Asus Audio Card Xonar D2 - Manual (Page 55)

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6.9 ASIO 2 Driver
ASIO TM (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.
When Using Ableton Live…
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1 Preferences Step 1 is to open the “Preferences” window from the Options
tab.
2 Driver Type Step 2 is to select “ASIO” as the driver type. (WDM and MME
are other Windows driver types)
3 Audio Device Step 3 is to choose “ASUS Xonar D2 ASIO” as the Audio
Device.
4 Hardware Setup Step 4 is to click the Hardware Setup to configure the Bit-
depth (16/24bit) and latency (1ms~300ms).
5 Sample Rate Step 5 is to select the sample rate from 44.1, 48, 96,
192KHz.
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