6.9ASIO 2 Driver

ASIOTM (Audio Stream Input Output) is a proprietary audio driver architecture and a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The Xonar D2 driver package has included an ASIO2 compatible driver for application programs that have ASIO or ASIO2 output. ASIO can ensure lower latency during playback and recording on PCs, which is very important for professional music creation and editing.

The Xonar D2 package also provides Ableton Live and Sonar LE audio editing software, which all support ASIO output. The setup reference is described below.

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Preferences

Step 1 is to open the “Preferences” window from the Options

 

 

 

tab.

 

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Driver Type

Step 2 is to select “ASIO” as the driver type. (WDM and MME

 

 

 

are other Windows driver types)

 

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Audio Device

Step 3 is to choose “ASUS Xonar D2 ASIO” as the Audio

 

 

 

Device.

 

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Hardware Setup

Step 4 is to click the Hardware Setup to configure the Bit-

 

 

 

depth (16/24bit) and latency (1ms~300ms).

 

 

 

 

 

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Sample Rate

Step 5 is to select the sample rate from 44.1, 48, 96,

 

 

 

 

192KHz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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