ASIO 003R Win7 What's the hold up?

[ejwells]

What's priceless is the 15 post dude telling the 4 post dude that Pro Tools doesn't work. Experience in action.
And, of course, the multi thousand post guy who says "Really? It works all day long for me. Please post a SANDRA report so we can have a look at the specifics of your computer" gets ignored.

[dwells]

I'll post the sandra report little bit later, my studio computer doesn't access internet. But I found a workaround that is a bit annoying but works well. Run PT 8.0.3 install 8.0.4 drivers for Cubase for mixing and composing. then uninstall the 8.04 drivers and install just the pt 9 drivers (not the update, just the audio drivers) and track in protools for direct monitoring. then uninstall the 9 drivers and install the 8.0.4 drivers. I do this thru the windows programs and features. I walso reboot when switching. It seems pretty good, no blue screens or issues, except for the asio in 9, and no direct monitoring in 8.

[Stephen Connor]

Hi DSIM and zedhead so nice to meet you!

I did run my SiSandra in another post and had no response. Since this is more or less Dwells' post I didn't want to repeat it here, and I was dinged by one of the house nannies for cross posting, I didn't want to ruffle feathers so you will find it here.

I hope someone can find something in this report and explain why this doesn't work.

Just to amuse myself and to waste more of my breathing time here on Earth, I installed Pro Tools and the MBox on an XP laptop we have here and the same exact problem resulted -- "Hardware Not Connected" in the MBox Mini control panel.

Hey zedhead, you think I'm a whiner? I am here for one reason, and that is to get this hardware fixed. If you don't want to help, do us both a favor and stay out of my way.

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SiSoftware Sandra

Computer
Model : System manufacturer System Product Name
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : Stephen-iCore7
User : Steve

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Speed : 2.8GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache : 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache : 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 16 threads sharing

Computer
Mainboard : Asus P6T SE
BIOS : AMI 0403 05/19/2009
Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 12GB DIMM DDR3

Chipset
Model : ASUS X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.41GHz (4.82GHz)

Chipset
Model : Intel Core Desktop (Bloomfield) UnCore
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.41GHz (4.82GHz)
Total Memory : 12GB DIMM DDR3
Channels : 3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 536MHz (1GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (216 SM4.0 1.35GHz, 896MB DDR3 2.1GHz 448-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (216SP 27C 1.35GHz, 896MB DDR3 2.1GHz 448-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (216SP 1.35GHz, 896MB DDR3 2.1GHz 448-bit)
CUDA Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (216SP 27C 1.35GHz, 896MB DDR3 2.1GHz 448-bit)

Storage Devices
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 15MB Cache) : 932GB (C:)
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222A (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)

Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 15MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222A (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 A5-13
Audio Device : ASUS HD Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semi 888 High Definition Audio
Disk Controller : ASUS 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4 : ASUS USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8 : ASUS USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : ASUS VT6315 Series Firewire Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Snagit 10 Printer (600x600, Colour)
Printer : Amyuni Document Converter 400 (2400x2400, Colour)
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Printer : HP Officejet J6400 series (1200x1200, Colour)
Printer : Amyuni Document Converter 400 (2400x2400, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Printer : Canon MX860 series Printer (Colour)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) (Ethernet, 100Mbps)

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.9

[oxelamp]

i fail to see a connection between postcount and experience.
it's been noted and even acknowledged by digitechsupport in numerous threads that asio is indeed screwed from 8.0.4 drivers (incl 8.0.5) and that they're "on it"
til they have it fixed, only workaround is to use 8.0.4 betas with no direct monitoring or to use different audio device for asio.

[Stephen Connor]

I don't get the connection about post counts at all. Or care. Can we fix the software/hardware problem? Dwells and I posted our precious SiSandra reports for all to see. Please expose the failure of my machine so I can slink away and stop bothering those of you who have Pro Tools working oh so efficiently.

[Stephen Connor]

To conclude our fun interaction and to bring this story to a close, and perhaps as a help to anyone else with the same problems ...

My MBox 3 Mini never did work, not for want to trying and providing unread, or at least unresponded-to Sandra reports (who is this Sandra anyway? Is she good looking?)

I finally had to return my inexplicable MBox 3 Mini back yesterday, she being mute as a stone, as impenetrable and as silent, sacrificing her to the Gods of UPS, and to mix metaphors like a vanilla-fudge swirl, to avoid being a little Nixon fighting an unwinnable war.

Today the muse must have struck, because I walked into the local music store and purchased a Presonus FireStudio Mobile (with the encouragement of an informed sales guy) ... came home, cleared my desk, and had it up and running (running being, the device being recognized, and recording and monitoring my guitar with current Windows 7 drivers) in 45 minutes. That included installing legacy firewire drivers first and some other trivia.

Lesson being, if you can't skin a cat, skin a dog. Story over, good night and be well.