Mackie MCU Occasional Pause

[John F]

When using my Mackie MCU DAW controller with SAWStudio, it works instantaneously most of the time, just as it should. But if I leave it stopped for a few minutes while I work on something, then hit the "Play" button, there is often a pause of a couple of seconds before it actually plays the audio. I don't recall this happening when I worked exclusively with the mouse and keyboard, so I'm thinking it must be something with the MIDI communication protocol. It's only a minor annoyance at this point, but I wonder - has anyone else run into this problem, or come up with a solution? Thnaks!

John Francis
Rolla, MO

[mr_es335]

John,

Can you test the controller on another system?

[Bob L]

Perhaps your usb ports are shutting down to conserve power... go into the device manager and set the usb ports to not power down.

Bob L

[John F]

Perhaps your usb ports are shutting down to conserve power... go into the device manager and set the usb ports to not power down.

Bob L

Bingo, Bob! I had switched my SAWStudio usage from a desktop to a laptop, and hadn't considered that. Thank you!!


John Francis
Rolla, MO