CPU Performance vs. Real-Time Performance in Digital Audio

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  1. wanderer

    wanderer Producer

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    I bought a 1st gen Scarlett too, but never had any drivers problems. It sounded bad, though.
     
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  2. xorome

    xorome Audiosexual

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    Generic wrappers like ASIO4ALL, FlexASIO, Steinberg ASIO, ... have to go through one of the Windows audio APIs (WASAPI, AudioGraph, KDM, MME, DSound). They can't talk to the hardware directly. A "true" ASIO driver by the interface's manufacturer can potentially bypass that extra layer of software-indirection. Doesn't mean that the driver would automatically be better though. If your interface doesn't have a true ASIO driver, but your DAW has solid support for WASAPI, then using a generic-ASIO-driver-on-top-of-WASAPI instead of your DAW's WASAPI backend is a (small) waste of resources.
     
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  3. forart.it

    forart.it Kapellmeister

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    "Generic" ASIO drivers are ONLY for audio interfaces/soundcards that does not have official ones from their manufacturers !

    ...if provided, of course.
     
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