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ASIO4ALL v2

Universal ASIO Driver For WDM Audio

- Instruction Manual -

Last reviewed: 04/02/06

Table of Contents

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................1

Getting Started................................................................................................................................................... 1

Setting up your audio software......................................................................................................................1

Basic Configuration.......................................................................................................................................2

Advanced Configuration....................................................................................................................................4

Common Usage Cases Optimizations................................................................................................................6

Using “ReWuschel”...........................................................................................................................................7

Troubleshooting................................................................................................................................................. 8

Introduction

Welcome to ASIO4ALL v2! This manual enables you to make the most of your ASIO4ALL installation,

especially as it comes to the advanced features newly introduced in this Version of ASIO4ALL.

The ASIO4ALL v2 installer should have added two new icons to your desktop, one being a link to this

documentation and another to launch the ASIO4ALL control panel in off-line mode.

Getting Started

Setting up your audio software

In order to make use of ASIO4ALL, you need to configure your audio software accordingly. How you would

do this depends on your particular application. Generally, you would always enter the audio configuration

menu and select ASIO -> ASIO4ALL v2.

There now should be a button to launch the ASIO control panel. How this button is labeled depends on your

particular software. Once you press this button, the ASIO4ALL control panel should appear. Please consult

the manual of your audio software for further assistance, if necessary!

Sometimes, the audio software indeed would not provide an ASIO control panel option. This is the case

with e.g. Winamp and Foobar 2000, for which ASIO output plugins exist. For configuring ASIO4ALL with

these applications anyway, you can launch the off-line control panel from the desktop. Note that the off-line

control panel launcher works like a mini-ASIO-host of its own and does not reflect the current device status

of any instance of ASIO4ALL that may be open at the same time!

Changes made in the off-line control panel will have an effect only after you restart the audio application.

Settings made in the off-line control panel, however, will have no effect at all for applications that have

been configured with the ASIO4ALL (on-line) control panel launched from inside the audio options dialog

of the application.

Once you made it into the ASIO4ALL control panel, you can now proceed with some basic configuration.

Basic Configuration

1. Device List

This is the list of WDM audio devices found in your system. Highlight the device that you want to make

changes to.

Note: All parameter changes always only apply to the currently highlighted device!

If a device name appears in bold, this device is enabled. In the picture above, the CMI8738/C3DX PCI

Audio Device would be enabled while all others are not.

The current state of each device is shown by a small icon and can be either of these:

“Running” - The device has been successfully started by the audio engine.

“Available” - The device should be available for use in this session but has not been started yet.