M-Audio Firewire 410

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M-Audio Firewire 410

Am using Garage band with OSX 10.3.9. and Firewire 410 to record primarily acoustic guitar with voice. Having opened Forewire software and upon opening Garage band, the following prompt keeps reappearing:
"Timeout or Timer inactive! Check other applications using Timer or MIDI (code 0)"
until, most times, the Firewire just gets disconnected. Even when not, I am unable to proceed to actual work on the Garage band as the prompt just keeps reappearing. Sometime also a notice "Warning
Mac OS X MIDI Services not available" also appears.
I have checked the appropriate Firewire alternatives in Garageband preferences and in the systems preferences as well as re-downloaded both the Firewire as well as Garage band drivers, but to no avail. The problem persists.
Any and all advise on how to solve this would be much appreciated.

Posted on Oct 2, 2005 4:12 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 2, 2005 6:27 AM in response to Jyri Rantanen

I got this message when I connected a USB device and hadn't installed the corresponding driver. Did your firewire device ever work in this setup? Have you installed the driver? You might also check for updates on the manufacturer's website.

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Answer 2

Oct 3, 2005 6:23 AM in response to Christoph Drösser

I agree. It sounds like you need to install the current driver for your 410. M-Audio provides its own driver to run on the Mac.

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Answer 3

Oct 3, 2005 10:49 AM in response to Jyri Rantanen

Hey Jyri,

I have exactly the same machine as you: M-Audio Firewire 410. When I began to use it, I had the same problem. My computer didn't recognise the input device. Then, I searched on the web to download the latest driver available, and it worked. The driver that came in the box on CD was not effective. So, I think you must find the lastest one on the web. A google search would help you, 'cause I don't remember the exact address, sorry. Good luck!

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Answer 4

Oct 4, 2005 5:14 AM in response to Guillaume Debussy

Here you go:

http://m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.drivers

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Answer 5

Oct 5, 2005 7:58 PM in response to Jyri Rantanen

I've got more or less the same problem as you. This same problem has just started happening to me too (the MIDI Timeout stuff) when I open Garageband (and Logic Express 7 for that matter). I have a Firewire Solo that I use when I'm recording, but sometimes I don't plug it in.
This time, I didn't, and here I am with this darn problem!
I've decided to download the most recent Driver for Firewire Solo (even if I might already have it) to see if that helps. Though I doubt it will, since this problem is happening even when I don't use my Firewire Solo.

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