All user reviews for the Yamaha MY16-mLAN

After 1½ years of loyal service on windows XP (hundreds of hours of recording and never any bug) voil completely Blocked me because this product is unusable on Manire acadmique Windows 7 (although some will say that fiddling russir can make it work but does not change the substantive problem ...). Yamaha did not release new drivers, and will spend weeks, the number of people in the same situation as me will increase.

It is still super frustrating to have almost dpens 3000 (+ 01V96VCM MY16mlan) in a recording setup that absolte becomes a year after its aquisition ...

If Yamaha technicians see this message, thank you to update your drivers quickly ... This is unacceptable.

How long have you been using?
I used them 5 years on a DM1000 & Mac Pro. Sold recently.

What is so special that you like most and least?
The +: FW a single cable to carry 32 channels of audio, the wordclock & MIDI (2 cards). Extensive routing capabilities.
The -: the computer has to be the master wordclock, no possibility of external clock so.
The initial programming of the software a little "gas factory", after it is OK.

Did you try many other models before buying it?
No. Direct purchase without testing.

How do you rate the quality / price?
Like all Yamaha cards, a little pricey but very good quality.

With experience, you do again this choice? ...
At the time yes. At the present time, we must admit that many manufacturers start to FW and not do too badly (eg Studiolive ...). MY16 mLAN remains an excellent choice secondhand.

- How long have you use it?
I use it since September 2005 (United States brought in because at the time unavailable in France)
- What is so special that you like most and least?
the 01 is a real machine to patch, super convenient for recording. It is for the more ... Least, is the environment mLAN. It would be nice if you have several mLAN devices, but it's not my case, and the AC will not be in the near future.
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Well, no, I could direct me to a card adat rebalanced to my motu, but it would have unnecessarily complicated the matter.
- How would you rate the quality / price?
Honest
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Yes, even if it is better to demmerder alone, not rely on yamaha to explain the operation. It was an album with cubase sx + 01V96 + my16mlan, some tracks were even recorded with the preamp 01. No crippling bug ... The modular system is a more serious!
-1 Point for MIDI (noon a single mLAN, if you want to keep it, the studio manager to switch to USB), otherwise it is well thought out. A non-mLAN ASIO driver, it would be nice too, to avoid the light of mLAN to boot even if the 01 is not present ...
Oh, and a multimedia driver! how I do it myself, to watch a DVD via my 01
[edit] after a while of use (almost a year), this choice I would do without hesitation! I have not tried to record a live, but it should be fun ...[/ EDIT]

[edit 16/02/2010]
To use the Windows 7 mLan:
-Go to Device Manager,
-Choose the bus controller IEEE 1394
-Update the driver by installing "pilot inherited" (legacy English)
The latest version of mLan install nickel, and your mLAN device will work again!

[edit 01/11/2007]
With the new driver (1.62) is much simpler: the new version removes any old file mLan who was present on the computer before installing.
Currently, I use my laptop (Athlon 64 3000 + 1GB RAM) and Sonar 4 for recording concerts of my group in 16 simultaneous tracks 48/24 on a USB2 external HDD: this is nickel, I could record for days without any problems!

[review previous]
Installation is tricky: if you missed the first time, it is impossible to reinstall applications mLAN. Same if you have an older installation.
The only solution I found after much research: uninstall all previous versions with the small program "Windows Install Cleanup" available here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/fr .
In this utility, select the top of the list [1.5.4] or [1.0.1] or anything like that. Yamaha did not give a specific name to uninstall the data, otherwise the serial number.
Then reinstall the latest version of mLAN Tools.

When it works, it gauze.
On my PC P4P800 3.00 GHz + 1 GB RAM, Sonar 4 => 16 + 16 out in simultaneous easily stall.
On my laptop of equivalent power, but the hard drive is slower => 12 + 12 out in simultaneous, do not push it .

I will return in some time when oiled.

I use it for 3 years now and then I tried it in a 01V and 01V96.
This is one of MY cards of most interest to the Yamaha digital consoles.
The positive thing is that you turn your console FireWire sound card, and that's HUGE!
Tried first on a 01V96, I found an audio dropout problem. I mean by "dropping" that every 5 or 10 minutes, the card has no output to the DAW for about 0.5 sec. I tried several solutions (update drivers, update DAW upgrade the console, ...) nothing worked, the problem persists. Maybe it is my 01V96 that a problem, I do not know. but it's really annoying.
Then tested on a 01V "original", you're set, no bug (but only 8 audio channels instead of 16, related to the technology of the 01V)
Apart from that, you end up with a mixing console, a laptop connected via FireWire, and we have a complete digital studio is fantastic.
value for money is very good, since once the card plugged in, it has a sound card 8OUT 16in (on the 01V96) and continuing in more opportunities for mixing console. What you ask for?
The people demand a driver Yamaha thoughtful, reliable, practical and stylish? Well the people waiting, I started to felt to be back with my driver Hoontech 1998. Nothing is clear, no aid, Yamaha does not care, we must be dreaming ...
Once configured, it works, but until then it pulls the hair is so lousy!
With experience, I would do without hesitation that choice (subject to correcting the bug with the 01V96).
For mobile use, is impeccable, you can mix both a concert and recording cheaply.

+ 01V to turn a sound card
+ Super convenient mobile use (and in the studio, unfortunately)
+ Choice of FireWire
+ Simple routing in the console
+ Latency? What latency?

- Driver inherited from another time
- Audio dropout problem (but maybe me)
- Routing software appalling

As with any material Mlane there is a solution for Windows 7.

The driver Vista 32 "academic" works on Windows 7 to select the driver provided "legacy" is available in Windows 7 for the 1394 interface used.
This is not anti academic. It's just that Microsoft has provided the coup when he completely redesigned the architecture of its driver 1394, rendering obsolete many factual material firewire drivers. Hence the conservation of the version "legacy" that is other than the Vista version 32 of 1394 brought in Seven.

Mlane adapt to the new architecture in 1394 Seven (not in the driver 1394bus.sys no "legacy") had served a total redesign of the mLAN driver is not guaranteed to keep the networking aspect (using the "bus")
The new architecture in 1394 Seven does it does seem that the peer to peer ... or disk transfer.

God thank you Microsoft thinks of us a little bit still ave the choice of driver implemented in 1394.

However as regards 64-bit versions, it's Yamaha's response.

I use it every day for 4 ans.J 'assays have a lot of digital audio interfaces, but it was the best for my gear and its use.
The most awesome thing is the ability to network with all kinds of stuff compatible mLan ensemlble and adapt to create its own network.
The negative point is the abandonment of mLan by Yamaha the benefit system "firewire peer too peer (1 + 1 computer peripheral).
The quality / price is not bad especially during (rather rare now).
If you need to Win7 OS, go your way, otherwise do not hesitate.
But attention to the installation and especially the compatibility with the chipset running the firewire port on your computer (available on the global site of Yamaha) ...