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With my recent upgrade to Windows 10, it has rendered my Presonus Firebox useless since there are apparently no drivers compatible with it. I figure it's a good time to upgrade and get something new and was wondering what people are using? My only real requirement is at least 4 audio in/out and MIDI in/out. Thanks!

phuzzee_demon wrote:With my recent upgrade to Windows 10, it has rendered my Presonus Firebox useless since there are apparently no drivers compatible with it. I figure it's a good time to upgrade and get something new and was wondering what people are using? My only real requirement is at least 4 audio in/out and MIDI in/out. Thanks!

Well I have a Presonus Firebox too (had it over 10 years now) and that is why I am sticking with W7.

I did do some research though in preparation if I wanted to upgrade to W10 and apparently the drivers work just fine, it's the installer that has issues because it does not detect the windows version as a supported one. From my research if you upgrade from W7 to W10 using the migrator tool from M$ then your drivers still work fine but if you try and install the installer chucks its custard.

The solution should be to force the installer into W7 compatibility and then install. From there it should work as expected. If your firebox is anything like mine (apart from the shit firewire connectors) it should be a reliable unit. Look into that first and save your $.

jestermgee wrote:

phuzzee_demon wrote:With my recent upgrade to Windows 10, it has rendered my Presonus Firebox useless since there are apparently no drivers compatible with it. I figure it's a good time to upgrade and get something new and was wondering what people are using? My only real requirement is at least 4 audio in/out and MIDI in/out. Thanks!

Well I have a Presonus Firebox too (had it over 10 years now) and that is why I am sticking with W7.

I did do some research though in preparation if I wanted to upgrade to W10 and apparently the drivers work just fine, it's the installer that has issues because it does not detect the windows version as a supported one. From my research if you upgrade from W7 to W10 using the migrator tool from M$ then your drivers still work fine but if you try and install the installer chucks its custard.

The solution should be to force the installer into W7 compatibility and then install. From there it should work as expected. If your firebox is anything like mine (apart from the shit firewire connectors) it should be a reliable unit. Look into that first and save your $.

Yeah I used the migrator tool, but it didn't work for me. It'll recognize that it is connected but says the driver is unavailable. Guess I'll have to get get something new.

Check out the Focusrite audio interfaces. My Scarlett 18i6 has never failed me and it sounds great.

phuzzee_demon wrote:With my recent upgrade to Windows 10, it has rendered my Presonus Firebox useless since there are apparently no drivers compatible with it. I figure it's a good time to upgrade and get something new and was wondering what people are using? My only real requirement is at least 4 audio in/out and MIDI in/out. Thanks!

RME Babyface changed my world.

Stromkraft wrote:

phuzzee_demon wrote:With my recent upgrade to Windows 10, it has rendered my Presonus Firebox useless since there are apparently no drivers compatible with it. I figure it's a good time to upgrade and get something new and was wondering what people are using? My only real requirement is at least 4 audio in/out and MIDI in/out. Thanks!

RME Babyface changed my world.

Here's a 2nd vote for RME, though I have a Fireface UCX (I needed 8 ins). Excellent SQ (on par with Apogee Symphony, better than any of the low-midrange units from Presonus, Focusrite, etc), best drivers in the biz.

The only other option I'd look at is MOTU - the newest ones (AVB family) are leaps and bounds better than the old ones. In the US, they are much cheaper than RME, but in the EU the premium for RME is worth it.

Stromkraft wrote:

phuzzee_demon wrote:With my recent upgrade to Windows 10, it has rendered my Presonus Firebox useless since there are apparently no drivers compatible with it. I figure it's a good time to upgrade and get something new and was wondering what people are using? My only real requirement is at least 4 audio in/out and MIDI in/out. Thanks!

RME Babyface changed my world.

Since the headphone out on my Scarlett 2i4 seems to be crapping out on me, I've been considering upgrading my sound-card.

What difference does a high-end sound card actually make? Is it just about latency and stability or does the sound quality (I mainly use headphones) actually dramatically improve using studio reference monitors?

I also recently installed Windows 10 and now Live does not recognize my Line 6 UX1. Suggestions?