Windows 8 Consumer Preview + MOTU = Working

[torrentg]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am posting right now from the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and listening to music with Winamp and my MOTU Traveler unit.

I installed the latest MOTU driver for it and I am running 32 bit. Everything seems to be working very well and there are no issues. CueMix works well and so does the Audio Console.

I did not install any DAWs yet but I expect them to be functioning perfectly.

So you have a go ahead from me if wondering should you try out 8 with your MOTU. It will work fine.


A little side note: The legacy driver for firewire (IEEE 1394) is not immediately and easily available. My system needs this so there is no audio drop outs from time to time, regardless of which OS I am running. Hopefully, I'll be able to find a way to install the legacy driver.

[torrentg]

I was just able to install the Texas Instruments firewire driver which was included with the OS. I had to uncheck the box to show compatible hardware.

Seems to be smooth playing so far with no drop out. If there are any, there are plenty of other drivers included to try!

They say they are incompatible when installing, but I just disregard that and they do work.

[torrentg]

Alright, Texas Instruments firewire driver had a sound glitch or two, so I tried yet another driver.

The magic one for me under Windows 8 (which is actually not good for me on Windows 7) is this one:

"LSI 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller"

I am stressing my machine in many ways and this driver does not cause any sound artifacts or dropouts whatsoever.

Hope this information helps others.

[torrentg]

Alright, this is final information, guaranteed (LOL!).

After REALLY testing, I still found audio dropouts and glitches. I then knew that only the real Windows 7 Legacy driver will suffice for me. Many users will experience the same; the users that needed Legacy on Windows 7.

So here is how you get Legacy in Windows 8.

Download the file I provide in this post and extract it to a folder. Then use the device manager to manually install the driver and choose the one with Legacy in its name. That's it. I made it very simple for you.

Enjoy and please give any feedback! It works the same here as it did on Windows 7 - perfection!

For x86, 32 bit systems: http://www.2shared.com/file/X9-ei53r/Wi ... r_Wit.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL HAVE TO POWER OFF YOUR MOTU AND THEN BACK ON, AFTER INSTALLING THE ABOVE DRIVER. IF YOU DO NOT, OR DO NOT REBOOOT INSTEAD, MOTU WILL BE ABSENT FROM THE DEVICE MANAGER.

[funkyspacecadet]

Hi, any chance of a 64bit version?

[archngel]

64 Bit Windows 7 Legacy 1394 driver from here, scanned clean.

www.onhel.com/1394LegacyWin7Driver.zip