Hi all,

anyone else experiencing problems with Sequoia running on a M1 Studio using a Focusrite 4i4? The interface isn't detected when booting (but listed in the System Profiler). Unplugging and plugging it back in again works most of the time. The USB-port seems to be ok (temporarily running an "old" Tascam 2x2HR on the same port).

Cheers,
Brokka

 

Seems it's widespread

 

*Ugh*. Thanks for the heads up! At least that confirms that the interface isn't broken .

 

This is the problem "no-one knew about" with a guy on here and his old Octo-Pre and someone from Focusrite signed up here. I looked for that thread yesterday and could not find it, because it is probably deleted.

But the thing they did not like, was that I told them that both Focusrite Control and Focusrite Mix Control software had done this exact same thing when I had an 18i20 MK3 on my Mac which was Mojave at the time. And it actually progressively got worse until I sold it. It will start dropping connection, forcing you to reboot before the system may or may not see the device again. One poster (who may have even been a shill) was saying how nice it was of them to register on here and post, and suggested the guy use the thing as a converter and then hook it to an ADAT i/o.

I wasted more time going back and forth with their tech support blowing me off than I could deal with. Months. I bought a Motu 828 ES, sold their 18i20 and I will never buy another thing from them again.

The interface was not defective, or the person who bought it would have had the same problem with it. Connect it to a PC and the only thing that will still suck is the tin can sounding headphones output. But that is neither here nor there.

 

Last edited: Dec 8, 2024

Focusrite has the worst driver support ever. Get rid of it!

 

True dat. But it worked fine (I'm just a hobbyist ).

 

Try installing the drive in safe mode. Thats what I had to do for my old Steinberg UR22. I still get a warning that my legacy drivers may not be supported in future releases and im on ventura. But it works great otherwise.