hello, i'm new to the forums and i've appreciated all of the information people have put up before; has anyone else encountered problems with running the p606 software with vista? i have it installed but when i try and open it it says it cannot connect to the sp606, the hardware is connected and i have the current vista updates! any info would help thanks.

It's probably a driver problem. I take it you can't see your device in other programs either because it's not recognized as a MIDI device.

Reinstall the drivers of the SP-606 on your PC, and be sure to not let Windows Vista install any additional 'audio controller' drivers after you restart. I can't check installing on Vista right now as my laptop is gone for repair, but I had the same problem on Windows XP.

Here's my post on how I fixed my problem with XP, perhaps this clarifies things for Vista too, I don't know;

I know there's vista drivers on the Roland site, but maybe they are only for the hardware...

I just wanted to try your method to see if it works (Even though I already got me to work) I ran into a problem here. How did you do this? It won't let me install the drivers. Unless I connect to my Sp606 first..

Download the vista drivers and extact them.then go to "device manager",switch on the sp606 first..if you see the 'Roland SP-606' in the sound video etc place, right click choose update driver>install from specific location>dont search i will choose the driver to install.You click next>have disk/and simply browse to the folder where the vista drivers are unziped...
If this does not work maybe it's the P606 problem...right click the P606 icon>choose properties and set compability for xp.Then you can try run the programm by right clicking and choosing 'run as administrator' or something like that(I don;t use vista anymore..too much memory wasted!)
Hope you found the way!

Thanks.. I will try.. I already got it to work, but I thought I would give it a shot anyways.. I use Xp I agree with you about Vista suckin the life out your memory...

@Twitch: Did you ever managed to solve the issue? I've ordered a MIDI to USB cable for my SP-606, perhaps that will solve the issues I'm still having on one of my PC's.

As for installing the driver, you can unplug the device the moment the setup starts.

ya i got it to work but when i turn of the sp 606 unit it makes my computer shut down, i'll try reinstalling the driver though and unplugging the unit.

Does it restart when you unplug it? Then there's probably somewhere a certain setting you need to change in your computer.

However, it can also be solved by using a different USB port, which is what I would advise to do instead.

I had this problem when I unplugged one of my other USB devices too.

I still can't figure out why the SP-606 won't be recognized as MIDI device, it's driving me nuts. I've ordered a MIDI to USB cable to see if I can get it to work that way.

sigh.. supposedly, Roland is releasing 64 bit drivers tomorrow..

anybody hear anything ?

I haven't heard a thing about that... at least not anything 606 specific.

By the way, P606 should run on Vista as well.

Rumor was floating around that they were releasing Vista 64-bit drivers after the new year. (1-5-9)

The 606 will run on 32-bit Vista with the new(er) drivers. But, there is no support for Vista 64-bit.

I do believe if you use a USB/MIDI controller interface the included P606 software won't recognize the SP606 because of the generic driver. I've also tried not loading the vender driver from the SP606. Still no go.

That's caused by a setting of the USB port you are using, in your PC's BIOS you need to change 'boot on USB' or something similar to something else. I don't know what kind of PC you've got, but the easiest fix is simply using a different USB port. No need to fiddle in the BIOS in that case, just plug in something you'll never turn of, like a printer if you've got one or leave it empty.

It's likely that other devices on that particular USB port will cause you PC to boot whenever you unplug or switch them off also.



But are you using Vista 32bits? If not and you're using XP having issues running P606, the fix is easy. You will need to get rid of some USB profiles in your registry.

Search the 606 area of this forum, I've posted about the solution somewhere (came from another forum member actually! Apparently Windows XP can't handle over 10 USB profiles.). Or let me know if you can't find it.

If you are using Vista though, then I'm not sure if the issue is the same.