M-Audio Audiophile USB Problems -ACID Product Family

Subject:M-Audio Audiophile USB Problems Posted by: Jasonsan Date:5/22/2003 10:25:18 PM I have this soundcard and I am trying to set it up properly on my new laptop which has Windows XP and it doesn't seem to recognize it properly. I even tried updating the driver but that doesn't work maybe I need Direct X 9 or some other windows update since I don't have an internet connection on it yet. In regards to Acid when I try to set the MIDI ports for the soundcard in a track it doesn't recognize them and Acid encounters an error when I right click on it. I bought this because I thought it would be a "pro" soundcard but it isn't "digitally verified by Microsoft" which is probably the reason why it isn't working so smoothly. Any ideas on what to do?
Subject:RE: M-Audio Audiophile USB Problems Reply by: Buckskin Date:5/23/2003 3:00:31 PM winXP and usb audio devices don't like each other much. But there are a lot of little things that can cause this. First you need to update XP to SP1(service pack). then go here: http://www.opusaudioprojects.net/Articles.htm and do the XP optimisation. that usually solves the problem. BUT, you're also on a laptop. So that could cause problems later on with the hard drive being to slow. So you might want to start planning on getting an external scsi or firewire HD later on.

Subject:M-Audio Audiophile USB Problems

Posted by: Jasonsan

Date:5/22/2003 10:25:18 PM

I have this soundcard and I am trying to set it up properly on my new laptop which has Windows XP and it doesn't seem to recognize it properly. I even tried updating the driver but that doesn't work maybe I need Direct X 9 or some other windows update since I don't have an internet connection on it yet. In regards to Acid when I try to set the MIDI ports for the soundcard in a track it doesn't recognize them and Acid encounters an error when I right click on it. I bought this because I thought it would be a "pro" soundcard but it isn't "digitally verified by Microsoft" which is probably the reason why it isn't working so smoothly. Any ideas on what to do?

Subject:RE: M-Audio Audiophile USB Problems

Reply by: Buckskin

Date:5/23/2003 3:00:31 PM

winXP and usb audio devices don't like each other much. But there are a lot of little things that can cause this.
First you need to update XP to SP1(service pack). then go here:
http://www.opusaudioprojects.net/Articles.htm
and do the XP optimisation.
that usually solves the problem.
BUT, you're also on a laptop. So that could cause problems later on with the hard drive being to slow. So you might want to start planning on getting an external scsi or firewire HD later on.