming and drivers interfering with one another. I also have an M-Audio card and it now works perfectly, 100% at max resolution, max bit depth, with very low latency on ASIO. My advice.

Follow this tuning guide for your computer for a start- http://blog.dubspot.com/optimize-your-w ... roduction/

Secondly make sure your ethernet and wireless network cards are disabled in the device manager when you are having a recording session or performing.

This will eliminate all problems. Did for me. Its not the sound-card that is at fault. But the Windows Operating System itself.

Regards and Good Luck

Anthony Vigh

[agent314]

That's so weird, because I don't have any problems on my Windows 7 x64 installation, myself.

M-Audio's drivers are by and large shitty. When they work, they're just fine, but they're just so unpredictable. I had more problems with their interfaces and USB hardware than I have had with anything else I use.

[abletony84]

Damn, Anthony! Turning off my wireless did the trick - thank you so much man.