Pathfinder Posted Monday at 03:27 AM Share Posted Monday at 03:27 AM Found an old thread , late 2023 where I asked this same question: So, anyone (still?) using Roland Octa Capture? Roland says it's win 10\11 drivers work fine. Thanks............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgoRr Posted Monday at 05:39 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:39 PM 14 hours ago, Pathfinder said: anyone (still?) using Roland Octa Capture? Hello! A close friend of mine had a Rolland Quad Capture card, the driver for it was absolutely the same as for Octa Capture, but I remember how my friend suffered with this card all the time. The audio engine (driver) often crashed in the most unpredictable situations - he opens YouTube, tries to watch some video, but there is no sound, or tries to watch some video (or listen to audio) on his computer, and ends up exactly the same way. He starts checking, but there is no sound at all in the system, and there was no way to fix it on the go, I had to restart the computer. Sometimes, after restarting the computer, the Rolland audio driver was completely absent from the list of sound devices, and I had to reinstall it. Quite often, the driver crashed right while working in Cakewalk, which led to a partial loss of projects and recorded material. After a year of such torment, my friend sold this card and bought a Rolland Rubix (the younger sister of the Capture series), but hopes were not justified - problems with the driver continued to appear from time to time. I was left with the impression that Rolland failed to bring these cards to a reliable condition, after which my friend simply bought another card from SSL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted Monday at 06:26 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 06:26 PM 46 minutes ago, IgoRr said: Hello! A close friend of mine had a Rolland Quad Capture card, the driver for it was absolutely the same as for Octa Capture, but I remember how my friend suffered with this card all the time. The audio engine (driver) often crashed in the most unpredictable situations - he opens YouTube, tries to watch some video, but there is no sound, or tries to watch some video (or listen to audio) on his computer, and ends up exactly the same way. He starts checking, but there is no sound at all in the system, and there was no way to fix it on the go, I had to restart the computer. Sometimes, after restarting the computer, the Rolland audio driver was completely absent from the list of sound devices, and I had to reinstall it. Quite often, the driver crashed right while working in Cakewalk, which led to a partial loss of projects and recorded material. After a year of such torment, my friend sold this card and bought a Rolland Rubix (the younger sister of the Capture series), but hopes were not justified - problems with the driver continued to appear from time to time. I was left with the impression that Rolland failed to bring these cards to a reliable condition, after which my friend simply bought another card from SSL. Thanks for the reply and info. Of course that is the card and not he hardware dev ice. But point well taken! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson white Posted Tuesday at 02:15 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:15 AM building a new pc atm and using a quad capture to test things out without any problem at all, including switching between Win10/11. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrey_rbk Posted Tuesday at 08:46 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:46 AM I have been working with cards from Roland for more than 10 years. I worked on octa-capture for 6 years, during all this time not a single problem! Very stable and reliable card. Now I’m working on a Roland Super UA card, and there are no comments either. Stable and reliable! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Earl Goodroe Posted Tuesday at 12:30 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:30 PM I bought 2 Studio-Captures in 2013 and they worked even synced together with absolutely no problems for about 6 years until they both developed a problem with the power supply boards internally!!! Still have them with the intention of having them repaired but it was cheaper to buy replacement on ebay! It's still purring along with no hiccups!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted Tuesday at 06:11 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 06:11 PM Thanks so much folks. I always like the computer app that Roland used for these and I was very used to them. where as, now, I speak only for myself I feel the Scarlett 18i20 3rd gen fous control is terrible i comparison, for me anyway. Just not intuitive. I understand many like it. Anyway will be trying out the octa Capture today The only reason I ditched the Octa capture years back was the echo Layla 3G intrigued me and it fit my workflow (for better ot worse) better than any so far. I even used to use 2 AP2496 cards digitally connected for more i\o and that worked well also. I still have all of the interfaces 🙂 The Octa-Capture is basically new. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted Tuesday at 10:21 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 10:21 PM (edited) Curious? What about the older technology the Rolands are based on? Preamps, converters, etc. Haven't they come a long way i the last 10-15 years?Is this something the human ear is going to hear\notice. IOW, the quality of the recordings themselves. I tried to research it myself but mostly came up with nothing that helped Probably not the best way to ask the question. Edited Tuesday at 10:25 PM by Pathfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Earl Goodroe Posted yesterday at 12:18 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:18 AM I have done commercialy released cds, radio commercial projects, video soundtracks, and on and on with those Rolands and no one has ever said anything about not having pro quality results! I have mastered tracks for a music hall of fame producer and he liked the results so much, he wouldn't use anyone but me to do all his mastering for the past 12 years! Yes, there are more advanced interfaces out there but these things have held their own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted yesterday at 02:42 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:42 AM 2 hours ago, Sidney Earl Goodroe said: I have done commercialy released cds, radio commercial projects, video soundtracks, and on and on with those Rolands and no one has ever said anything about not having pro quality results! I have mastered tracks for a music hall of fame producer and he liked the results so much, he wouldn't use anyone but me to do all his mastering for the past 12 years! Yes, there are more advanced interfaces out there but these things have held their own. OK-Thanks Sidney- I wasn't sure and wanted o ask. Sounds good to me! Pun intended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted yesterday at 03:32 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:32 AM (edited) NEVER MIND-GOT IT! Duh! So I am ready to plug in the Octa capture. But do I have to UNINSTALL the 18i20 drivers or can I just pull the USB cable out of the focusrite? Thanks Edited yesterday at 04:34 AM by Pathfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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