Tadpui
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Any MOTU interface users around here? Just striking up a bit of conversation because I just got an Ultralite Mk3 Hybrid, running it USB into a Windows 7 x64 machine.
So far it's been a roller coaster ride in the first 24 hours with this thing. I've never met a more finicky piece of equipment. In a fit of rage, I boxed it back up and called Sweetwater for a return. The guy actually talked me off of the ledge and convinced me to wait until I can talk to Sweetwater's techs. In the meantime, I unboxed it again and fiddled around some more. I think my issue was my electronic drum kit was causing trouble by sharing the same USB stack on the motherboard. Something about that was causing the MOTU to go haywire, emit a screaming high-frequency sine wave, and disappear from my system. Dozens of uninstall/reinstall/reboot/unplug/replug/reset to factory settings/etc. later, I finally caught on that it would only misbehave while my e-kit was plugged in. I moved the e-kit to an open USB3.0 port, and since then it's actually been behaving itself rather well (fingers crossed).
Are all USB interfaces so sensitive to sharing a USB stack with other devices? Or is this just an MOTU thing?
This is my first USB interface after a 12-year relationship with an M-Audio Delta 44 PCI card that was always rock-solid, stable, and as dependable as they come. I actually got a little sad while boxing that thing up. I only upgraded because it developed a nasty high-pitched whine in the output stage once I put it in my new DAW workstation computer. Something about either my motherboard or my power supply was interfering with it, and it became unbearable when I had the volume cranked loud enough to work on mixes at around -18 dB RMS.
So far it's been a roller coaster ride in the first 24 hours with this thing. I've never met a more finicky piece of equipment. In a fit of rage, I boxed it back up and called Sweetwater for a return. The guy actually talked me off of the ledge and convinced me to wait until I can talk to Sweetwater's techs. In the meantime, I unboxed it again and fiddled around some more. I think my issue was my electronic drum kit was causing trouble by sharing the same USB stack on the motherboard. Something about that was causing the MOTU to go haywire, emit a screaming high-frequency sine wave, and disappear from my system. Dozens of uninstall/reinstall/reboot/unplug/replug/reset to factory settings/etc. later, I finally caught on that it would only misbehave while my e-kit was plugged in. I moved the e-kit to an open USB3.0 port, and since then it's actually been behaving itself rather well (fingers crossed).
Are all USB interfaces so sensitive to sharing a USB stack with other devices? Or is this just an MOTU thing?
This is my first USB interface after a 12-year relationship with an M-Audio Delta 44 PCI card that was always rock-solid, stable, and as dependable as they come. I actually got a little sad while boxing that thing up. I only upgraded because it developed a nasty high-pitched whine in the output stage once I put it in my new DAW workstation computer. Something about either my motherboard or my power supply was interfering with it, and it became unbearable when I had the volume cranked loud enough to work on mixes at around -18 dB RMS.