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serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:00 am Post subject: Digidesign +64bit

so i've been having a hell of a time with my recording interfaces.
see i upgraded both my laptop and my desktop in august (due to hardwar failures on the old ones) and opted for 64-bit dual core systems, running vista.. issues isn;t with vista, or even any other O/S
its that i have an Mbox that i can not get the drivers installed for
let alone protools (i fucking hate that software.. 2 years of no choice doing my recording engineering diploma will kill it for anyone)
but i still need to get drivers installed so that Reaper will allow me to use it.

my other interface. hell the xp drivers were community written.. so i really doubt getting it running on a 64-bit chip will fly.

however this may mean that the Halloween comp could be delayed (until i get one of my old systems up for a long enough period of time to copy over the podcast mixes and get my intros done.)
and i'm really hoping against it.

so as i suck at google, and the digidesign page is no help
i was wondering if anyone here has had to do anything about this or not.
and if they have any protips (not involving me spending money that i do not have.) that i could try to use.

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:34 am Post subject:

update
after fighting with protools 7.x le
and it not digging vista, and having to uninstall it via fun times..

grabbed the standalone drivers from digidesign
and they fail midway through, giving me a 32-bit driver error crash.

reading up i find that v 8 may be okay with vista
currently playing with the updater, it may require me to re-install version 7 though.

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:42 am Post subject:

so the update is asking for version 8.0

i don't have that

i'm currently less then impressed with the fact that a Gigantic company has still not released drivers for Commonly used hardware for an Operating system that is 2 years old.
i mean if it was 2007, i really would not be bitching about this.

Neutral

does anyone know if there are community built linux drivers for the Mbox? preferably 64bit? (i'm aware the hardware is from 2001)

kim · [='±'=] Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 12233 Location: BE

arghhh audio drivers ! i've an m audio firewire solo and haven't used it in ages since i got this cheapo behringer thing for guitar and just a 1/4jack to mini plug converter for mic recordings for vocals.
i know it's a waste when you have the mbox, drivers need to fucking work, it's really annoying. but if you're really in a rush situation a converter plug is always a cheap temporary solution.

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:06 am Post subject:

this is true.
and really with the 3 hours i've invested into this so far. i could have probably fixed an old tower and gotten my Wave 8/24 or the Mbox working on it..

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:13 am Post subject:

i'm going to try tossing a virtual machine on here, and install xp pro on that, and see what happens, i should be able to make this work.. in theory, and if it does it saves my wave 8/24 for the time being as well (www.gadgetlabs.org) as i can do the same on my desktop... so that i can finish recording some new songs..

bah.

i should have just bought two mac's

Mages · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:30 am Post subject:

pro tools 8 is 64 bit I'm pretty sure.

I think so much of the way pro tools 7.x is designed to work is in a 32 bit environment. so there's no way it can run in 64 bit.
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Mages · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:35 am Post subject:

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:38 am Post subject:

yeah.. i'm seriously disappointed in digidesign right now. like why no 64 bit support?
cubase has it, reaper has it, sonar has it. etc..
but thats alright
i'm installing Xp inside a virtual machine, to see if i can get the Mbox to work...
if not, i'll hunt down some capacitors and solder up my motherboard and try to get an old desktop working..

Mages · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:41 am Post subject:

so does that mean 8 is not even 64-bit? damn, digidesign sucks cock. they're the industry leader so they just move along on their own schedule.
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serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

yup turns out 8 is not 64-bit
i just grabbed 8.0.x
and it failed upon install as well

so i'm going the virtual box xp 32bit route.
we'll see what happens.

i'm just to lazy to build a computer at 3am but not lazy enough to do all the software stuff.

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:07 am Post subject:

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject:

update: Pro.Tools.LE.7.4.CS3
got drivers that appear to work with vista home premium 64 bit
--
at least device manager shows things working...
not going to actually use protools anyways.. but yeah..

if all goes well, i might have stuff for you kids sooner.

or i might sleep..

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject:

turns out i needed to then upgrade it to 7.4.cs10
and then grab new interlock or whatever drivers
etc..

reboot 700 times

and yeah now it works

except that for some reason there is no m-audio asio
so i now need to quickly refresh myself in Protools and get this comp done...

glad i took a break in there and went and bought smokes when the local store opened.

i'm now 32 hours no sleep.

all for you shortscale. all for you (okay not really, ALL for you.. some of it is due to flu induced insomnia.. i'm totally confused as to how that works)

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject:

mezz lock this shit

as i have now deciphered how to get 8 year old proprietary interfaces working on operating systems with chipsets that no one even fathomed back then.

Al_ · . Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 510220 Location: Vista, CA

Congratulations, I think.

serfx · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject:

Sublimedo · . Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 2650 Location: SO CAL

I have a couple of friends who got new Pro tools set ups for their SOUPED UP 64-bit systems only to deal with digidesign and find out their system can't support it. Its really messed up.