Solved AudioBox 1818VSL & Universal Control v4.7.0.106978 WARNING!!

[Cristofe]

I recently scored a great deal on a NOS 1818VSL. I'm VERY familiar with the VSL
family. In any case, I went to Presonus.com to grab the most recent drivers for this unit which is stated
as Universal Control v4.7.0.106978. Then I made the mistake of installing it......BAD MOVE. The drivers
installed but when the 1818 was connected I got a prompt to update the firmware. REALLY bad move.
The new firmware BRICKED the 1818. I then went online and, as I suspected, I am not alone in this
situation.......MANY user reported the same results. Fortunately, as I bought my first 1818VSL when they
were initially released. I have EVERY driver ever written for this device including some "non-official"
drivers as I was a Forum Mod and beta tester at the time. In any case, I was able to use older pre-UC
drivers VSL driver 1.1.3 to rollback the firmware and get the unit to sync again. Hopefully, this will help
other users that find themselves in this deplorable and frustrating position.

I believe it's incredibly irresponsible to release drivers with firmware update that will BRICK
your interface. I guess maybe they just want get you to buy a new one.....not a very good sales
pitch IMHO.

 

[emmett_oc]

Hello Cristofe. Just purchased an 1818VSL as well and am running into similar issues. Cannot get any sound out of it at all. Any way you could tell me how you were able to rollback to VSL driver 1.1.3 for Mac? I am unable to find it online.

 

[AAV]

I am a former 1818VSL user myself. Still have it but it's dusty, rusty and unused. (actually it's in perfect shape). If you choose Snow Leopard as your OS, (Support, Discontinued Products, Audiobox 1818VSL) you can download what look like pre-UC drivers (I found 1.1 but not specifically 1.1.3 but that may be it). Looks like the Universal Control Drivers for Mac started to appear for Mountain Lion. https://intl.presonus.com/pages/support-documents-downloads
Good luck!