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more fw410 problems

Post by Johnisfaster » Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:36 am

recently my maudio fw410 randomly stops responding to midi. the little yellow button on the top right of ableton doesn't light up. in preferences the firewire 410 is selected as usual. restarting ableton doesn't help. restarting the computer doesn't help. eventually it just works again for no reason.

I've tried several midi cables. and I've updated the drivers. maybe my unit has gone bad? or is anyone else with a fw410 having a problem?
It was as if someone shook up a 6 foot can of blood soda and suddenly popped the top.

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Post by Alex » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:13 pm

Can you please check if this is related to http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44106 ?

So just switch it Off and On in the MIDI preferences to see if it then works.

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Post by forge » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:30 pm

you know what I think this might be a FW410 issue - I get this - but have done for a while

I've never been able to find a specific cause - I usually just use my UC33 as a midi interface

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Post by Johnisfaster » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:29 pm

I have tried switching it off and on in preferences. of course I've never tried starting live with the unit not plugged in, then plug it in, then switch it off and on.

what a pain...
It was as if someone shook up a 6 foot can of blood soda and suddenly popped the top.

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Post by peeddrroo » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:35 pm

i never really manged to get midi properly from my FW410.
anyway, i think you should first get the mac-equivalent of midi-ox, just to check if you get some midi signal from your FW410 into the computer, without even launching Live.

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Post by Johnisfaster » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:56 pm

a few days ago i was having this problem so I got the latest driver and it started working. now I'm having this problem again and I reinstall the driver and it's working. this is irritating. though it appears to be an maudio problem(big suprise)
It was as if someone shook up a 6 foot can of blood soda and suddenly popped the top.

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Post by Alex » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:02 pm

This indicates indeed a driver related problem.
So I moved this thread into the Bugs and Problems forum.

Regards,
/Alex

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