Maschine mk1 and generic usb cable

hobo343

The theme here is mk1 is old and getting dusted off after years. i connect with a 5 meter usb cable to a newer laptop on a usb 3.0 port. the buttons and screen light up and turn off quickly on maschine. next windows says the usb device has a problem and cannot be recognized. However, when i connect with same cable to a linux laptop it does identify itself correctly (but also doesn't stay on)

is the problem not enough power or something going on with the device?

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/216319#Comment_216319

i should mention the original cable was definitely bad, so i replaced it with this new longer one.

In a situation like this then you ought to test using a short cable that you know is OK

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/43430/maschine-mk1-and-generic-usb-cable

I don't think it is a matter of USB.

Are you sure that its driver is installed?

Maschine MK1

MASCHINE Controller Driver 3.0.1

hobo343

yep downloaded and installed/reinstalled via Maschine_Controller_301_PC_p.exe

hobo343

i should mention the original cable was definitely bad, so i replaced it with this new longer one.

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/216319#Comment_216319

i should mention the original cable was definitely bad, so i replaced it with this new longer one.

In a situation like this then you ought to test using a short cable that you know is OK

hobo343

Shorter cable solved the issue thanks.

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/217920#Comment_217920

Thank you for providing feedback and for sharing the solution 🙂