![]() I don't know if that is the limit of the device itself.ĩ. ![]() It seems that the highest my system could handle was 96K 24bit. I started by selecting the highest rates/depths and tested them by hitting the "TEST" button at the side of the drop down box. Here you will see a dropdown box with many options of sample rates and bit depths. A hovering window should open labelled "Speaker Properties". Once you are in the "SOUND" configurer, right click on the Saffire device (mine was labelled "Speakers" and written underneath in gray to define it, it said "Saffire Audio") and choose "PROPERTIES"ħ. (if you are in category view, click on "HARDWARE AND SOUND>SOUND").Ħ. HERE IS THE STRANGE PART Go to "START>CONTROL PANEL" Now if you are in large OR small icons view click on "SOUND". There is a button on the lower half of the program labelled "Routing Preset". With Saffire Pro 40 connected and powered on, load mix controlĤ. (don't worry, it's easy if you follow the steps and you know exactly what bus you are changing if you have multiple firewire connections on your computer)ģ. I switched my drivers to "Legacy" by following the steps on this site Fixing Firewire Problems in Windows 7 - David Knarr This is what I did to make it work with Pro Tools 9:ġ. Let me preface this with saying that at first I didn't realise that you ONLY seem to need "Mix Control" and not any kind of separate drivers that seem to be the first links you get when you google "Saffire pro 40 drivers" I wanted to post my not completely tested "Solution" so that it can maybe help other people. I am getting pretty fed up with this device and it is making me strongly consider never buying a Focusrite product again, even though I have heard great things about their products. 48K, once Pro Tools launches, the sample rate in mix control seems to revert back to 44.1K. If I try to set mix control to any higher sample rate i.e. As silly as I think that requirement is, the saffire now works with Pro Tools 9, BUUUUT it can only be used for 44.1K. Another thing that I realised in my stupid ignorance is that the device requires "Mix Control" to be opened and active before I try to connect with any DAW. I don't know if that is because I had already tried to install the drivers like 50 times before that attempt? Do you think that maybe I need to "clean install" the drivers the first time while powering on to make it work, and if there are previous traces of drivers it might botch the process?Ģ. I tried doing the "Power on" technique, with no luck. I'd be glad to help!Thanks for the reply man.ġ. If you need further help email me a hardcore Pro 40 user and huge Focusrite advocate. It will then prompt you to turn on the device. When first installing the Pro 40 drivers, the unit must be powered off while they install. Recommended firewire chipset (see near top of post) ![]() So I don't think the issue could be the firewire port. I usually use a MBox 2 Pro which uses firewire. The worst part is that I have a gig recording a live band in a few days and this is going to screw everything up. I have tried switching the firewire setup to legacy drivers in device manager like someone reccomended, but still I am S.O.L. I don't understand this: The drivers will not install, THEN it tells me it cannot "see" the device AND THEN it ends up playing audio.OH, but it wont play audio in a DAW. I CANNOT get it to work with Pro Tools 9 or Cubase. I also CAN get the device to play simple audio like windows media player or web based audio like youtube. THE STRANGEST part about this is that I CAN get the interface to show up in the device manager. I however have still been awake all night without luck. TSB43AB23 chip built into my motherboard. I checked my chipset for firewire, and it should be fine considering I have a T.I. When I try to install the latest drivers, it tells me that "it timed out" while waiting to detect the Saffire pro 40. I am trying to install this damn thing and it is just not happening.
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