problem with m-audio firewire solo in os 10.4

guitarsark · Post by **guitarsark** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:34 am

since i upgraded to 10.4 i am having this problem with my m-audio interface
when i open a file in itunes, or listen to something on the internet, or even listen to a cd. when the music first starts playing it starts late, stops for a second and then continues. i have never had this problem before with my firewire solo. i have tried plugging into different firewire jacks on my computer. if i change my sound settings to internal speakers on my computer this doesnt happen so i know it has something to do with the m-audio piece. it also didnt happen with os 10.3. i have downloaded the latest driver. i have dowloaded, trashed, and reinstalled the latest driver.
any ideas??

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:47 am

My experience with M-Audio firewire is to install the FireWire_OSX_1.6-1174.dmg driver (FW410 here) and forget all "upgrades" after that.

Every time the OS gets bumped up a notch, M-Audio FW drivers get screwed. THIS was my big concern about the x.4.x upgrade. I stayed at 10.4.9 and will remain there until leopard (or some necessity requires the upgrade).

That is why threads like this:

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23660

are deceiving. For us M-Audio FW users, the beautiful world of x.4.x does not exist.

I've cross pollinated this to the other thread as well...

guitarsark · Post by **guitarsark** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:31 pm

i will try installing the other driver, but i dont think i can go back to os 10.4.9 can i?

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:38 pm

guitarsark wrote:i will try installing the other driver, but i dont think i can go back to os 10.4.9 can i?

That is a tough one...

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?sto ... 7084548849

Best I can do at the moment.

guitarsark · Post by **guitarsark** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:11 am

so all hell broke loose and i had to bring my mac in for service. i'm running os x 10.4.10 and still having the same problem with my m-audio firewire solo. i am going to call m-audio tuesday as i cannot seem to find a solution to this. i have tried downloading the previous drivers with no luck. with os 10.5 coming out soon i would certainly hope m-audio would get this fixed

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:31 am

guitarsark wrote:so all hell broke loose and i had to bring my mac in for service. i'm running os x 10.4.10 and still having the same problem with my m-audio firewire solo. i am going to call m-audio tuesday as i cannot seem to find a solution to this. i have tried downloading the previous drivers with no luck. with os 10.5 coming out soon i would certainly hope m-audio would get this fixed

I have FireWire_OSX_1.6-1174.dmg on disk but I'm curious why you couldn't download it. A call to M_Audio might be helpful, but in the end, I think you'll have to use the earlier driver or drop back to osx.4.9.

I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.

Ten times...? OK, so I'll go sit in the corner now.

guitarsark · Post by **guitarsark** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:07 pm

i did download it. that's the one that came with my device. however after i installed it and opened "sound" preference in my preference folder my computer did not detect the device. i had to download the latest to even get my computer to detect it.
very frustrating.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:12 pm

guitarsark wrote:i did download it. that's the one that came with my device. however after i installed it and opened "sound" preference in my preference folder my computer did not detect the device. i had to download the latest to even get my computer to detect it.
very frustrating.

You have to delete ALL M-Audio components first. Do searches for "M-Audio" and also "MAUDIO" and delete everything (unless you have additional M-Audio stuff not related to FireWire audio.

Restart. Empty the trash. Repair permissions. Install the driver. Repair permissions. Restart and you should be good to go.

emulatorloo · Post by **emulatorloo** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:37 pm

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.

Ten times...? OK, so I'll go sit in the corner now.

OH LET ME DOUBLE THAT and raise you -- I had M-Audio PCI -- I will never buy another M-Audio interface of any kind.

Very problematic drivers.

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guitarsark · Post by **guitarsark** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:25 am

damn. i guess i'm going to have to get a new interface.

gearboy · Post by **gearboy** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:25 pm

emulatorloo wrote:
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.
I will NEVER buy another M-Audio Fire device.

Ten times...? OK, so I'll go sit in the corner now.
OH LET ME DOUBLE THAT and raise you -- I had M-Audio PCI -- I will never buy another M-Audio interface of any kind.

Very problematic drivers.

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