supported audio devices

[sjwicks]

Hello All

I use a Focusrite Saffire 6 USB interface to my laptop. No issues what so ever.

2 channels in (great pre-amps)
4 channels out (2 balanced, 2 unbalanced)

regards
Simon

[av8r165]

I've set up a netbook with ShowCue running into an M-Audio Ultra with 6 audio and 3 midi outputs.
There were no issues setting it up and it all works as expected.

[Jeroen Wuyts]

Motu Traveler (the first one, not the mk2)
also with adat lightpipe to 01V96
works fine, but there has been a driver problem, so only use the newest (or a very old one) driver!!

[javeaefx]

I use a Laptop with a Gigaport HD USB interface which works well. As the levels are all set in SCS I feed the Gigsport outputs straight into the power amps for each of 6 or 8 speakers. It is a bit scary as rapid shutdown in a panic would be difficult. I would prefer to have a USB based hardware mixer which receives the playback channels digitally from the laptop and could output the adjusted (EQ'd) signals as analogue, but I cannot find such a device on the market. If any reader should discover one, I would be grateful for a tip off.

Kingsrus

[Theatre III Sound]

I use a Laptop with a Gigaport HD USB interface which works well. As the levels are all set in SCS I feed the Gigsport outputs straight into the power amps for each of 6 or 8 speakers. It is a bit scary as rapid shutdown in a panic would be difficult. I would prefer to have a USB based hardware mixer which receives the playback channels digitally from the laptop and could output the adjusted (EQ'd) signals as analogue, but I cannot find such a device on the market. If any reader should discover one, I would be grateful for a tip off.

Kingsrus

Have a look at the Mackie Onyx series of mixers: http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxiseries/

These connect to the PC via Firewire rather than USB, but on some models, the source for each channel can come from the PC or a be a normal analogue input, so you can mix and match mikes and other analogue sources with outputs from SCS. They're not cheap, however.

[terrein]

i swear by the firebox, so far its the only audio interface that i've encountered that presents multiple outputs with the wdm drivers (ie. not using the internal mixer - something i prefer to do, having encountered frequent audio glitches while using the internal mixer/asio drivers on 3 separate machines running several different interface)

[dikt]

I have used the m-audio 410 and 1814 without problems. These are both firewire devices and the 1814 has the advantage of eight outputs on adat which means that the only connection into the theatre mixer (Yamaha 01V96) is a single fibre. Brilliant !!
Dik Thacker
Talisman Theatre
Kenilworth

[dee99]

To use the Asonic cheap USB 8 channel audio box you will need to use the following SCS settings:-
Go to General options/ Permanent Options
Select the Audio driver tab
Untick "Use Software Mixer instead of Hardware Mixer"
Tick "Do NOT use floating point for audio channels" and "Force enabling of speaker assignments"
Select "Do NOT use SCS internal mixer"
You can assign channels as usual in SCS by going into the SCS editor and clicking "Production" followed by "Production properties".

The first Asonic device has a control panel that appears in the systray, you need to select 8 speakers for this device. Warning: it does NOT remember the speaker count so you will need to reset it every boot or every time it is plugged in. There is an (untested by me) fix for this over on the Laserboy forums, http://laserboy.org/forum/index.php?topic=212.0

The first device sometimes (depending on USB port) appears as "USB Multi-channel Audio device" the 2nd always appears as USB Audio device.
A 2nd Asonic seems to default to 8 channel mode and does NOT have a control panel to adjust.

I have used dual Asonics with SCS generating 16 outputs. Quality is good but I did notice a slight level variation between boxes, this may have been due to using headphones to check all the outputs rather than high impedance line inputs.

Tested on SCS V 10.3.7, Win XP 32bit, Quad core running at 3Ghz and a HP DV2000 laptop.
Summary, once it's set up; for the price (approx 14 UK pounds each from ebuyer.com) the Asonic USB 7.1 CH 3D external USB box is a useful addition for a cheap multi output card with any PC/Laptop. Even on a noisy (audio output) laptop the quality was good with low noise and clear output.

When booting a dual Asonic system; caution should be exercised as to the order the devices will appear in, if in doubt unplug the 2nd one until the system is booted THEN plug the 2nd one in and THEN start SCS.

[ModeratoMaestoso]

I have used the m-audio 410 and 1814 without problems. These are both firewire devices and the 1814 has the advantage of eight outputs on adat which means that the only connection into the theatre mixer (Yamaha 01V96) is a single fibre. Brilliant !!
Dik Thacker
Talisman Theatre
Kenilworth

Dik - can I ask if you're getting 8 channels ADAT out with the 1814 with WDM drivers?

THanks!

Martin

[schmidta]

I found that these same combination of settings was necessary for the Sabrent 8-channel USB card (http://www.sabrent.com/product_USB-SND8.php) in Windows XP as well - though apparently not necessary in Vista. I did try it with two different Sabrent devices (and two different software driver CDs) though, so it could actually be a different driver... more investigation to come...

[Mike Daniell]

Merged "SCS settings for Asonic USB 8 chan box" with this "supported audio devices" topic.

[Mike Daniell]

The following was previously posted separately under the topic "M-Audio ProFire 610". It refers to an issue with M-Audio drivers and Vista (and probably also Win7).

After a lengthy time of running test programs and the like, mainly by Forum Member "WAVP", we have established that the M-Audio ProFire 610 WDM driver for Vista only supports outputs 1-2, and does not support outputs 3-10. This is NOT a limitation in SCS or the BASS audio library used by SCS, but a limitation in the M-Audio driver. In the words of an M-Audio tech support person "The Profire 610 has minimal function with the WDM driver" (see this M-Audio Forum topic).

Please note this applies to Vista - the XP driver provides full functionality. We don't know about Win7 yet.

If you need to use more than 2 outputs on your ProFire 610 under Vista, then you can use the ASIO 'device' in SCS, which will give you access to all 10 outputs.

[Mark Seyler]

M Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R seems to me to work fine within Windows 7 and XP2... no problems so far although I have yet to use it 'in anger'.
I have had problems with it trying to use XP2 within Bootcamp on my Mac Pro (OSX, Snow Leopard) as it seems to re-route outputs all the time, without showing it has! e.g. outputs 3&4 'move' to 5&6 without showing up as having done so, just the audio re-routes. I reckon this is more Bootcamp than SCS or the M Audio though.... audio through USB on the Bootcamp sector, or within Paralells seems to be very fraught!

Can we have an MAC OSX version of SCS please?!!

For follow-up on this posting, see M Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R, which was split from this 'supported audio devices' topic. (Mike Daniell 24Sep2010)

[d_korman]

Maudio USB Quatro under ASIO with 4 channel output seems to be fine under 10.7.4 on XP SP3

[runawaymartin]

Mike is one step ahead of me re the Roland Octa-Capture (this is unusual as he's normally leaps and bounds ahead). I've just been running SCS with this new i/f from Roland and it really is a very nice device . . . . great for anyone wanting to have 8 analog outs plus MIDI . . rack mountable too! It's not a cheapie but then it does do a lot more than just providing playback facilities. I'm guessing that this is the replacement for the Edirol/Cakewalk UA-101 but has a lot more features.
. . . . here's wishing everyone a happy and prosperous 2011 . . . .

Cheers . . . Martin