Audio Interfaces compatable with Vista

[Doo Wop]

Are there any Audio Interfaces that are compatable with Vista?

I looked into the Toneport UX2 but after reading the Line 6 website, they say it is not compatable, and do not know when they will have the drivers to make it work.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

 

[hunta]

There are a number of interfaces which will work. I use a Focusrite Saffire Pro/26 (on XP) and the website says it will work on Vista. A lot of the unsupported ones will work on Vista with some fiddling. How well they work though, that's another question.

 

[Doo Wop]

I am beginning to think that it might be better to dump Vista and install Windows XP.

 

[dcartoon]

I think the Presonus interfaces are Vista compatible, so you might want to look into those. Several of the M-Audio interfaces have Vista drivers, but as far as I can tell there are no 64-bit drivers.

If you are running 64-bit Vista, make sure you check for that support specifically, because it looks like some manufacturers have drivers for 32-bit Vista but not 64.

Dan

 

[hunta]

I am beginning to think that it might be better to dump Vista and install Windows XP.

If you have that option I would definitely do it. Vista runs much slower and has a lot of compatibility problems on top of that.

 

[kevinmoore73]

I am beginning to think that it might be better to dump Vista and install Windows XP.

That's what I would do. You couldn't pay me to run Vista. Not yet anyway. New does not necessarily mean better.

 

[Doo Wop]

That's what I would do. You couldn't pay me to run Vista. Not yet anyway. New does not necessarily mean better.

Well when I purchased the HP laptop, the only ones available had Vista. I just checked into changing over to XP and I was told it could be a real hassle because HP doesn't like to give out the drivers for the change over to XP.

 

[kevinmoore73]

Well when I purchased the HP laptop, the only ones available had Vista. I just checked into changing over to XP and I was told it could be a real hassle because HP doesn't like to give out the drivers for the change over to XP.

I would check out their web site and see what kind of drivers are available before listening to one word from HP's offshore support.

 

[Doo Wop]

I would check out their web site and see what kind of drivers are available before listening to one word from HP's offshore support.

Kevin, good advice. I am going to check them out.

 

[Doo Wop]

I did check my current system and I am running 32 bit Vista instead of 64 bit.

I hear that some interface's are compatable with the 32 bit Vista.

Any ideas?