Instruction Manual

Chapter 14: Reference
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Audio Settings
The Preferences [Audio] button opens the Audio Settings dialog.
Audio Driver Type
You’ll see the following options for Audio Driver Type: MME or ASIO.
MME is the default audio driver type that is used in Windows. MME is
good, but there is latency (delay) associated with MME drivers.
For this reason, Steinberg developed a faster type of audio driver system, called ASIO. It allows for much lower
latency than ordinary MME drivers do.
Note: Most low-end sound cards do not include an ASIO driver, so you may not have an ASIO driver yet. In this case,
you’ll need to get an ASIO driver from the Internet.
ASIO Audio Driver
When you select ASIO the ASIO Audio Drivers dialog will open.
This ASIO driver dialog lets you choose an ASIO driver. You can arrive at this dialog in 3 different ways:
1) If you haven’t used ASIO drivers, but Band-in-a-Box detected them, and you answered “Yes” when Band-
in-a-Box asked if you want to use an ASIO driver.
2) If, within the Audio Preferences, you change the Audio Driver Type from MME to ASIO.
3) If the Audio Driver Type is already set to ASIO, but you later press the [Audio Drivers…] button in the
Audio Preferences.
The “Select one ASIO Driver” list box lets you select an ASIO driver to use. You can only select one ASIO driver
at a time.