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Post by exyll on May 31, 2010 18:23:31 GMT
When I open up the ASIO4ALL configuration panel. It shows that no WDM device or driver is present. The message says exactly what your problem is. Install your hardware drivers. ASIO4ALL is not a magic drivers package, it uses your own hardware drivers to make ASIO available. ASIO4ALL works *on top of* your hardware drivers.
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Post by exyll on May 31, 2010 18:21:17 GMT
I hope that this problem will be solved some way.. Its not a problem and will probably never be fixed. You have the same issue op XP but there you were probably using other ASIO drivers.
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Post by exyll on May 31, 2010 18:15:00 GMT
You still need drivers for your hardware. ASIO4ALL works on top of your hardware drivers to make ASIO available.
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Post by exyll on May 26, 2010 21:40:31 GMT
You mention that you installed the X-FI drivers. They come with Creative ASIO drivers. Are the Creative ASIO drivers working?
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Post by exyll on May 26, 2010 21:37:42 GMT
All versions of Windows 7 work perfectly with ASIO4ALL. Just make sure that the audio applications that you use are configured to make use of ASIO and that no other applications are opened before starting the application that should use ASIO4ALL. This was also true in all previous Windows versions.
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Post by exyll on May 26, 2010 21:26:51 GMT
I have the same problemen and I have the same USB mic.
It turns out then when I do not set it too low that the latency seems not to increase much. I usually set the latency somewhere between 192 and 256 samples. Also, make sure that you DO NOT CHECK hardware buffer on the mic as that also seems to not work very well for the latency.
I have set the input sample rate to 48kHz as I can clearly hear the difference between 44.1kHz and 48kHz. Seems that 48kHz s the native sampling frequency for the mic.
It can also be a problem with your DAW. I sometimes use Cantabile and I really have much less latency issues with it then any DAW.
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Post by exyll on Apr 8, 2010 21:43:00 GMT
Converting from 48kHz to 44.1kHz is an extra load on the CPU which is often not required.
A lot of hardware has native recording on 48kHz. If you select 44.1kHz then the drivers just captures at 48kHz and downconverts to 44.1kHz or sometimes doesn't even report 44.1kHz. That is where ASIO4ALL 44.1kHz convert option is for. If you don't need it then don't use is as less processing means lower latency.
Then there is input latency. The total latency defined by the time the electronic signal flows into your soundcard until it is returned by the audio driver to be recorded into the audio application.
Output latency is exactly the opposite. The time it takes to have digital audio data from within an application until it is electronically outputted by the soundcard.
When you want to do live processing of incoming audio data from for example a connected guitar or microphone then the total latency is the input latency + processing latency + output latency.
If you stack several processors on top of each other then you ussually increase the processing latency as a) the cpu load increases which results in less cpu time available for the audio drivers resulting in higer input and/or output latency and increased process latency for other processors as those have less cpu time as well.
Hope this helps ;-)
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Post by exyll on Apr 8, 2010 21:31:35 GMT
By the way, I'm running Windows 7 x64 with a Soundblaster X-FI xtreme gamer which works fine.
Make sure you downloaded the latest drivers from the creative website for Windows 7.
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Post by exyll on Apr 8, 2010 21:30:39 GMT
What do you see in the ASIO4ALL configuration panel? What kind of icons are displayed? Are they green, red or blue?
If the port that you want to use is red then a service or application is using the audio out so that ASIO4ALL cannot get exclusive access which is required. This is what the previous poster mentions. Make sure that no browsers are open, that you do not have foobar of winamp active, no other sequencers then the one you want to use... etc, etc.
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Post by exyll on Apr 8, 2010 21:26:42 GMT
Some souncard both share mic and line-in on the same port. On my soundblaster gamer I need to have the correct input attached before turning the computer on. Try this first and maybe this fixes your issue.
Second, right click the lower right speaker icon, click recording devices, go to the properties of your line-in or mic-in port and see if the input level is set high enough. Also check if any microphone gain is set.
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Post by exyll on Apr 8, 2010 21:08:47 GMT
but will they work just as well when running Windows 7's "XP Mode"? No this will not work very good as the XP mode is just a virtual machine running windows XP on top of Windows 7. I am using ASIO4ALL without any problems on Windows 7 x64. Just make sure that you are using the latest drivers from realtek which you can download at their site. Also make sure that you disabled as must as service as possible, that you disable aero, etc. etc. See the what works topics for good suggestions on how to configure your system.
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Post by exyll on Jan 15, 2010 19:59:22 GMT
Did you try another DAW like Reaper to see if ASIO works?
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Post by exyll on Jan 15, 2010 19:51:00 GMT
Seems to me that: A. Your guitar preamp sends a too high signal. B. You are having a mic preamp activated or something related.
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Post by exyll on Jan 15, 2010 19:47:10 GMT
DO you also have clicks and pops when you drag the buffer size all the way to the right? How is your CPU load? Make sure you have a decent PC and that you are not stressing the CPU too much. If any core comes above 60-70% then that can result in audio quirks. Did you tweak your system? I listed my tweaks in the what works section: mtippach.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=working&action=display&thread=2059
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Post by exyll on Jan 15, 2010 19:43:38 GMT
You are experiencing correct behavior.
This is how ASIO4ALL works. It needs exclusive access to your audio hardware.
There are work-arounds like for example * running a DAW like Reaper, * create two tracks * in one you drag your mp3/audio file * in the other you load the Amplitube VST instead of the standalone version
Now you can play the mp3 in your DAW and use Amplitube at the same time.
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