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Idiot beginner needs interface help please!

#22
Basslice said:
If my midi keyboard or Focusrite get unplugged or powered down, I have to shut down everything and reboot. I don't get BSOD, but I cannot track or get things to start up. PIA for sure. I use PT and Windows 10. Not sure this is an MS issue. My guess is that it is DAW software related.
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That actually makes sense. You DAW is initialized to use those pieces of hardware, but then they're removed. That would be like playing a CD in your DVD-ROM and then unplugging the drive.
 
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Basslice said:
If my midi keyboard or Focusrite get unplugged or powered down, I have to shut down everything and reboot. I don't get BSOD, but I cannot track or get things to start up. PIA for sure. I use PT and Windows 10. Not sure this is an MS issue. My guess is that it is DAW software related.
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I can go a long time without rebooting. I usually leave apps up an running for weeks at a time. I'm too lazy to reboot.

I have a hub that sometimes acts up when it's unplugged and plugged in.
I can usually hit the Window's Key, type in "Device Manager"
Select my PC, then under Action -> "Scan for Hardware Changes"
Usually picks it right up.
 
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seamonkey said:
I can go a long time without rebooting. I usually leave apps up an running for weeks at a time. I'm too lazy to reboot.

I have a hub that sometimes acts up when it's unplugged and plugged in.
I can usually hit the Window's Key, type in "Device Manager"
Select my PC, then under Action -> "Scan for Hardware Changes"
Usually picks it right up.
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I'll give that a shot in 10 minutes when I go down to the studio.
 
#25
bholder said:
Happened to me again just now, the USB cable to my Scarlett 2i4 had come lose, so I replugged it. Instant BSOD. I can basically force a BSOD at will by jiggling the usb connector. Every. Single. Time. Tell me again how robust Windows 10 audio support is? Nope - it's :poop:.
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If your USB connection is coming loose you most likely have a damaged port which can cause a BSOD, try another port if available. Then, if that doesn’t help and if you haven’t updated the BIOS on your PC, start with that. Then uninstall the problematic hardware device drivers such as your 2i4, disconnect the device, reboot, then add the device back in using the latest drivers.
 
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Troglodyte1911 said:
If your USB connection is coming loose you most likely have a damaged port which can cause a BSOD, try another port if available. Then, if that doesn’t help and if you haven’t updated the BIOS on your PC, start with that. Then uninstall the problematic hardware device drivers such as your 2i4, disconnect the device, reboot, then add the device back in using the latest drivers.
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I would suggest that this particular poster (the one you are responding to) has no interest in solutions or logic, he just wants to cry about Windows :bawl:
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#27
"Jiggling" the cord already spells the issue.

You have hardware issues not software issue.

Also, I have had luck with some dell machines
But most had cheap mother boards and horrible bios.

I would say the bad hardware port or usb cable would be the place to start.

Far as the OP its been well covered.
Download and install updated drivers for the audio device.
And select the audio interface in windows
 

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