Weirdness with Focusrite Saffire 6 USB

[ernstinen]

Hey all,

I've got a Focusrite Saffire 6 USB connected to my Vision DAW. Worked great until lately. It seems the "Audio Setup" doesn't talk to it all of a sudden! It recognizes the sample rate, the ASIO interface, and the output device (Focusrite driver). But when I click O.K., it beeps at me saying "You have to set at least a valid audio interface."

Huh? I don't get it. It seems like a hardware issue, meaning the Focusrite is fried. I've done the software mumbo jumbo, to no avail.... Plus swapping cords and all that stuff.

Suggestions would be highly appreciated!

Best,

Ern

[beesea]

Hey all,

I've got a Focusrite Saffire 6 USB connected to my Vision DAW. Worked great until lately. It seems the "Audio Setup" doesn't talk to it all of a sudden! It recognizes the sample rate, the ASIO interface, and the output device (Focusrite driver). But when I click O.K., it beeps at me saying "You have to set at least a valid audio interface."

Huh? I don't get it. It seems like a hardware issue, meaning the Focusrite is fried. I've done the software mumbo jumbo, to no avail.... Plus swapping cords and all that stuff.

Suggestions would be highly appreciated!

Best,

Ern

Yeah, it's weird - I know people who swear by the Saffire 6. I bought one a year or two ago, and had similar problems to what you are describing. On 2 seperate computers, no less. STILL don't really know if I got a bad unit, or if it just didn't jive with my system(s). I eventually got tired of messing with it, bought a cheap Mackie interface to keep working, and have just kept using that. Sorry I can't offer help, but at least we know we're not crazy, right? I'll be interested to see what anyone else has to say on this one though...

Best of luck!

[ernstinen]

Thanks for that, Bob! What kind of Mackie did you buy? I just want to get back to work....

One thing I noticed with the Focusrite was that when the DAW powered down, the Saffire would flash red LEDs like it wasn't happy. Could it have fried itself? A Focusrite tech said that the unit has gone bad, but I'm sure not going to fix it if it has intrinsic problems like that!

Oh well.... Carry on!

Ern

[beesea]

Thanks for that, Bob! What kind of Mackie did you buy? I just want to get back to work....

Ern

Well, I can't exactly reccomend the interface I've got - bought it used, and it's been off the market for about 5 years, AND it uses europower! Found that out when I got home and plugged it in. Was thinking at the time, "jeez, what's a guy got to do to record a couple guitar tracks?!?" Actually planning to get something else, but don't want to take a chance on another saffire 6. As you can relate to. Anyone else have a good, reliable, simple, usb interface you can recommend?