Post by maiki on Dec 27, 2004 1:23:54 GMT
I downloaded and installed ASIO4ALL 2.2 today, and have been messing with it some. I'll post my perceptions here. I could be wrong about some of these things, please correct me if so.
Firstly, thank you for providing this useful software for free! Developers of freeware should always be thanked for their efforts!
The product does what it says, it provides ASIO driver capability for devices that otherwise don't have it.
I found a couple problems though, which caused me to uninstall it on one computer---
1)If one has a device that already has its own ASIO driver installed for it, it is entirely impossible (at least when I tried) to use its own ASIO driver, if ASIO4all is installed. Once ASIO4all is installed, it completely takes over all ASIO functionality, and no other ASIO driver can be used.
2)No way to disable ASIO4ALL, at least that I could find. That could be a work-around for #1, if one wanted to use a device's own ASIO driver. If I could have disabled it, I would not have uninstalled it. But it seems like the only way not to have A4A completely take over all ASIO, and not allow any other ASIO driver to work, is to completely uninstall it. So I did. (Again, please correct me if there is a way to disable it.)
3) With A4A running in a program, it is absolutely impossible to use any kind of system-wide software synth in that program. Looking at this forum, that is one of the most common responses to programs--check if Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth is enabled, and disable it.
Well, it's not only the Microsoft Synth, it is any kind of system-wide softsynth. I found it doesn't have to be disabled in Control Panel. (In fact, I found it impossible to disable the Microsoft Synth system-wide.) However, in using Sonar with the A4A driver, I had to make sure that in "Options", "MIDI devices", that no softsynth was checked as a possible output.
Well, I guess that's a fix--disable all softsynth usage in that program. But what if someone wants to use one. It isn't just the Microsoft synth. I have the Yamaha SYXG50, a much better one. There are also good ones from Edirol and others. Absolutely impossible to use if one is using the A4A driver.
I assume that the DXI and VST plugin softsynths still work, with A4A enabled. (I didn't try that yet, so not sure.) But some might want to use a system-wide softsynth. (The Yamaha one I mentioned doesn't come in a plug-in version, for instance.) If you want to use one, forget about using A4A.
To sum up--a good start. This driver will provide ASIO support to devices that otherwise do not have it. (at least those I tried it on.) But I hope it can be improved, so that it can co-exist with softsynths, so that it can allow devices that do have their own ASIO drivers to use those, and that it can be easily disabled and enabled again.
Thanks again! Happy New Year!
Firstly, thank you for providing this useful software for free! Developers of freeware should always be thanked for their efforts!
The product does what it says, it provides ASIO driver capability for devices that otherwise don't have it.
I found a couple problems though, which caused me to uninstall it on one computer---
1)If one has a device that already has its own ASIO driver installed for it, it is entirely impossible (at least when I tried) to use its own ASIO driver, if ASIO4all is installed. Once ASIO4all is installed, it completely takes over all ASIO functionality, and no other ASIO driver can be used.
2)No way to disable ASIO4ALL, at least that I could find. That could be a work-around for #1, if one wanted to use a device's own ASIO driver. If I could have disabled it, I would not have uninstalled it. But it seems like the only way not to have A4A completely take over all ASIO, and not allow any other ASIO driver to work, is to completely uninstall it. So I did. (Again, please correct me if there is a way to disable it.)
3) With A4A running in a program, it is absolutely impossible to use any kind of system-wide software synth in that program. Looking at this forum, that is one of the most common responses to programs--check if Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth is enabled, and disable it.
Well, it's not only the Microsoft Synth, it is any kind of system-wide softsynth. I found it doesn't have to be disabled in Control Panel. (In fact, I found it impossible to disable the Microsoft Synth system-wide.) However, in using Sonar with the A4A driver, I had to make sure that in "Options", "MIDI devices", that no softsynth was checked as a possible output.
Well, I guess that's a fix--disable all softsynth usage in that program. But what if someone wants to use one. It isn't just the Microsoft synth. I have the Yamaha SYXG50, a much better one. There are also good ones from Edirol and others. Absolutely impossible to use if one is using the A4A driver.
I assume that the DXI and VST plugin softsynths still work, with A4A enabled. (I didn't try that yet, so not sure.) But some might want to use a system-wide softsynth. (The Yamaha one I mentioned doesn't come in a plug-in version, for instance.) If you want to use one, forget about using A4A.
To sum up--a good start. This driver will provide ASIO support to devices that otherwise do not have it. (at least those I tried it on.) But I hope it can be improved, so that it can co-exist with softsynths, so that it can allow devices that do have their own ASIO drivers to use those, and that it can be easily disabled and enabled again.
Thanks again! Happy New Year!