Can't find Audiobox ASIO Drivers in any of my DAW's??

[Shibetarian]

Ok so this has been irritating me for the past few weeks. After installing an update for my Presonus Audiobox 22VSL drivers, I lost the "Audiobox ASIO Device" To use in all of my daws. Without it, I can't get down to 64 samples and record and playback audio without a horrible latency that prevents me from recording/playing keys on time. So far Presonus tech support has not been able to help, at all really. The only thing they've asked me to do is to send system reports, and uninstall & reinstall the drivers. I've done that, multiple times, hell i've even done an entire repair install with my windows 7 CD, and I still couldn't get it to work. It doesn't work in safe mode, I have no corrupted files when doing the sfc scannow command in CMD, so I have no clue what caused it to be gone. Basically if I open FL Studio, or Studio One 3, and I go over to the audio device settings, there's the regular ASIO4ALL, and the FL Studio ASIO Driver. But neither of those can go down to 64 samples. Interestingly enough it works on another random laptop, so I don't know why it doesn't work here.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hello and welcome Shibetarian yes mate support from some manufacturers pretty ordinary eh?

Now I would if it were me run this as well as the SFC and the others just because they might just pick something up.
Disk Check < if necessary include the /f and /r in the command line as per Option2 (if you are going to use the /r switch there is no need for the /f switch)
Run these in safe mode and the sfc often best run for two to three runs – you can leave out the /r switch in ckdsk if you feel it not necessary


if no fix then these

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Now it may seem odd to say but have you tried disabling the AV while you are installing the drivers for the Audiobox?? Some AV's can produce issues like this.

 

[Shibetarian]

Hello and welcome Shibetarian yes mate support from some manufacturers pretty ordinary eh?

Now I would if it were me run this as well as the SFC and the others just because they might just pick something up.
Disk Check < if necessary include the /f and /r in the command line as per Option2 (if you are going to use the /r switch there is no need for the /f switch)
Run these in safe mode and the sfc often best run for two to three runs – you can leave out the /r switch in ckdsk if you feel it not necessary


if no fix then these

SUPERAntiSpyware | Remove Malware | Remove Spyware - AntiMalware, AntiSpyware, AntiAdware!
Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes Premium
AdwCleaner Download
ADW download from bleeping computer delete any rubbish found with the malware scans
(NB If you are running Kaspersky as the main AV then it might need disabling it when trying ADW because it does not like it at times)

Now it may seem odd to say but have you tried disabling the AV while you are installing the drivers for the Audiobox?? Some AV's can produce issues like this.

Just did all that, sfc scan as well as check disc in safemode, and while the chkdsk did find something and fixed it, upon restart and reinstalling the interface drivers I still don't have the audio device i'm looking for. Already tried disabling AV as well. Virus scans brought up nothing as well. From what I can recall this happened right after I installed a driver update for the box, however it was actually the same version and I had not realized until a restart. But i've already fully uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them many times, so I don't know what the issue is. I have a feeling it may be something with the registry? But i'm not too sure.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Now forgive my ignorance but am I right to assume the Audio Box is an external device? I am guessing it is from looking at the product page and are these the drivers for the device you are using?? AudioBox USB Downloads | PreSonus

Now if the drivers from here do not work then I am wondering if the device itself is ok or not? Again assuming it is an external device have you tried changing the hook up cables and if it is USB connect maybe it would be worth updating the USB drivers for the board.
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[Shibetarian]

Now forgive my ignorance but am I right to assume the Audio Box is an external device? I am guessing it is from looking at the product page and are these the drivers for the device you are using?? AudioBox USB Downloads | PreSonus

Now if the drivers from here do not work then I am wondering if the device itself is ok or not? Again assuming it is an external device have you tried changing the hook up cables and if it is USB connect maybe it would be worth updating the USB drivers for the board.
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Will definitely try that, I haven't thought of updating any of those drivers yet.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Ok mate keep us updated am really interested to see what the outcome is.

 

[Shibetarian]

Sadly it hasn't worked.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

That is a blow I was rather hoping the chipset one would come up with something.

Now I read through the first post again and I found out what DAWS actually is and being a semi audiophile myself I can see why it must be so frustrating for you.

Now in that post as well you mention updating the Presonus stuff if you can remember when you did that it might be as well to try a system restore to before then when the system was working. I was wondering too was that update really critical if not just don't use it. Anyway that is assuming that the restore works.

 

[Mellon Head]

What DAW are you using?

It sounds like you have a corrupted driver caused by either a faulty update, or the disk problem that chkdsk fixed. If the system restore doesn't work, or you can't use the restore point anymore, try uninstalling the ASIO driver with Revo Uninstaller. It does a pretty thorough job of cleaning up when uninstalling, often getting stuff that the regular install program might miss.

You can get it here (just use the freeware version)

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The reason that you want to use something like Revo is that if the driver is borked, it may not be uninstalling properly, and thus, when you go to reinstall, the corrupted information remains and the driver will not install and work properly.

I hope that you can use System Restore to fix the problem as it is easier, but Revo is an option.