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1: RE: Kernel Streaming v Asio (6.76)
Posted by Squonk on 2009-02-11, 12:03:19 (99.172.134.117)
I never could get KS to work. Don't know why. Anyway, I compared ASIO with K-Mixer(DS) and I definitely prefer ASIO over K-Mixer. ASIO is more robust. Also, I had Foobar with ASIO for awhile and could .......
2: Re: the mystery of ASIO (6.76)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2006-04-09, 15:38:23 (66.245.156.51)
I feel your pain on the ASIO front. I don't use Foobar that often even though I did get asio working. I do plan to Re-visit Foobar. ASIO4all is not as good ASIO, and this may account for you not heari .......
3: ASIO 4 All (6.43)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-04-18, 18:30:02 (24.7.101.62)
Sorry if this has been covered, but the archives just confused me. Here is the situation: Soundcard: Supports Asio Player software: Doesn't support Asio Will ASIO 4 All help get the benefit of using a .......
4: RE: Kernel Streaming v Asio (6.38)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2009-02-12, 04:57:14 (66.188.68.67)
If a player does not require an ASIO plugin then it must be playing Direct Sound. I have never seen a player actually play ASIO without an ASIO plugin nor have I seen a soundcard with comes with an AS .......
5: RE: Try both out and decide for yourself (6.37)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-08-10, 14:51:38 (139.68.134.1)
Totally agree on ASIO4all. In some cases, it can make things worse than a true asio driver. But if the Benchmark doesn't support asio, how can you possibly do the A/B between direct sound and ASIO tha .......
6: Re: ASIO is required for a PC for anything unless the unit comes with it's own driver. (6.17)
Posted by Sourcean on 2007-02-09, 10:26:00 (72.64.88.38)
The Scott Nixon USB DACs don't have ASIO support. The only way to use ASIO with them is with ASIO4ALL or ASIO2KS. Has anyone ever used the USB-ASIO driver with the Scott Nixons? Is that a true ASIO dr .......
7: Re: problems with my new EMU card -- I Need Help (6.16)
Posted by GCrouser@hvc.rr.com on 2006-10-31, 07:52:27 (74.68.49.151)
Yes. When I click on "ASIO Virtual Devices" & then click "Add New", I get the following message: "An error occurred while querying ASIO drivers. Please stop ASIO playback and shut down any software us .......
8: RE: asio necessary for playback? (6.15)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-08-08, 21:41:47 (139.68.134.1)
Hey Presto, This is a good post, and really explains that the hardware side needs to support ASIO. Also, that it is a bit more complicated than just putting the ASIO dll in the Foobar folder. YOu stil .......
9: RE: EMU 0404 USB-leopard with same spots! (6.15)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-09-23, 20:46:13 (12.191.233.4)
Fred, A screen shot of your foobar ASIO panel would help us to help you. If I read this right, you are not getting Foobar to work with ASIO and an ASIO card?? Foobar does work with asio supporting car .......
10: RE: Audio compressor consideration + a guide to EAC and FLAC (6.14)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-06-10, 17:24:49 (67.188.121.4)
My experience with ASIo has been very different. ASIO significantly improved the output compared to direct sound and wave out in foobar. MP never sounded as good as other players with ASIO, nor did I .......
11: RE: "ASIO is bad for audio playback" is an illogical comment. ASIO is just a standard! (6.13)
Posted by lga775 on 2010-02-25, 12:43:36 (208.101.40.221)
hi there.. i am using asio in foobar2000 0.96. so should i use Kernel stream or asio to get the best sound? .......
12: Re: ASIO4all-No, at least for Cards that Support ASIO (6.10)
Posted by drwkng on 2007-02-04, 02:13:54 (219.77.113.36)
i think you are confusing the asio set up with asio as an audio driver. if your player does not support asio audio driver. that is. there is not much you can do. the off-line set up is to set up the a .......
13: Re: ASIO4all-No, at least for Cards that Support ASIO (6.09)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-02-02, 22:49:16 (24.7.101.62)
That is what I thought. But even if the card has ASIO, the PLAYER needs to be able to access the asio driver. If the player doesn't have that option, then that is why ASIO4all came to mind, for use wi .......
14: Do we need ASIO under Vista? (6.05)
Posted by bobp on 2007-02-14, 06:42:28 (66.241.132.98)
My understanding is that ASIO is not needed any longer for playback because KMIXER is gone. Is there anything Microsoft did not tell us that still makes ASIO necessary? I have tried Vista beta without .......
15: RE: PC Audio (6.05)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-08-16, 23:55:06 (139.68.134.1)
If you are getting the Juli@, you won't need ASIO4All. Just a player that has an asio out put, like Foobar, WInamp, or xmplayer. SOme of these do not have native support, and require a plugin. Usually .......
16: RE: Asio supporting card and Non ASIO supporting player (6.03)
Posted by Old Listener on 2007-11-02, 11:03:01 (66.234.193.96)
> Is ASIO4all the solution? > Or is ti the other way around: ASIO supporting player, > and Non ASIO supporting card?? Asio4all looks like a real Asio driver to an application that can output to an Asi .......
17: Well said Presto (6.01)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-05-19, 20:56:20 (67.188.119.227)
I think I know that Hydrogen audio thread. I may have a few posts on there and no one understood what I was saying about trying to compare XP and ASIO with Vista and Direct sound, or even ASIO. They j .......
18: Re: ASIO4all-No, at least for Cards that Support ASIO (6.01)
Posted by Presto on 2007-02-02, 23:27:09 (68.148.228.66)
Well, if you have a card with ASIO drivers, you can use either Foobar or Winamp which has ASIO output plugins available. As for using ASIO4ALL with an ASIO driver... I am not sure if you ARE indeed us .......
19: RE: ASIO driver/device not found (5.99)
Posted by promethk on 2008-09-12, 22:00:41 (219.77.142.65)
cPlay cannot detect the asio driver of a Konnekt firewire sound interface and display no asio device found. Foobar2k can detect the asio driver and play through asio correctly. I tried both versions .......
20: Re: To ASIO or not to ASIO,that is the question? (5.97)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2006-03-08, 12:45:43 (139.68.4.4)
Hi Lynn, While I have done no formal tests, I did conclude that Foobar didn't sound as good as the ACXO player I was/am using. After about a year, I realized that I had never installed ASIO in Foobar, .......
21: Re: I'm not so sure. (5.97)
Posted by Christine Tham on 2006-05-19, 01:31:18 (203.58.188.211)
I suspect your revo does not have a true native ASIO driver. Some manufacturer ASIO implementations are just a shim on top of WDM (in other words, it's a proprietary ASIO4ALL). Other manufacturers hav .......
22: Re: To ASIO or not to ASIO,that is the question? (5.88)
Posted by Lynn on 2006-03-08, 06:47:32 (24.251.134.201)
Yes, and I suggest trying an ASIO driver designed for your sound card NOT ASIO4ALL. The point of ASIO afterall is have a direct path from your software to the sound card driver, not have software (lik .......
23: Re: To ASIO or not to ASIO,that is the question? (5.88)
Posted by TBM on 2006-03-08, 08:43:09 (85.164.41.236)
Just as I suspected... Which ASIO driver do you recommend? Thanks, Tom .......
24: RE: Windows 7 optimization? (5.85)
Posted by fmak on 2009-11-15, 22:13:24 (87.228.210.244)
Have you put the ASIO and KS plugins (downlodable) into the Foobar Components folder under Programs? You then neeed to register ASIO under Virtual Devices in the Output Tag. This operation is a bit we .......
25: Firefox to asio (5.83)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2020-07-18, 18:11:11 (108.234.77.201)
Anyone have a solution to get programs like firefox to output to an asio driver. I tried 5 or 6 programs and they all seem to be the opposite of what I want. Things like asio4all seem to be great if y .......
26: RE: Warmth and ASIO (5.81)
Posted by aljordan on 2008-12-11, 06:17:37 (204.10.46.254)
I think Winamp's Asio sounds warmer than Foobar's Asio. I liked the sound of Winamp better than Foobar, but at the time I was playing with it I was never able to get Winamp's Asio extremely stable wit .......
27: RE: Asio supporting card and Non ASIO supporting player (5.80)
Posted by Old Listener on 2007-11-02, 20:14:00 (66.234.193.96)
Sorry. > Asio4all is no help for an application that can output through > the Asio interface. > did you mean to say "...that CANNOT output through the asio interface"?? yes. Bill .......
28: Re: foobar/asio (5.78)
Posted by fmak on 2004-10-23, 02:00:08 (195.92.67.78)
I did what you suggeted. The Asio output appears but when called up, I get an error message to say that there is output error. With the exe version, the meassage is that asio output cannot be started. .......
29: RE: cPlay - latest versions won't find my ASIO hardware for anything but Lynx (5.74)
Posted by aljordan on 2009-12-29, 15:46:46 (74.69.242.210)
ASIO 4 All will see all of my sound cards when run through another media player, but for some reason CPlay isn't even seeing ASIO 4 All. Wouldn't the ASIO driver have to be in the registry for other m .......
30: ASIO and ASIO4All (5.73)
Posted by Kenn on 2006-01-29, 07:31:37 (216.58.48.179)
Two different things: ASIO driver for Foobar is how Foobar uses ASIO devices; and ASIO4All is an ASIO interface wrapper for a device to make it look like as if it is ASIO capable even without its own .......
31: RE: Overview of Vista audio stack (5.73)
Posted by Christine Tham on 2007-07-03, 20:35:44 (203.57.241.67)
*** From what you wrote I'm thinking if ASIO were on the diagram it would be a kernel process at the same level as the "Audio Driver" that could somehow be used instead of (or in addition to?) the exi .......
32: Re: There's already been a lot of discussion ... (5.70)
Posted by Christine Tham on 2007-02-14, 14:58:26 (203.58.188.211)
*** Personally I dont think we will see pro audio et. al. format everything to work with Vista "exclusive mode" *** According to ThomasPf the latest version of ntrack 5 supports exclusive mode. I thin .......
33: Re: ASIO for Audigy 2 NX? (5.70)
Posted by Lynn on 2005-10-03, 07:48:42 (68.2.113.82)
Hi, You need the ASIO plugin for FOOBAR so that FOOBAR can route the stream via ASIO to your sound card driver. Your sound card driver must also support ASIO. If it does not, then you also need ASIO4A .......
34: RE: ASIO2WASAPI Universal ASIO Driver (5.69)
Posted by Presto on 2011-10-11, 08:40:01 (207.216.246.51)
Lev: So is this for ASIO capable devices? Or like ASIO4ALL, is it for bridging non-ASIO based hardware to WASAPI? ASIO4ALL (as you probably know) uses kernel streaming or "other methods" (such as dir .......
35: the mystery of ASIO (5.69)
Posted by hinduclient on 2006-04-09, 10:21:35 (67.174.183.236)
I tried using ASIO w/ foobar and found the finding, extracting and install of a functioning ASIO component to be ultimately frustrating and settled for ASIOforall which I couldn't hear any difference .......
36: Foobar ASIO questions (5.68)
Posted by JustinPoss on 2006-07-19, 13:41:22 (24.227.248.174)
I have done quite a bit of searching in the archives and I am trying to figure out how to bypass the K mixer. I am currently using Foobar2000. I have downloaded the ASIO dll and installed it. I have s .......
37: RE: Blind Test Results (5.67)
Posted by Presto on 2007-06-27, 14:40:08 (207.216.246.51)
"but I assume ASIO is just an interface, created by a driver like ASIO4All, that ends up sending the data to the KS layer" Nope. True ASIO is not created by ASIO4ALL. True ASIO is THE most direct path .......
38: RE: Asio supporting card and Non ASIO supporting player (5.66)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-11-02, 13:18:31 (139.68.134.1)
Hey Bill, I am trying to understand your reply, but it seems like they are saying the same thing at parts that makes them contradictory. Is there a typo? When you wrote: Asio4all is no help for an ap .......
39: Both valid ASIO output plugins... hmmm... (5.65)
Posted by Presto on 2007-12-03, 16:54:40 (207.216.246.51)
Okay, with Foobar (for example) I have often THOUGHT I had ASIO going, but only CONFIGURED it, and another plugin was still active. Are you SURE SURE you're using ASIO for Foobar too? Winamp is more o .......
40: Re: am I using ASIO with foobar? (5.65)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2006-11-17, 16:27:11 (67.101.149.119)
If you didn't go out of your way to use ASIO in Foobar, than you are not using it. YOu have to download the .dll file and put in the foobar component folder. For .9.3, go here: http://www.foobar2000.o .......
41: RE: Windows Media Player plugins-ASIO does not work (5.62)
Posted by levm on 2011-08-01, 10:06:08 (75.69.185.188)
No I absolutely do not provide an ASIO driver. ASIO is an alternative audio stack that replaces the OS audio stack, primarily to achieve low latencies. Only sound board manufacturer can provide real A .......
42: Re: That's not secret rabbit (5.61)
Posted by audioengr on 2006-06-19, 09:20:54 (66.220.121.75)
There is a new SRC available for Foobar0.9, but the ASIO available for 0.9 makes it sound worse than the 0.8.3 version with ASIO. Lacks dynamics and sounds a bit flat. Therefore, I'm recommending the .......
43: RE: ASIO and Media Monkey (5.60)
Posted by Squonk on 2009-07-27, 14:45:26 (99.130.167.183)
The problem with gapless mode is with ASIO, not Media Monkey. It is a bug with the last release of ASIO that never got fixed. If gapless mode is a must, you are screwed using ASIO. .......
44: RE: Kernel Streaming v Asio (5.60)
Posted by Old Listener on 2009-02-12, 11:12:06 (66.234.193.96)
> If a player does not require an ASIO plugin then it must be playing > Direct Sound. J. River Media Jukebox and Media Center 12/13 have ASIO output software builtin. So do lots of audio editing progr .......
45: RE: USB ASIO questions (5.60)
Posted by theob on 2008-07-09, 08:30:40 (68.43.175.248)
only thing I can surmise about your issue is that your pc won't take greater than 16/44 on asio-usb or that you are not using the right asio panel . Unistall asio4all and try again you may get the asi .......
46: "default ASIO out that came with Winamp" - here you go. (5.60)
Posted by carcass93 on 2008-10-11, 14:35:25 (69.253.209.149)
Otachan ASIO plugin is replacement for that - and, according to many (myself included), much better sounding. It's not the matter of Otachan ASIO creating additional layer - it acts INSTEAD of "defaul .......
47: ASIO and Foobar...... (5.59)
Posted by Funky on 2007-12-16, 15:31:26 (68.21.39.235)
How do I install the ASIO to Foobar? And links to the ASIO file to would be helpful. Thanks. Tom .......
48: RE: Warmth and ASIO (5.58)
Posted by DBB on 2008-12-11, 13:28:22 (207.237.19.47)
That might be it. The ASIO for me in JRiver has the most clarity and resolution, but it is often slightly harsh. Using Direct Sound most of the time works out well b/c my favorite plugin does not work .......
49: RE: Actually (5.58)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2009-06-07, 09:26:17 (24.7.103.234)
Steve, I am not surprised at your results with asio. See most players do asio as an afterthought using a 3rd party plugin. If you have been using foobar, this is the case. Some were better than others .......
50: Re: ASIO - what is it and how do I get it?? (5.56)
Posted by audioengr on 2005-12-22, 11:28:51 (66.220.126.9)
If you bring-up the Windows volume controls and none of the sliders work, then ASIO is working and bypassing KMIXER. Send me an email if you want the ASIO plug-in for Foobar2000. .......
51: asio in foobar - how to activate it? (5.56)
Posted by tcell on 2007-07-25, 05:27:59 (64.29.244.164)
I have the foo.out.asio.dll in my components folder, but it doesn't show up in the Preferences>Output or ASIO virtual devices areas. Thanks. .......
52: RE: I find the pci latency tool makes the sound too analytical! others is ok. (5.56)
Posted by cics on 2010-05-16, 23:20:12 (41.183.0.21)
ASIO latency setting is very important - set this to lowest possible. For PCI latency at 128, ASIO latency must less than 64. What is your ASIO latency? For ASIO@64, test PCI latency at 136 or 144. Fo .......
53: RE: no thanks (5.55)
Posted by Presto on 2007-11-12, 23:20:37 (24.70.95.205)
Laznos: What's wrong with foobar2000's ASIO support v1.25? You must be running Foobar 0.8x if you're still using Otachan ASIO plugins - afaik they did not make one for 0.9x, but then again, that's whe .......
54: Try latest driver version (5.52)
Posted by cics on 2008-09-12, 22:15:31 (198.54.202.234)
Xonar soundcard has similar issue. In registry, goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ASIO Correct ASIO driver installation must have corresponding entries here. ASIO 2 provides API that accesses these re .......
55: That's not true (5.52)
Posted by Bibo01 on 2010-12-17, 10:31:42 (87.20.68.135)
I believe that the problems you are pointing at have been solved in the new Unixonar drivers version. You can find them here: http://brainbit.wordpress.com/ It is also possible to set low-latency. Obv .......
56: RE: Both valid ASIO output plugins... hmmm... (5.50)
Posted by aljordan on 2007-12-05, 10:20:39 (204.10.46.254)
I have an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 and the Delta 410. Both allow multiple clients to access the ASIO driver at the same time. There is such a thing as multi-client ASIO drivers, but I guess the questio .......
57: One clever thing about new (5.x) JPlay - it can be used with any player that supports ASIO. (5.49)
Posted by carcass93 on 2013-04-09, 10:37:46 (129.33.19.254)
It has nothing to do with actual ASIO though - JPlay component disguises itself as an ASIO driver. It works regardless of whether an audio interface (DAC) really supports ASIO. This means that choice .......
58: ASIO shortlist (5.49)
Posted by otto88 on 2009-03-25, 15:27:47 (210.23.129.201)
Thanks guys. I would like to use ASIO. I’ll try Media Center and Media Jukebox, I believe they both can handle ASIO, though I don’t know what version. Cheers .......
59: most (who care about audio quality) are already using ASIO (5.49)
Posted by Scrith on 2006-09-25, 08:56:51 (209.130.140.130)
This doesn't seem to offer any improvements over ASIO. It may confuse people (and developers) into thinking ASIO support isn't important, which would mean it is a step backwards. .......
60: RE: asio necessary for playback? (5.49)
Posted by audiogremlin on 2007-08-08, 06:34:35 (198.161.238.18)
I've only tried Foobar2000 and it seems to be better than Windows Media Player so I'm happy for now. What is an asio output plugin? Would asio make a big enough difference in the sound quality that it .......
61: RE: E-MU 1616M and Thuneau Allocator (5.49)
Posted by dwk on 2009-05-30, 10:27:28 (66.7.171.127)
The EMU drivers are not multi-client (unless this has changed very recently), so you can't use ASIO output from your player - you can only have 1 ASIO client, and this has to be Allocator. What you ne .......
62: Foobar ASIO problems (5.48)
Posted by odd on 2006-05-11, 09:35:20 (71.243.6.206)
Hi Fmak, There were problems with the ASIO plugin for Foobar 9.0/9.1 that have been fixed (at least for me). Don't recall what the problem was, but it would work fine with some cards, and not for othe .......
63: RE: Need help using cPlay with Lynx ASIO (5.47)
Posted by riboge on 2008-07-06, 16:09:47 (70.181.186.141)
From my own experimenting Lynx asio will not work under Vista or XP pro sp3 running any version of cPlay after b7. It does work with b7, so you could try that though sq advances were made subsequently .......
64: RE: Foobar .v8xx versus .v9xx - Any advantages/disadvantages (nt) (5.47)
Posted by cpuaudio on 2007-10-07, 10:44:12 (24.16.170.87)
Good to hear. I have used ASIO with external sound interfaces from Edirol, EMU and RME. After setting up their ASIO drivers the ASIO plugin worked perfectly. I had trouble with KS crashing before goin .......
65: Re: ASIO4All, etc. (5.47)
Posted by Kenn on 2006-01-11, 05:32:08 (216.58.49.39)
I don't understand what exactly ASIO is. But if a generic driver can do both ASIO and kernel streaming, I don't know what is the fuzz all about whether a device supports ASIO or not. Something is not .......
66: RE: ASIO and Foobar...... (5.46)
Posted by doodlebug on 2007-12-16, 15:48:12 (69.247.124.230)
You can find a link to the ASIO dll at the Foobar2000 site. What you'll have to manually transfer the dll to the Foobar subdirectory under Program Files in Windows. Then, start up Foobar and then add .......
67: RE: Kernel Streaming v Asio (5.46)
Posted by fmak on 2009-02-12, 05:46:29 (87.228.211.136)
My sound cards come with their own asio drivers. I don't know whether this is a plugin or not. Foobar 0.9x acquires it as a virtual asio device. My presumption is that Lynx and RME each has its own dr .......
68: RE: ASIO sound quality compared to DirectSound (5.45)
Posted by Lynn on 2007-12-02, 07:48:30 (24.251.153.25)
ASIO does sound different, and most likely it is more true to the source. I hear more detail with ASIO. It is more important with ASIO to set up a larger buffer, since it does not benefit from Windows .......
69: cPlay - Asus Xonar Essence STX, & Asio 2.0 (5.44)
Posted by tranfa on 2009-11-04, 06:12:57 (170.148.198.156)
Good afternoon, and many compliments for the development of Cplay. I have a small issue, related to my HTPC soundcard and the proprietory ASIO drivers that come with it. In Cplay, the proprietory ASI .......
70: iTunes + ASIO: Is it possible? (5.44)
Posted by JayNYC on 2007-01-23, 23:10:17 (68.175.96.96)
Is it possible to use iTunes with ASIO playback? (I already know how to get Foobar2000 and MediaMonkey working with ASIO. I am asking specifically about iTunes on Windows) .......
71: RE: ASIO2WASAPI Universal ASIO Driver (5.44)
Posted by Kenn on 2011-10-11, 13:50:18 (209.29.24.120)
Thanks for the reply. I am using the old 0.8.3 version. I have ASIO (both DLL and exe versions) installed. I can select device as "ASIO2WASAPI" but can go no further after that. The ASIO plug-in work .......
72: Re: Bypassing Kmixer (5.43)
Posted by audioengr on 2006-07-31, 10:55:36 (66.220.121.75)
If you are using Foobar2000, then all you need is ASIO or Kernel streaming. ASIO is a .dll file that gets stored in the "components" folder of Foobar2000. The ASIO that you use will depend on your con .......
73: Re: Why can't I use ASIO in WinXP (5.42)
Posted by ThomasPf on 2004-11-16, 16:10:40 (131.107.71.224)
Why would foobar load ASIO shim driver? I assume it is trying to open the ASIO device and somethinbg goes wrong. Can you get to the ASIO4all controll panel and that works fine? Cheers Thomas ::: TOP .......
74: RE: asio necessary for playback? (5.41)
Posted by Presto on 2007-08-07, 22:08:43 (68.148.228.66)
Hey Audiogremlin: You don't need to use ASIO with Foobar2000. But why would you not want to? It's probably one of the best ways to go. All you need is an ASIO output plugin. What FOobar version are yo .......
75: RE: ASIO2WASAPI Universal ASIO Driver (5.40)
Posted by levm on 2011-10-11, 09:16:22 (75.69.185.188)
One more clarification. You would still need a player software that can use ASIO as an output. One cannot take an ordinarly winMM or DirectSound stream and convert it into an ASIO or WASAPI stream. :: .......
76: RE: Good questions - and another one is: (5.40)
Posted by Telstar on 2007-11-20, 04:24:37 (213.156.52.102)
I didn't know that you needed ASIO. Then the SQ under XP and Vista is the same. The only reason for YOU to switch to Vista would be if you have a quad core that is not well supported under XP (google .......
77: No no - not the VOLUME slider... the track position slider. (5.40)
Posted by Presto on 2007-07-26, 12:28:04 (207.216.246.51)
Dawnrazor: Yeah, the volume slider DOES work. But so what? It's a PLAYER volume slider. ASIO mixer sliders would also work but again SO WHAT? ASIO is ASIO. People think that ALL SLIDERS MUST NEVER WOR .......
78: Re: foobar/asio (5.40)
Posted by ketchup on 2004-10-20, 22:17:21 (151.197.211.154)
never mind. here's how to get asio action w/ foobar: d/l the driver and unzip. go to folder bin > normal. drag the .dll file into c: (or wherever foobar is on your machine) > program files > foobar200 .......
79: Re: Question about USB DACs (Robert Joe - told ya I'd ask!) (5.39)
Posted by audioengr on 2007-01-24, 11:26:45 (66.220.118.62)
a) Waveout - no, I use ASIO b) Direct Sound - am trying this with ASIO to see if it sounds different or stops ticks. So far not noticing any difference. c) Kernel Streaming - never use it d) ASIO - al .......
80: Re: ASIO4All, etc. (5.38)
Posted by ThomasPf on 2006-01-11, 00:10:11 (24.19.187.72)
Here is how I understand it. ASIO is not anything customized down to the hardware level but a software API and corresponding driver architecture. ASIO4all maps existing kernel streaming devices as ASI .......
81: ASIO And DSD... (5.38)
Posted by Djhymn on 2005-04-08, 11:37:51 (67.100.128.47)
An interesting article can be found at: .......
82: Re: PS Audio GCHA & ASIO? (5.37)
Posted by brb9 on 2006-10-04, 07:52:44 (68.174.102.209)
keep the sample rates at 16/44.1 for the GCHA. No USB technically supports proper ASIO - ASIO is a soundcard protocol ... so I'm not sure what you are getting. .......
83: RE: SSRC-ASIO Issue (5.37)
Posted by fmak on 2008-06-14, 21:39:45 (213.149.172.35)
Frankly, ASIO has problems too. Buffer dependency and different sound for different versions. All the major pro software players also sound different using ASIO (other programming factors also??) ::: .......
84: RE: If you must use it - download and install ASIO plugin (provided your hardware supports ASIO natively). (5.37)
Posted by flipper on 2009-08-18, 04:20:31 (210.1.220.237)
Remembering that the Asio plugin only works for Audio files. It will not work for DVD MPEG etc. .......
85: Why can't I use ASIO in WinXP (5.37)
Posted by fmak on 2004-11-16, 07:39:38 (195.92.67.71)
Having managed to get ASIO working on 98SE, I have totally failed to do so on XP, using Foobar. The ASIO output simply refuses to load and the settings diaogue box is empty! Anuy insight? .......
86: RE: Try both out and decide for yourself (5.37)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-08-10, 08:56:45 (67.188.121.4)
Ag, It sounds like the ASIO drivers for the emu weren't installed. I bet that if you can install them and get true ASIO then the sound will improve. It is worth the effort to get the real asio to work .......
87: foobar 0.9.x sounds mediocre at best (5.37)
Posted by Jon L on 2008-08-24, 20:10:47 (71.104.146.28)
playing Flac or wav IMO. I really don't know what could have happened, but 0.8.x with Otachan ASIO is a clear league above 0.9.x built-in ASIO in resolution, clarity, and air. In fact 0.9.x is now not .......
88: RE: Interesting (5.37)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-09-11, 09:34:12 (67.188.121.4)
Weird. I just took that midi stuff from the ASIO4ALL manual. Here is what I got when I did what i thought they were saying: It worked fine for me. Lets hope the ASIO 4 all forum helps us. Also, I .......
89: RE: Chimming In.....XP vs. Vista (5.36)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2008-05-20, 09:59:29 (97.89.28.78)
Sure I can compare ASIO and DS. Just to be far I think I should compare ASIO vs. DS on XP and ASIO vs. DS on Vista, then check to see if anyone sounds better or different with either OS. I have the M- .......
90: asio with vista? (5.36)
Posted by audiogremlin on 2008-01-04, 06:34:37 (198.161.238.18)
I currently use an EMU 0202 on XP. I use an asio driver to bypass kmixer. Is asio required when running Vista? I will be switching over soon. Is there anything else about Vista that I should be aware .......
91: Re: Have you checked out the E-MU 0404USB? (5.36)
Posted by KeithC on 2007-01-05, 05:12:31 (194.159.6.162)
EMU reccomend ASIO4ALL for Foobar, but for Cubase etc., the ASIO driver comes with the application. For ASIO it's not so much the sound module knowing where the signal comes from, more the ASIO i/f kn .......
92: Re: ASIO4all-No, at least for Cards that Support ASIO (5.34)
Posted by drwkng on 2007-02-03, 01:35:57 (203.218.125.157)
that's kind of strange. asio4all is an asio driver to applications. if your application takes asio4all, i'm surprised that it does not accept any other asio drivers. .......
93: Re: Help Needed on ASIO and M-Audio..... (5.34)
Posted by Adriel on 2005-10-28, 19:45:06 (208.54.14.1)
1. What ASIO driver (include version #) are you using for the M-Audio Audiophile USB? 2. Have you tried Winamp or Foobar2000 with the ASIO driver yet? .......
94: Re: foolbar help please (5.33)
Posted by Kenn on 2006-01-21, 20:21:36 (216.58.48.179)
Is there any specific reason for you to use ASIO? I also use Audigy 2 NX. I think kernel streaming sounds just fine. I use "24bit fixed point" and upsample to 96khz with SRC, without any problems. Whe .......
95: RE: Well.... (5.33)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-09-22, 12:37:56 (67.169.157.170)
Hey Andy, That is interesting, and one reason to run ASIO as most apps won't be able to output to the card even if you wanted them to. My Lynx is single client anyhow, so only one application can use .......
96: Re: I second that emotion!!!!! (5.32)
Posted by Mercman on 2006-05-22, 08:11:25 (70.234.12.171)
Gordon, J.River Media does error free ripping and supports ASIO. You need to install ASIOFORALL to associate your device as an ASIO USB device. You than select ASIOFORALL as the ASIO device in J. Rive .......
97: RE: ASIO Driver for OSX (5.32)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2014-09-04, 14:25:36 (50.183.218.111)
Steve, - You mentioned that you used Decibel with the Core Audio driver and the ASIO driver. Doesn't this mean that the Core Audio subsystem in OS X is being used when you choose the Core Audio driver .......
98: Re: ASIO4all-No, at least for Cards that Support ASIO (5.32)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-02-03, 09:57:50 (24.7.101.62)
That is the thing dkwng, it doesn't support any asio. But ASIO4Alls manual is just really confusing: Sometimes, the audio software indeed would not provide an ASIO control panel option. This is the ca .......
99: RE: ASIO Driver for OSX (5.32)
Posted by Mercman on 2014-09-04, 15:16:13 (70.181.188.112)
"You mentioned that you used Decibel with the Core Audio driver and the ASIO driver. Doesn't this mean that the Core Audio subsystem in OS X is being used when you choose the Core Audio driver?" Yes, .......
100: RE: cMP and HTPC (5.31)
Posted by Bibo01 on 2009-05-28, 03:17:44 (80.116.153.203)
I am prepared to switch players for Music and for Movies. Unfortunately, as you say "Your idea of using ASIO is very good if only you can find a DVD player that supports ASIO". That is a huge "ONLY". .......
101: Asio supporting card and Non ASIO supporting player (5.31)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-11-01, 22:15:22 (67.188.119.227)
Is ASIO4all the solution? Or is ti the other way around: ASIO supporting player, and Non ASIO supporting card?? I can't seem to get my Media Center PC to show any thing but 16/48 from the digital out. .......
102: RE: new ASIO 2 beta release for xonar essence st/st-x: cplay don't work (5.31)
Posted by smicyta on 2010-05-14, 18:28:11 (220.255.7.235)
@ audiodan@tiscali.it It works on my system but I am reverting to Juli@. I forgot to add that in order for cPlay to detect the ST/STX ASIO driver you would have to rename the Description in the regis .......
103: RE: Kernel Streaming v Asio (5.29)
Posted by fmak on 2009-02-11, 21:48:44 (87.228.167.163)
"I prefer to use a player program that doesn't require an ASIO plugin and a soundcard that comes with a real ASIO driver. Before I buy, I do what research I can to learn how well the vendors designed .......
104: I've looked at the ASIO code (5.29)
Posted by Scrith on 2009-05-26, 19:44:30 (67.151.201.82)
And it is trivial. All this thing is doing is sending an ASIO command to an ASIO driver to play data out of a buffer with a few parameters. The *only* reason to use such a thing (regardless of who wro .......
105: ASIO (5.29)
Posted by jbmcb on 2005-12-22, 08:39:27 (12.148.60.177)
ASIO is, as you suspect, another way to get sound from and to a sound interface of some kind (sound card, USB interface, etc...) Usually, on Windows at least, an application will send or get sound thr .......
106: Re: ASIO and PCM2707 USB interface (5.29)
Posted by ThomasPf on 2006-01-15, 00:05:05 (24.19.187.72)
In order to you your USB audio device with ASIO you need to install the ASIO4all mapper. This piece of software maps the native device interface to ASIO. http://www.asio4all.com Then you need to confi .......
107: RE: ASIO Driver for OSX (5.28)
Posted by fmak on 2014-09-04, 10:38:18 (91.125.249.244)
I read your review twice, quite quickly. It has been difficult to understand if you are reviewing the DAC, the ASIO driver, OSX audio, or windows audio? All the Windows DoP dacs require an ASIO driver .......
108: RE: No need to use Foobar - especially considering that it (new one) just doesn't sound good. (5.28)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-11-26, 21:04:40 (67.169.157.170)
J, I guess you are right. Being an ASIO guy I forget that many people can't use that. In winamp, one can use SRC WITH ASIO. ANd often those ASIO builds are better than the ones in the current Foobar. .......
109: RE: Ver. 5.52 works without a hitch with Otachan ASIO in my system. (5.27)
Posted by Squonk on 2008-10-09, 13:25:34 (99.170.252.83)
I back-graded to 5.52 and ASIO/WinAmp seem to be happy again. You seem to have never had a problem with ASIO/WinAmp. How do you have yours set up? .......
110: Best ASIO driver (5.27)
Posted by jaydacus on 2011-03-02, 17:35:31 (76.105.151.30)
I have been blindly using ASIO4ALL with my USB DAC because I thought thats all there was, but I recently discovered that there are other ASIO drivers out there. Has anyone tried other ASIO driver(free .......
111: Patching the ASIO (Re: DirectX plug in in Foobar or Winamp) (5.27)
Posted by Jim F. on 2006-12-25, 19:41:31 (68.37.190.214)
I believe that to get the above configuration (one sound card, Foobar/SRC coming first and upsampling to 24/96, then Bobcat DX at 24/96 in WaveLab DirectX host), if an E-MU 1212M were the sound card, .......
112: Here's another thing you can try. (5.27)
Posted by Presto on 2007-12-13, 08:57:12 (207.216.246.51)
Try Foobar 0.9.5 and it's "new" ASIO output plugin. This ASIO output has a very flexible channel mapping setup. For a typical 8 channel ASIO soundcard you might see: [devicename] 1/2 [devicename] 1/2 .......
113: RE: ASIO Ignorance (5.27)
Posted by Telstar on 2008-12-12, 13:45:54 (62.101.65.22)
I highly doubt it has anything to do with ASIO, which is merely a protocol for moving digital audio data (without timing information). ASIO got the reputation as somehow "sounding" better than other .......
114: RE: It's certainly a puzzle (5.26)
Posted by fmak on 2009-08-29, 10:50:10 (79.64.202.242)
This is the error message; the ASIO box is not checked with v29 cPlay 2.0b29 (SSE3 B9), licensed under GNU GPL ASIO Technology by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH ASIO is a trademark and software o .......
115: RE: asio soundcard quality (5.25)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2008-12-26, 06:20:23 (66.188.68.67)
Yep, all ASIO cards will sound different, as well as all ASIO plugins used in software. You can play around with them and tune your rig to taste. Juli@ seems to be the flavor of the month... If you pr .......
116: Thanks Scrith but (5.25)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-12-11, 16:12:49 (67.169.157.170)
I AM using XP. So ASIO does make a difference for me vs. KS (as you explain below about ks). SO you seem to say that ASIO is not magic but then explain how it CAN BE ON XP. Which is what I am using. W .......
117: Re: MAudioDuoUSB-ASIO problem Foobar?? (5.25)
Posted by Scrith on 2005-08-07, 20:18:26 (24.7.54.56)
I couldn't get ASIO output to work with my M-Audio Audiophile USB. There seem to be some driver issues preventing ASIO output with certain M-Audio products. .......
118: Re: problems with my new EMU card -- I Need Help (5.25)
Posted by aljordan on 2006-10-31, 04:49:07 (204.10.46.254)
When you say that Foobar doesn't give any ASIO options, did you try setting up an ASIO virtual device in Foobar before setting the output to an ASIO driver? This needs to be done first. Alan ::: TOPIC .......
119: I should have been more specific. (5.25)
Posted by Presto on 2007-06-17, 09:01:51 (68.148.228.66)
Fmak: My Revolution 7.1 does not support ASIO over SPDIF, but it has SPDIF - and it has ASIO. Only the analog outputs are supported under ASIO. I was convinced this could be the case with other M-Audi .......
120: RE: Regarding the differences between the versions... (5.25)
Posted by audioengr on 2007-12-13, 16:42:15 (208.100.141.234)
Ive read these claims from Otachan myself. I hear differences in every version of ASIO, so I dont believe it. I dont use it anymore now, so its a non-issue for me. No ASIO is better than the best ASIO .......
121: If you must use it - download and install ASIO plugin (provided your hardware supports ASIO natively). (5.25)
Posted by carcass93 on 2009-08-17, 09:23:56 (129.33.19.254)
Link below. .......
122: Re: Foobar 0.8X and 0.9X - totally different animals for ASIO (5.25)
Posted by aljordan on 2007-03-01, 07:42:52 (204.10.46.254)
Hi Presto, You said you were using the Foobar ASIO driver channel mapping capability, and then you mentioned the Thuneau Allocator. Are you actually using Foobar's ASIO output mode at the same time yo .......
123: Where Oh Where Did My ASIO Go ? (5.24)
Posted by parisphoto@earthlink.net on 2013-11-23, 15:24:19 (24.44.202.250)
I'd appreciate it if someone would take the time to explain this to me. In Win 7 64 Bit, is the ASIO driver supplied in the DAC's USB driver ? The reason I ask is with the two DACS I have, ASIO is no .......
124: RE: Have you tried different output from Foobar (ASIO, KS), to isolate the problem? N/T (5.24)
Posted by dw2071 on 2009-06-15, 11:55:49 (71.167.38.240)
I was using ASIO before until I heard that WASPI was better. The "problem" is the same in ASIO and WASPI, but WASPI just sounds better overall that's why I'm using it. .......
125: Re: To ASIO or not to ASIO,that is the question? (5.23)
Posted by agnostic on 2006-03-10, 10:35:02 (87.74.34.213)
I found that K-Streaming is the only option which gives me completely clean SPDIF-out from my elderly M-audio DIO2448. Running high-freq test tones and sweeps(sines), I get occasional faint pops and c .......
126: RE: What OS? (5.23)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-12-30, 23:13:25 (67.188.119.227)
K, XP has what is called the Kernel mixer or Kmixer. It tends to mangle the sound. ASIO or Audio Stream In& Out as well as Kernal streaming are ways to bypass the Kmixer. DO a search on the Kmixer her .......
127: E-MU 1212 recording and ASIO (5.23)
Posted by jeffmathers on 2007-09-27, 05:47:49 (69.212.62.132)
I want to use Audacity to record some LPs to PC and have found that Audacity does not have ASIO support. So I'm assuming that I have to enable my E-Mu card to use the Windows controls. When I do enabl .......
128: Re: Tks Kiep...can you please tell me which ASIO driver.. (5.23)
Posted by Audio Pharaoh on 2005-09-09, 16:39:44 (82.201.177.157)
It seems my curent Motherboard built-in sound device is not supporting ASIO..when I choose ASIO in Foobar and go to Settings I see NO devices in the pull-down menu..:) I'll wait when I get a proper so .......
129: RE: Both valid ASIO output plugins... hmmm... (5.21)
Posted by Thuneau on 2007-12-05, 18:04:52 (76.124.31.98)
ASIO can be multiclient or not depending on implementation by the manufacturer. It takes a bit of DSP on board of the card itself to correctly mix the different streams from multiple clients (aplicati .......
130: RE: Kernel Streaming v Asio (5.21)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2009-02-11, 13:50:06 (66.188.68.67)
I have noticed too that now KS does not work with Winamp. But with Vista WASAPI would be KS in essence and to me it sounds better than ASIO. If you have XP then you are pretty much limited to ASIO, no .......
131: Re: Huh? (Re: Is ASIO necessary if going through a USB-DAC?) (5.20)
Posted by Scourcean on 2007-02-15, 10:24:09 (72.64.88.38)
Oops! That was a typo. It's Foobar -> ASIO -> ASIO2KS -> USB DAC. I'm getting good results with the USB-ASIO driver these days. .......
132: I think I remember now... (5.20)
Posted by Presto on 2006-09-12, 14:03:22 (207.216.246.51)
I think I did read all that stuff at one point. Is this where guys are using a third-party driver to get the thing to have ASIO capability using a "real" ASIO driver...and not ASIO4ALL? What are you u .......
133: RE: Foobar 0.8.3 with (I assume Otachan) ASIO - that, right there, kills JRiver used with its ASIO. (5.20)
Posted by DaveJT on 2014-01-21, 13:08:23 (76.67.26.79)
Not sure about the asio driver, I got it from Foobar 0.8.3 Aktuell component directory. I was using a newer version and read one of your scathing remarks about the new foobar so I decided to try 0.8.3 .......
134: all subjective (5.20)
Posted by Jon L on 2008-05-28, 12:08:26 (162.119.232.100)
I'll leave the KS vs. ASIO audio stack differences to the true techies, but I have always preferred ASIO to KS myself. Once again, everything is subjective and relative to one's system and tastes, but .......
135: RE: Kernel Streaming v Asio (5.19)
Posted by aljordan on 2009-02-11, 11:39:34 (204.10.46.254)
Hi, I agree with your findings when using my Lynx card and Foobar, except that I would describe the difference as "the ASIO output has more low end". I think this is another way of describing what you .......
136: RE: Lynx to BSS help please... (5.19)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-06-28, 02:14:12 (207.168.8.98)
I wish I could help you more. I don't think it really matters where the attenuation happens if it is all digital anyhow. I was thinking that it could be the SPDIF AES/EBU setting but the BSS is happy .......
137: RE: Juli@ question (5.19)
Posted by 1543 on 2010-01-17, 13:49:08 (89.244.118.95)
Please check channel mapping. Have had same problem. As I did not know how to change channel mapping in J.River MP or M-Audio ASIO driver I have changed asio channel mapping with foobar. File/Preferen .......
138: Works fine for me (5.19)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2011-08-01, 01:15:45 (24.7.99.67)
It works on my system as you can see in the pict above. Clicking properties just brings up the asio control panel for the soundcard. I verified it was using asio by trying to use cplay when WMP was .......
139: asio setup in foobar (5.18)
Posted by audiogremlin on 2007-08-12, 12:37:46 (70.72.229.107)
Anyone know how to properly setup asio in foobar for an emu 0202? I installed the driver software to have the computer recognize the emu but that does not install the asio driver. I found emasio.dll, .......
140: RE: Can the 1212M be used to achieve room equalization? (5.18)
Posted by aljordan on 2007-09-30, 05:03:16 (74.69.243.112)
Hi Mike, The answer depends on whether the player supports both ASIO and VST plugins. I think JRiver has a VST or DX plugin DSP, Winamp supports both, and Foobar now also supports both. If you have AS .......
141: RE: ASIO (5.18)
Posted by JBen on 2011-03-29, 22:09:26 (69.65.66.188)
PM, search from a different perspective (RECORDING) and you may find more info. ASIO's key benefit for PLAYBACK is that it bypasses typical computer/software layers. Thus, it can help to get cleaner s .......
142: RE: Warmth and ASIO (5.18)
Posted by JayNYC on 2008-12-17, 13:15:18 (98.14.183.153)
Using Media Monkey Gold on Vista32 with TC Electronic Konnekt Live and Yamaha HS-50 monitors, I can definitely hear a difference between Otachan ASIO and Steve Monk's Kernel Streaming Plugin. That sa .......
143: Re: My fellow inmates: audio sounds tinny off of new laptop. Help! (5.17)
Posted by bobp on 2006-08-28, 07:03:09 (66.241.132.98)
In Windows environment the only way to bypass Windows audio settings is to use ASIO drivers. In order to have ASIO working, you need: 1. Haredware that supports ASIO playback. I guess M-audio transit .......
144: USB ASIO questions (5.16)
Posted by fr338 on 2008-07-09, 07:37:32 (59.149.74.221)
I am still struggling to see how to use my USB device with SRC.( this may seem kind of silly to others but I always think laptop is the quietest PC) Cics once mentioned ASIO4ALL is 16bits & 44.1KHz on .......
145: RE: They sound the same in Vista... (5.15)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-12-12, 17:37:51 (67.169.157.170)
Scrith, you seem to be saying that ASIO sounds the same on both????? I read DBB as asking if one OS sounded better. SO if you have XP with ASIO or KS, does it sound the same as Vista with ASIO or KS, .......
146: RE: Downloaded Foobar. . . (5.15)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-09-29, 16:07:02 (139.68.134.1)
YOu might not gain much on Vista, and if your hardware doesn't support ASIO, then don't bother even if you use ASIO4All, etc. But if your hardware supports it, you should try Asio. Foobar is a 3rd tie .......
147: RE: ASIO Driver for OSX (5.14)
Posted by Mercman on 2014-09-04, 10:45:54 (70.181.188.112)
The ASIO driver for Windows does not use DoP nor does the ASIO driver for OSX. This results in better sound. As for the DAC being better than other products, power supply, analog circuits, filters, et .......
148: RE: I've used Foobar2000 for years and see no reason to change (5.14)
Posted by telackey on 2019-05-13, 08:59:47 (107.77.199.18)
FWIW, I use Foobar 2000 with ASIO. ASIO, KS, DS, and WASAPI can all output bit-perfect streams, but at least for me, ASIO has proved by far the most reliable when listening to media of different bitra .......
149: Re: foo_output_asio(dll) or foo_output_asio(exe) (5.14)
Posted by Presto on 2006-02-02, 07:43:31 (129.128.119.163)
Fmak: This makes sense. An ASIO driver written specifically for your card is supposed to be better. ASIO4ALL just "piggybacks" the WDM driver of a card giving ASIO functionality. A true ASIO card usin .......
150: You're correct re: ASIO. (5.14)
Posted by carcass93 on 2012-02-10, 09:04:56 (129.33.19.254)
Yes, not everything said by that side makes sense, either. Mentioning those services shows that he simply doesn't know much about ASIO. In my opinion, it's all matter of a particular implementation - .......
151: RE: ASIO Ignorance (5.14)
Posted by Squonk on 2008-12-12, 14:38:33 (99.162.58.82)
I agree with you. I can't seem to tell the diff between Foobar & WinAmp (using ASIO). Not to say there isn't a difference, I just can't hear it. I sure can hear a diff between ASIO and DS in XP. I use .......
152: I use Otachan's ASIO plugin to much satisfaction. My suggestions: (5.14)
Posted by carcass93 on 2008-09-15, 07:46:59 (129.33.19.254)
1. If you're talking about ASIO plugin that's downloadable from Winamp site - forget it, it's pretty much piece of garbage. 2. You need to use Otachan's ASIO, EXE version 0.70 - DLL version is inferio .......
153: 24 bit ASIO ??? (5.13)
Posted by play-mate on 2009-09-03, 16:55:14 (77.12.232.147)
sorry to be a little retarded here.... did you say cPlay does not support 24 bit ASIO ? -what is 24 bit ASIO ? I´m very curious if I have missed something here....! .......
154: RE: Kernel Streaming Audio (5.13)
Posted by cics on 2008-06-03, 11:57:10 (198.54.202.234)
KS: Player streams samples via Windows Kernel (hence the name Kernel Streaming). Windows driver I/O function is used (kernel mode / user mode switching occurs). ASIO: Player streams through ASIO drive .......
155: RE: Some more refinements (5.13)
Posted by cics on 2010-05-23, 22:55:14 (41.183.0.21)
Thanks for confirming PCI Latency and Vterm. No need to use ASIO4ALL as cPlay reports buffer in samples (see diagnostics). For example: ASIO Driver Initializing... Name (ASIO4ALL v2) Player ASIO v .......
156: cPlay only supports 32bit ASIO ouput and need for large RAM is gone with release 2.0b1 (5.12)
Posted by cics on 2008-10-08, 00:46:29 (196.11.134.77)
Transit's ASIO only supports 16 bit ASIO output - possibly an issue for USB. Tony's suggestion of using ASIO4ALL is correct and will work with cPlay (as it does 32 bits). Latest ASIO4ALL is worth a tr .......
157: RE: They sound the same in Vista... (5.11)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-12-14, 10:12:07 (67.169.157.170)
Hey Scrith, What he is looking for is: XP: ASIO and KS VS. Vista: XP, KS, or DS. Especially in DBBs case as I understand it if there is no a difference with say XP with asio vs. Vista with DS, this co .......
158: RE: asio with vista? (5.11)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2008-01-04, 12:33:46 (97.89.28.78)
Your right, no kmixer in Vista so no need for ASIO. I could not even load ASIO on my Vista machine....I kept getting an error. Either way direct sound is the way to go with Vista, and it supports upsa .......
159: RE: Currently running Lynx AES16XLR in cMP² with no issues (5.10)
Posted by cics on 2009-01-21, 10:42:23 (198.54.202.234)
Seems you have 2 ASIO drivers installed. cPlay settings should allow you to select either one. What are you getting? Can you select these drivers in Foobar's ASIO setup? It's better to use the Lynx AS .......
160: RE: WaveLink (5.10)
Posted by edward on 2010-02-20, 17:43:35 (72.220.6.65)
Gordon Rankin . . . says ASIO is bad for audio playback LOL. Wow, a manufacturer told you his product is great and the other guy's version is crap. Shocker. Gee, do you think he's trying to sell you .......
161: Re: Which Media Player for PC?? (5.10)
Posted by Nirmalanow on 2005-12-12, 08:45:07 (24.116.67.146)
I also like Foobar. I swear it sounds better, but I don't know why. Here are some tips I found helpful when getting Foobar to work with my Stereo-Link external soundcard and ASIO-For-All (http://www.a .......
162: Re: ASIO--)USB--)DAC (5.10)
Posted by ThomasPf on 2004-10-18, 12:47:02 (131.107.71.224)
In order to have foobar to support ASIO devices you need an ASIO output plugin. This plugin can be found at http://www3.cypress.ne.jp/otachan/ This site also has a plugin for Winamp if that is your pl .......
163: You didn't mention how Foobar is configured - that's really important. (5.10)
Posted by carcass93 on 2007-12-11, 07:29:41 (129.33.19.254)
Your soundcard supports ASIO natively - make sure Foobar is set to use ASIO as output. There's lot of info on AA, including advantages of older version of Foobar, combined with Otachan ASIO. ::: TOPI .......
164: RE: Warmth and ASIO (5.10)
Posted by GCrouser@hvc.rr.com on 2008-12-11, 04:58:18 (24.164.189.71)
Bill Gates is an audiophile & has now improved your sound...duh! I recently noticed that Winamp w/Otochan's ASIO & J River with it's ASIO both seemed smoother sounding than Foobar w KS. I converted to .......
165: RE: Kmixer is sometimes OK (5.10)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2008-10-31, 15:14:13 (97.89.26.88)
I think it has become apparent that the only way to competently remove any mixer from the audio stream and to ensure bit transparency is to to use Kernel Steaming or ASIO in XP and below or WASAPI [ex .......
166: RE: asio setup in foobar (5.10)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-08-12, 19:30:02 (139.68.134.1)
Hi AG, It would be helpful if you added some screen shots now that you can add at least one file to posts. See if you can show the options on Foobars output preferences. The only item that needs to be .......
167: how do i get otachan asio to work? (5.10)
Posted by fzman@aol.com on 2008-09-27, 14:46:42 (99.145.195.50)
just installed the audiotrak prodigy hd2 trying to use winamp -- via asio digital out with the plugin from winamp site. i cannot get any sound with the asio plugin using the prodigy asio driver, but c .......
168: Re: problems with my new EMU card -- I Need Help (5.09)
Posted by aljordan on 2006-10-31, 08:21:29 (204.10.46.254)
This means two things: the first is that the ASIO driver for the Emu card only allows one application at a time to access the ASIO driver. This is the same case as the Lynx ASIO driver. The second is .......
169: Re: Tks Kiep...can you please tell me which ASIO driver.. (5.09)
Posted by Kiep on 2005-09-09, 16:04:01 (68.147.152.9)
Not sure, I don't remember having a choice there. My Foobar shows "ASIO (dll version)" Try going with normal. With my EMU 0404 the ASIO driver beats Kernel Streaming and DirectSound hands down. YMMV w .......
170: J. River MC 12 supports ASIO (5.09)
Posted by Old Listener on 2007-08-21, 17:39:09 (66.234.193.96)
> Does it support kernel streaming and ASIO? MC 12 supports ASIO, Waveout and DirectSound for output. (uPnP devices as well.) It does not support kernel streaming. J. River says they don't need to sup .......
171: Check out the E-MU range of cards (5.08)
Posted by Christine Tham on 2006-11-22, 13:00:20 (60.227.59.154)
The cards comes with a driver frontend called PatchMix. PatchMix allows dynamic assignment of ASIO inputs/outputs to hardware, and you can mix/route the signals, add effects etc. You can even do thing .......
172: RE: ping: carcass- re: asio settings for xonar/ driver settings (5.07)
Posted by mschneider on 2009-02-23, 14:36:20 (12.54.176.242)
now i am a bit confused-- the settings in winamp/asio i was referring to are in winamp, preferences, output, then clicking on cinfig on the bottom, with the asio exe as the only output plug in listed. .......
173: RE: system questions (5.07)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2011-07-08, 00:36:17 (24.7.99.67)
Hey Kev, My 2 cents is to get a dac that has real asio drivers. Cplay is predicated on asio and asio4all is a limiting factor in this case. I cant think of any examples where someone preferred asio4al .......
174: ASIO (5.06)
Posted by play-mate on 2011-03-29, 01:28:02 (77.186.138.200)
Dear Forum, Haven´t had much success on the digital forum, so I´ll try it here : Can anyone provide a link or give an explanation of what ASIO actually does ? how does it work and what does it do to t .......
175: RE: new to computer audio (5.06)
Posted by Presto on 2014-02-07, 09:05:20 (207.167.13.69)
Tony: I can buy that - some ASIO drivers may be capable, by design, of mixing non-ASIO streams. I used to call this an "ASIO mixer", as some pro-sumer/pro products are *designed* to allow mixing of ev .......
176: Help! cMP2 setup blocks Weiss asio (5.06)
Posted by riboge on 2009-04-08, 13:59:27 (70.181.188.99)
I have learned that in an unmodified xp pro system I can get cPlay and the Weiss contol softare, for that matter, to recognize its asio and the device. In my much-of-the-way cMP2 setup, the Weiss soft .......
177: RE: ASIO and Foobar...... (5.05)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-12-16, 17:59:58 (67.188.119.227)
You can get the ASIO dll here: http://www.foobar2000.org/components/foo_out_asio.zip Unzip it and put the dll file in your Foobar Component file: Then you have to map the asio outputs as this exam .......
178: MC will use your soundcard's ASIO driver. (5.04)
Posted by glennw on 2009-07-20, 12:19:44 (192.31.106.158)
I have an EMU 1212m soundcard and Media Center communicates with the EMU ASIO drivers and management software. I did not need to download anything else beyond what came with the soundcard. If your sou .......
179: Re: Kmixer, iTunes, Foobar, ASIO, and Scott Nixon USB DAC (5.04)
Posted by Lynn on 2006-07-16, 16:44:53 (24.251.134.201)
Hi, There are two methods to bypass the Windows mixer: Window's Kernel Streaming, and ASIO. ASIO4ALL does NOT support ASIO, nor does it any way use ASIO. ASIO4ALL is designed for sound cards that do n .......
180: RE: Try both out and decide for yourself (5.04)
Posted by Scrith on 2007-08-10, 11:37:08 (209.130.140.130)
Well, Benchmark uses the Windows drivers, which, by default, don't support ASIO. KernelStreaming is pretty much the same thing, however, and the standard drivers support that. Keep in mind that ASIO i .......
181: Foobar2000 v1.2.1 with ASIO plugin v2.1.2 under Win7 (5.04)
Posted by Presto on 2013-01-14, 09:01:51 (207.216.246.51)
Gang: Anyone getting any strange behavior with this player/ASIO plugin combo? I've never had Foobar/ASIO give my any grief before. I am getting recessed sound and some surround effect or echo that I c .......
182: Re: I Just Downloaded This Player..... (5.04)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2006-04-12, 12:59:36 (139.68.134.1)
Can you compare the ASIO4All with the ASIO built into the player? Under settings, you will find the Asio option at the bottom right of the first page (crossover). Just select it, and then you have rea .......
183: RE: soundcard help (5.03)
Posted by Old Listener on 2009-09-03, 11:19:12 (66.234.193.96)
> also prefer the card to work on ASIO4ALL drivers The Juli@ card comes with a very solid ASIO driver for XP. I have used it for several years without ANY problems. I think that the E-MU 0404 PCI card .......
184: USB-ASIO driver. Anyone using successfully with Foobar? (5.02)
Posted by Jon L on 2007-09-20, 00:15:01 (71.104.154.29)
I tried before with the 2005 version of USB-ASIO driver with Foobar without success. I just tried again with the newest version of USB-ASIO driver in Foobar, and still no success. I'm trying PS Audio .......
185: ASIO for A/V playback (5.02)
Posted by Bibo01 on 2009-05-20, 23:57:26 (80.116.153.203)
For 2ch listening I'm using a LynxTwo-B card with its ASIO driver. As I am bi-amping JRiverMC refers to a program called Jack which is a virtual sound card/router that lets the users send audio betwee .......
186: "ASIO is bad for audio playback" is an illogical comment. ASIO is just a standard! (5.02)
Posted by cics on 2010-02-23, 06:32:37 (41.183.0.21)
Firstly thanks for the great feedback. ASIO is freely available (on email request) from Steinberg. They provide source for it's baseline and both host & driver samples - its simple and OPEN. ASIO's be .......
187: Re: Auto clockrate on external module (5.02)
Posted by audioengr on 2006-10-16, 14:40:04 (66.220.121.75)
"Is this a feature of Asio4All? Does the Freeway have a real Asio driver?" Sample rate is independent of the driver and ASIO. The Driver usually only sets the sample rate or sample rate range. Freeway .......
188: Two different things. (5.01)
Posted by carcass93 on 2007-12-11, 10:56:35 (129.33.19.254)
In order for Foobar ASIO plugin to work, sound card needs to have support for ASIO - either through native drivers (as with M-Audio, EMU, Lynx etc.), or through application like ASIO4ALL that simulate .......
189: USB ASIO + Foobar ? (5.01)
Posted by ozzyan on 2008-10-30, 03:00:12 (77.105.41.149)
My usual setup is ASIO4ALL + Foobar2000 (0.9.4.4) through Trends UD-10.1 usb>spdif convertor and finally into external dac. I've decided to try the famous Ploytec USB ASIO driver and did manage to ins .......
190: RE: Like this-can you (5.00)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2011-01-12, 07:31:31 (65.19.76.104)
The control panel probably isn't needed with the ASIO interface, since the essential display and control features are available through an ASIO based application program. At least that's the way it is .......
191: RE: Currently running Lynx AES16XLR in cMP² with no issues (5.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2009-01-21, 12:58:53 (67.188.118.129)
Hi Cics, It's better to use the Lynx ASIO driver. Yes in a NORMAL setup. But the Thuneau Allocator NEEDS the lynx ASIO driver, and Lynx is single client, so as soon as one program "grabs" the Lynx d .......
192: RE: SSRC-ASIO Issue (4.99)
Posted by cpuaudio on 2008-06-15, 15:41:43 (71.227.130.180)
What's the point? Every power cord and interconnect I've heard sounds different - but some sound better then others. Because Nordost or Synergistic Research cables sound different doesn't make them ba .......
193: Re: Kmixer, iTunes, Foobar, ASIO, and Scott Nixon USB DAC (4.99)
Posted by edward on 2006-07-17, 19:25:26 (72.199.1.251)
---"How did you get iTunes to use ASIO?"--- As long as you have the M-Audio ASIO driver installed, then you can use "DirectSound" with iTunes (which is actually set in the QuickTime control panel). In .......
194: RE: Has Anyone Used WASAPI output support (4.99)
Posted by Bob Brines on 2008-08-22, 06:16:30 (75.15.71.77)
>>I dont think you would want to use KS on Vista anyway, I know. Just mentioning this in passing as a possible option if ASIO doesn't work. WASAPI is specific to Vista. >>WASAPI sounds better and ev .......
195: Thanks guys - I think I got it. (4.99)
Posted by Presto on 2006-02-01, 07:26:51 (129.128.119.163)
Fmak, Davehanc: The error reported is that "Sample rate not supported by Asio". I am using AC97 (onboard) right now, since I am just experimenting, but it works FINE with all upsamplers when using Ker .......
196: Re: Help Foobar and ASIO (4.98)
Posted by fmak on 2006-01-11, 22:07:04 (87.228.160.151)
I have similar experience to you. There are some hidden issues with Foobar and ASIO, also KS. After a lot of refusals to play KS and ASIO properly, they have suddenly started to work. Bit Perfect play .......
197: RE: Improved Foobar2000 0.8.3 ASIO builds (4.97)
Posted by Scrith on 2007-05-22, 09:44:58 (209.130.140.130)
I am a bit confused. You talk about compression, dynamics, and distortion in relation to an ASIO component for Foobar2000. Does an ASIO component change the data (16-bit, 44K in most cases for digital .......
198: I didn't say ASIO4ALL does not "work". (4.97)
Posted by Presto on 2007-08-09, 17:59:12 (207.216.246.51)
I just said that it's not *really* a true ASIO driver solution. If a device needs ASIO4ALL, then you're already stuck with a WDM (at best) device that requires kernel streaming. ASIO4ALL is "ASIO emu .......
199: RE: Difference between new DirectX and ASIO also difference in buffer settings: (4.97)
Posted by Squonk on 2008-07-14, 18:12:57 (68.74.56.129)
Okie doke. So, since I can't run both my Transit AND Winamp-ASIO in very low latency without pops, which would you recommend: a. set both at medium setting. b. set ASIO at higher latency(40) .......
200: ASIO and Kernel Streaming are technologies most commonly used to pass unchanged digital stream on XP. (4.97)
Posted by carcass93 on 2009-05-05, 14:07:27 (129.33.19.254)
Both are supported in many media players, sometimes via plugins. For ASIO, your sound card has to support it to be able to use it - otherwise you could use ASIO4ALL, which is Kernel Streaming disguise .......
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