Thus please do not run ASIO4all with your Focusrite unit, as these are not meant to be compatible. You can see in this article that ASIO4all makers do not recommend installing the manufacturer driver for your USB unit, same as we don't recommend installing their software. But theres another mystery, that the more typical ASIO4ALL tells me I only have about 6ms, but the levels when I speak react VERY slowly, more like 50+ms, and it sounds that way when monitoring it also. Please always select the correct device driver for your Focusrite Interface, which should read 'Focusrite' or the unit's name such as 'Scarlett' 'Saffire' 'Clarett' etc.įor more information on ASIO4all please see the ASIO4all FAQ page here. Audient ID4 on macOS Mojave, on Wi ndows 10, Audient USB ASIO driver - 4.3 ms Avid Digidesign 192 I/O (product has been discontinued) on MacOS 10.8.5, latency of 2. The Focusrite USB ASIO tells me the latency is 11ms and I believe it, the levels react immediately. Features: USB-audio support for ASIO compatible applications like Cubase, Logic Audio, Reason, Native Instruments soft-synths 32KHz, 44.1 KHz and 48 KHz sampling rate support 16 bit, 20 bit and. Using the WDM Driver or Generic Microsoft driver for that audio device will have much slower latency and performance than a native ASIO Device Driver.

Thus when using ASIO4all you are bypassing the manufacturer's own ASIO Device Driver written specifically for that hardware.

This means that ASIO4all connects to an audio device's own WDM Driver or the Windows Generic USB Driver and allows that driver to appear as ASIO to your DAW.

(Example Realtek or Nvidia HD Audio, SoundBlaster cards) The Focusrite Interfaces all come with a native device specific driver that includes both ASIO and WDM driver types.ĪSIO4all is designed for units that do not have native ASIO Device Drivers, like your computer's built in audio. We do not recommend using ASIO4all in your DAW for your Focusrite Interface.

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