Re: RME 400 - HELP NEEDED

[Luis <louie.angulo@yahoo.com>]

Had the same problems while i was using it,no more problems since i have 
my roland EX tho,simple but effective



> On 27.06.2015, at 14:44, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't know what is causing it but I have had a similar issue with my
> FF400 for many years. It started by the the FF400 needing several
> minutes "get online" when starting up the gear. Until it had "warmed
> up" any audio sent to it did suffocate the interface and triggered
> that red light on. The "warm-up period" became longer and longer until
> I finally had to wait for half an hour until it could handle audio
> without interruptions. Now I have stopped using it completely.
> 
> Some experiences studio guys I was talking to said that there seems to
> be an issue with the RME power adapters to break too soon. But I think
> that's a different issue really, because if the power adapter is
> broken you can still power it through the Firewire if using a Mac.
> 
> Greetings from Sweden
> 
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Marco Ronci <m.ronci@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ciao Fabio,
>> red host led lit = no connection between FF and computer.
>> Get a new cable (after all having a spare is always useful) and see what
>> happens.
>> Else, find someone with a Fireface or test your with another computer.
>> Let us know...
>> 
>> Marco
>> (in Rome, with a FF800 but on Windows)
>> 
>> 
>> 2015-06-27 11:48 GMT+02:00 Fabio_A <eterogenus@gmail.com>:
>>> 
>>> Yesterday night I unplugged from my MacBook power cables, USB cables 
>>> and
>>> the Fireface 400 to 800 adaptor cable (standard Belkin cable) and used 
>>> ìt
>>> for an hour or so for mixing work.
>>> This morning, after I re-connected all my gear, the RME fireface is NOT
>>> recognized.
>>> The "host" led in the front of the RME audio interface shows a red 
>>> color -
>>> instead of orange.
>>> In fact, I can't get NO sound and when I open Bidule, after a few 
>>> seconds
>>> loading, a window appears with the message "audio driver times out on 
>>> play".
>>> 
>>> I've tried to switch All the gear off and on, unplugged and plug ed the
>>> cables, but the problem still persists.
>>> 
>>> Fact is that I have a gig in the next 7 days and I really don't know 
>>> how
>>> to solve this weird problem.
>>> Any help would be deeply appreciated.
>>> 
>>> -Fabio
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