Asio some sound

[Neyko]

ASIO4all is working great for Ableton and Reason.
On the other hand, no sound comes from my media players. Digital Voice Editorby Sony, Windows Media Player etc., do not play sound.

What do I need to adjust to get sound from everything?

[Michael Tippach]

Along with your ASIO4ALL, there should have come a manual in PDF format. Inside we find:

Cannot play sound from another application when ASIO4ALL is active

This by design. As close to the hardware as possible means that all the software mixing provided by
Windows will be bypassed. Without any software mixing - and the associated latency and bit mangling -
you are stuck with the hardware mixing capabilities of your audio device. Most of the time, there simply
are no hardware mixing capabilities at all.

Does this answer your question?