I recently upgraded to Windows 8 Pro, from Windows 7 Professional. On Windows 7 my sound card (name on subject), was performing almost fine, with some occasional drop outs which disappeared by shutting down and powering up the card. The card is connected by FireWire 800.
On Windows 8, I'm experiencing the following:
- frequent dropouts (sound of artifacts, very distorted sound, disappears by restarting the card, as above)
- FireWire connectivity issues (FireWire connection indication of sound card goes off and on - blinking - and during that time - 4-5 seconds - there's no sound coming out).
- DPC Latency measured with DPC Latency checker is from intermediate to critical (the software warns that device drivers such as network or video drivers behave badly, hence the increased latency). I've tried to isolate the cause of this by disabling all kinds of devices but nothing changes. Same levels of latency, same problems.
I must say that Focusrite has released official driver updates and firmware for it's managing software, MixControl.
I have already communicated with Focusrite and at first sight they seem to think it has something to do with other devices. I also reinstalled MixControl (the driver & firmware update), because the proposed so (because it was installed before I upgraded to Windows 8).
Any suggestions?
On Windows 8, I'm experiencing the following:
- frequent dropouts (sound of artifacts, very distorted sound, disappears by restarting the card, as above)
- FireWire connectivity issues (FireWire connection indication of sound card goes off and on - blinking - and during that time - 4-5 seconds - there's no sound coming out).
- DPC Latency measured with DPC Latency checker is from intermediate to critical (the software warns that device drivers such as network or video drivers behave badly, hence the increased latency). I've tried to isolate the cause of this by disabling all kinds of devices but nothing changes. Same levels of latency, same problems.
I must say that Focusrite has released official driver updates and firmware for it's managing software, MixControl.
I have already communicated with Focusrite and at first sight they seem to think it has something to do with other devices. I also reinstalled MixControl (the driver & firmware update), because the proposed so (because it was installed before I upgraded to Windows 8).
Any suggestions?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
- CPU
- i5 750 @ 2.67 GHz
- Motherboard
- GB - GA-H55-S2H
- Memory
- G.Skill 2x2GB @ 1333MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Saffire Radeon HD 5670
- Sound Card
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 24
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG 2243 VGA
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080