Solution: "Unable to locate M-Audio Hardware..." Pro-Tools 8.0 M-Powered on 64 bit OS

[bnorrgar]

It took me a lot of forum searching before I found the solution to this problem and figured I'd help save some folks time. I was trying to run Pro Tools M-Powered with my 64 bit Vista System and M-Audio's Fast Track Pro and kept getting "Unable to Locate M-Audio hardware..." Here's what finally worked:
1.) Install Version 8.01 of Pro-tools if you haven't already
2.) Uninstall your M-Audio Fast-Track Pro Driver (or whatever device you're using)
3.) Register and Install M-Audio's Windows 7 Beta Driver for your given device (even if you are running Vista 64 bit)

• Driver's are found at: http://www.m-audio.com/news/en_us-1870.html ... follow their instructions... you may have to search through their forum to get a hold of them

After that it worked for me... hope it works for other people too!

[kaiserpathos]

Yep that fixed it for me too. Prior to the latest M-Audio Win7 Beta driver PT8 MP wouldn't see my interface, nor could my interface connect to pre rack via ADAT. The driver fixed both things in Win7 x64 for me.

[jsun90210]

I'm happy to see folks making progress with Vista 64 bit. I bought a an M-Audio Project Mix and a 64 bit machine several months back and as you know had a horrible time. I had to downgrade to 32 bit. It took me a ton of time and effort to get up and running and I'm afraid to try and make 64 bit work again. If it worked for your M-Audio interface and my interace has 64 bit drivers also in theory mine should work too. Do you think it will?

[ewnc2000]

Can someone help me? I just installed PT 8 M-powered on Windows XP 64 Bit. PT 8 installed fine but when I try to launch PT I get the same error message "Unable To Locate m-audio hardware". I am using the m-audio profile lightbridge. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks

[Eoso]

Yes! man thank you for this post, it worked great!

[sk_bass]

this solution works for me, but when i unplug my m-audio fast track usb from my computer, i have to repeat the steps in order to avoid the error.

any ideas as to why a one-time install of the plug-in doesn't work?

thanks,
S

[rainboi]

so awesome. thank you. problem fixed!