Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)

Thanks for your input Shawn. Like me, you've obviously been hard at work trying to crack the 64bit mLAN driver issue in Windows. :-)

Indeed I thought I had cracked it myself a couple of months ago - and as far as playback in Cubase 5.1 64bit version, I did crack it so the XP 64 bit driver worked with Windows Vista 64 Ultimate with my Yamaha 01v96v2 and MY16-MLAN card.

I did think of posting something here, but I had only found half an answer so didn't bother on the grounds that I didn't want to build people's hopes.

So, if I get your post correctly, with the exception of a few glitches here and there, you are getting audio both in and out of your PC/DAW using the XP 64 bit driver? And you're using a Yamaha 01x?

Can you post a bit more detail on your computer spec, the DAW application, whether you're using ASIO (I am in Cubase) please as it might be relevant and offer a few more clues which might help overcome the sort of issue I'm experiencing.

Essentially I did the same as you have suggested by starting Windows with Driver Signing turned off - slightly less elegant than your method - I just pressed F8 before Windows booted and turned it off there - EVERY time :-/.

No problems with playback inside Cubase using the mLAN ASIO driver, but getting audio in to Cubase is impossible so far that way on any of my Vista 64bit systems. I used my 01v96v2 to mix down some tracks I had recorded last August at a live gig and it worked well over a period of several hours

The audio initially appears at Cubase's input mixer, but quickly distorts in a nasty way and then drops out completely - we're talking a matter of 3 or 4 seconds here. However for mixdown it does indeed work.

I have applied your method of installation this morning and have achieved exactly the same result as I did before unfortunately - i.e. audio output OK, but no usable audio input .

I haven't yet tried it in Windows 7. I have got Windows 7's latest RC installed on another machine, and I might find the same level of success as you if I have time to try later :-) Windows 7 RTM is out in a couple of weeks, and as a Microsoft Partner I will have access to it, so I may wait and install the release version on my DAW machine.

My main DAW system is based on the following: Vista 64 Ultimate SP2, Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4 motherboard, 6GB DDR-3 RAM, Intel Core i7 920 CPU, IEEE 1394 with TI chipset.

I have a Sony Vaio laptop also with Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit installed and the results I got with that system are identical to the results I got with my main 64 bit DAW. The vaio has 4GB RAM installed and a decent Intel Core 2 Duo CPU running at 2.8GHz

I had a similar problem with audio streaming from another system which had a MOTU Traveler (firewire) interface installed back in early 2007. It worked fine with 3GB RAM showing in Vista 64 but exhibited all sorts of nasty behaviour when trying to use the full 4GB of RAM. It turned out to be a fault in MOTU's driver and with the next driver release it was fixed.I haven't tried the mLAN driver at all on my original 64bit Vista machine which runs an Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q6600 CPU and has 4GB RAM, but as I can switch out the full 4GB relatively easily I might give it a go.

At least we know what should be possible now.

Out of interest, how much RAM do you have installed in your Windows 7 64 bit test rig?

You are right. We know the mLAN driver for XP 64 at least partially works with some devices inside Vista 64 and in Windows 7, so why Yamaha have sat on the fence for so long on providing a proper 64bit driver for Windows Vista/Windows 7 I can't imagine. I know how frustrating I've found this as a user and knowing that a 64 bit driver exists already that almost works as it should. makes it even more frustrating. Others must feel the same or worse than I do. Come on Yamaha!! PULL YOUR FINGERS OUT :-)

UPDATE 28 Jun 09

I have this morning connected my Yamaha 01v96v2 and MY16-mLAN successfully to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and Cubase 5 64 bit using the 64bit XP driver. It is much more usable and stable than on the three Windows Vista 64 bit machines I have tried it on previously. Very occasional audio dropouts for me - less than with Vista 64 - no noticeable crackles yet. This time I CAN get audio in as well as out. The test system is nothing particularly special: Asus PW5-DH motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 running at 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM (I am about to try 4GB or more), 200GB HDD, Windows 7 Ultimate RC1.

I would hesitate to say that this will be successful on all 64 bit capable PCs, as in the PC world things are never quite as simple as that, but I am pretty pleased that Windows 7 seems to be more tolerant of Windows XP 64 bit mLAN drivers than Vista 64 has been for me. I have a Cubase project to finish, and I'm going to attempt it with this machine.

FURTHER UPDATE 28 June 09

I have now gone a stage further and installed Windows 7 as part of a dual boot on my Intel Core i7 machine, which is exactly the same machine where Vista 64 Ultimate and the 64 bit XP mLAN driver did not get along that well. I'm pleased to say, that with Windows 7, my 01v96v2 and MY16-mLAN card are working pretty well so far and better again than the Core 2 Duo E6600 based machine I achieved success with earlier today. I'm getting audio in and out of Cubase 5 via mLAN on this machine and no audio glitches at all so far with the same 16 track song I was testing it all with earlier