Allen & Heath Xone DX ASio driver crashes(solved)
Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 00:23
Hi All,
After years of using my Allen & Heath Xone:DX with Cross vibes and feeling very confident about it, it had a driver crash about 6 months ago. I had been fiddling with the priority and buffer size, put everything back to standard, I could exercise but after 40 minutes I had a crash of the Asio Driver.....
I was planning to install new hardware for a while, replacing the old laptop with a PC main board build in in flight case and a 24" screen etc... First gig was OK (I play all night DJ gigs in different genres..) Next rehearsal, ASIO driver crash reported.....
I found out that when just having the software on for some time I got ASIO driver crash reports, needed to reboot or at least restart Cross DJ. After re-installing the firmware I could play another all night session, but then again the ASIO driver crashed after 2 hours, 1hour, 30 minutes, 20 minutes until the point where I started Cross and the crashes continued to pop up on my screen after a few minutes.
Turning my new fancy setup in something unusable...
Opened up the Xone:DX but no dirt or loose contact was found, replaced the USB cables.... no good
Started thinking about buying a new unit/other brand of controller but I had just invested time and money in making this flight case, heavy to carry but everything in one case, power and 2 audio cables and Go!
Was reading articles on the Internet and found a discussion about what a shame that Serato never brought out "the bridge" software or any reliable version of ITCH and then dumped support for this controller (and leading me to be a happy Cross DJ user).
Suddenly I remember that new feature of Cross DJ 3.4.2.... Ableton Link....
I installed Cross DJ 3.3.11 Ran it this morning, put my entire library in autoplay and it is now test running for more than 13 hours, enabled 2 effects on the Master output for a long while, have all tracks synced to some random value.... NO ASIO driver fault pop ups, just keeps on playing track after track!
So after enjoying all this free updates from my initial purchase, I am now stuck with this version 3.3.11 (which works perfect with my flac files, also with video) and has all the bells and whistles that I need.... Not too bad for a controller which is not supported by the producers for a long time know..... Unless the creators of Cross DJ have a way (a /switch or something) to install the updates without the Ableton link.... (I love Ableton by the way)
Just want to make this statement, for all Allen & Heath Xone:DX users who have or want to try Cross DJ, GO, but stick to the older version if you want a reliable setup to go out and perform!
Kind regards,
Jimmy
After years of using my Allen & Heath Xone:DX with Cross vibes and feeling very confident about it, it had a driver crash about 6 months ago. I had been fiddling with the priority and buffer size, put everything back to standard, I could exercise but after 40 minutes I had a crash of the Asio Driver.....
I was planning to install new hardware for a while, replacing the old laptop with a PC main board build in in flight case and a 24" screen etc... First gig was OK (I play all night DJ gigs in different genres..) Next rehearsal, ASIO driver crash reported.....
I found out that when just having the software on for some time I got ASIO driver crash reports, needed to reboot or at least restart Cross DJ. After re-installing the firmware I could play another all night session, but then again the ASIO driver crashed after 2 hours, 1hour, 30 minutes, 20 minutes until the point where I started Cross and the crashes continued to pop up on my screen after a few minutes.
Turning my new fancy setup in something unusable...
Opened up the Xone:DX but no dirt or loose contact was found, replaced the USB cables.... no good
Started thinking about buying a new unit/other brand of controller but I had just invested time and money in making this flight case, heavy to carry but everything in one case, power and 2 audio cables and Go!
Was reading articles on the Internet and found a discussion about what a shame that Serato never brought out "the bridge" software or any reliable version of ITCH and then dumped support for this controller (and leading me to be a happy Cross DJ user).
Suddenly I remember that new feature of Cross DJ 3.4.2.... Ableton Link....
I installed Cross DJ 3.3.11 Ran it this morning, put my entire library in autoplay and it is now test running for more than 13 hours, enabled 2 effects on the Master output for a long while, have all tracks synced to some random value.... NO ASIO driver fault pop ups, just keeps on playing track after track!
So after enjoying all this free updates from my initial purchase, I am now stuck with this version 3.3.11 (which works perfect with my flac files, also with video) and has all the bells and whistles that I need.... Not too bad for a controller which is not supported by the producers for a long time know..... Unless the creators of Cross DJ have a way (a /switch or something) to install the updates without the Ableton link.... (I love Ableton by the way)
Just want to make this statement, for all Allen & Heath Xone:DX users who have or want to try Cross DJ, GO, but stick to the older version if you want a reliable setup to go out and perform!
Kind regards,
Jimmy