It seems there are no drivers for my Edirol DA2496 on Windows 7 so im looking for a new sound card.
I've got around £200 and would need at least 4 1/4 inch jack inputs, preferably 6. I'd also like a PCI card based one but if it has to be USB then so be it.
Or if anyone has any ideas of how to get the Edirol working on Windows 7 that would be great.
No Win7 Drivers for Edirol 2496 - Replacement Suggestions?
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 3 Dec, 2013 from UK
Hi
DON'T BUY A NEW CARD JUST YET! Read on..
I also have the same audio card, bought from ebay this year but have recently upgraded to Win7 64bit from XP home. Luckily after tons of googling I found a forum post on another site by a Spanish guy confirming there is a way to use it on Win 7 both 32/64bit version. You need to download M-Audio drivers (as the original Edirol drivers were also made my M-Audio at the time) for their Delta 1010 soundcard (not the LT version) and point win7 to those drivers as they ARE Win7 compatible, I'm using the 'Windows 7 64bit SP1' v6.0.8 drivers. It does actually work, however the guy reckons that the MIDI functions don't but thats no biggy to me.
Only other way is to buy a Roland RPC 1 PCI card and replace the original Edirol pci card with that but they are rare and expensive but you don't need to because of the 6.0.8 drivers! I get no audio dropouts and the sound is very nice just like on XP.
Someone should find this useful, msg me if you want the link to the guys post talking you through installing the drivers.
DON'T BUY A NEW CARD JUST YET! Read on..
I also have the same audio card, bought from ebay this year but have recently upgraded to Win7 64bit from XP home. Luckily after tons of googling I found a forum post on another site by a Spanish guy confirming there is a way to use it on Win 7 both 32/64bit version. You need to download M-Audio drivers (as the original Edirol drivers were also made my M-Audio at the time) for their Delta 1010 soundcard (not the LT version) and point win7 to those drivers as they ARE Win7 compatible, I'm using the 'Windows 7 64bit SP1' v6.0.8 drivers. It does actually work, however the guy reckons that the MIDI functions don't but thats no biggy to me.
Only other way is to buy a Roland RPC 1 PCI card and replace the original Edirol pci card with that but they are rare and expensive but you don't need to because of the 6.0.8 drivers! I get no audio dropouts and the sound is very nice just like on XP.
Someone should find this useful, msg me if you want the link to the guys post talking you through installing the drivers.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 217 posts since 8 Feb, 2007 from London
Thank you for that reply low3freaq. I'd tried the 1010lt drivers after a friend told me about the MAUDIO drivers - so I took your advice and installed the 1010 drivers and im actually getting some use from my DA2496.
I at least have audio now although my DAW (Ableton L9) is not working very well. I tried Reaper and there were no problems at all.
Also i'll have to get a new midi interface.
But at the moment im better off than I was
Cheers
I at least have audio now although my DAW (Ableton L9) is not working very well. I tried Reaper and there were no problems at all.
Also i'll have to get a new midi interface.
But at the moment im better off than I was
Cheers
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