Which ASIO driver to use from several installed?
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rrichard63
Perpetual Novice
I've been hoping that someone with more detailed knowledge than I have would respond. Please take my opinion with a whole shaker full of salt.
In general, you should use the ASIO driver developed for your audio interface unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise. Specific reasons might include (1) your hardware doesn't have an ASIO driver so you need to use (e.g.) ASIO4ALL as a wrapper around its standard Windows driver, (2) you want multi-client operation and the standard driver doesn't provide that, (3) your standard driver is buggy and isn't being updated any more, (4) you are using virtual ports (audio or MIDI) that don't support ASIO by themselves and you need a wrapper around them.
EDIT: I responded in terms of Windows because that's what I use. Mac users may have different requirements or face different obstacles.
In general, you should use the ASIO driver developed for your audio interface unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise. Specific reasons might include (1) your hardware doesn't have an ASIO driver so you need to use (e.g.) ASIO4ALL as a wrapper around its standard Windows driver, (2) you want multi-client operation and the standard driver doesn't provide that, (3) your standard driver is buggy and isn't being updated any more, (4) you are using virtual ports (audio or MIDI) that don't support ASIO by themselves and you need a wrapper around them.
EDIT: I responded in terms of Windows because that's what I use. Mac users may have different requirements or face different obstacles.
nicholificus
New Member
Generally speaking, use the ASIO driver provided by the manufacturer of your interface. ASIO4ALL is great for when your sound card doesn't have an ASIO driver, but avoid this when possible as it's really just interacting with the Windows driver.
