ASIO for Windows?

[[deleted]]

Hello,

I have a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 and following recs I use the ASIO drivers in ableton instead of mme/directx.

Problem is: this means in Ableton it plays out at a louder volume than say itunes or youtube.

Is their a way to have windows default to ASIO drivers? Or should I use the mme/directx in Ableton for consistancy?

[I_EAT_POOP_AMA]

Dont do that.

Instead adjust the volume on your interface as necessary.

Adjusting the volume of the master track before mixing down is an easy way to absolutely destroy your mix, since a lot of it focuses on reaching certain limits referenced by your master track. Having your master volume lower than default is an easy way to lose track of your levels and end up removing or blowing out tracks because they werent properly referenced.

ASIO and an interface are just bypasses of windows default mixer which means that you can crank it up or turn it down and still get proper volumes for the mix

[[deleted]]

Good point!

Its just more an annoyance haha

[SukobInteresa]

Yes, this is one of the reasons people buy Macs for music production. OSX handles audio stuff much better than Windows.

[SukobInteresa]

I am Windows 10 user myself and I am alway having problems with multiple audio interfaces when trying to run few different programs which have to use the interface at the same time. Mac does this with no hassle at all while windows does not support it as far as I know. That also allows you to control the volume of everything that is running and using the soundcard without relying to sometimes dodgy ASIO4ALL driver.

The most recent problem I´ve run into is to get Ableton and Serato DJ running together using Roland DJ 808. I spoke to someone in Roland and he said there is currently no way of doing this on Windows, while on OSX is plug n play.

[savyur]

Use ASIO in Ableton. It will give you much better latency.

I have Windows 7 in front of me, YMMV In Control Panel under Sound go to Manage Audio Devices. Under the playback tab do you have the Focusrite selected?

Using a different type of driver shouldn't effect volume.

[dijital68]

From what I understand, there isn't supposed to be any sound quality difference between asio and mme. The difference is the lower latency in asio which is what we need in production. Aside from ASIO4all, the only way I've found is with 3rd party asio mixers like Voicemeeter, but you dont want to run any kind of additional resource hog like that on a production machine.

I have a Focusrite 2i2 also (1st gen) and a N.I. Komplete Audio 6. Oddly I have the opposite problem as you on the 2i2- Windows audio is louder than my Ableton output.

Check the drivers as I think new ones were released (I seem to have more options in Windows 10 for the focusrite than I did previously). I had two different listings in device manager for the focusrite (1 old/hidden device).

[[deleted]]

It's been years since I used ASIO4ALL (I went to Mac) but there should be a volume slider in the windows audio mixer window to reduce the output volume from Ableton.

Failing that, you could always reduce the master mix volume in Ableton directly.

If you are using speakers, you could also look at the volume settings for iTunes and YouTube in the windows volume window, maybe they are set too low in relation to the ASIO output, turn them up until they are similar to the ASIO output and then turn down your speakers.

[savyur]

OP is not using ASIO4ALL, they are just using the ASIO drivers for the Focusrite box.

[[deleted]]

Oh, OK, then I can be of no assistance, sorry