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TimMedcalf

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ASIO and Volume Control?
« on: March 19, 2006, 04:58:56 pm »

Any reason why the main MC volume slider doesn't affect my ASIO output?

Directsound and Waveout work as they should...but not ASIO.

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Myron

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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2006, 10:26:46 pm »

Any reason why the main MC volume slider doesn't affect my ASIO output?

Directsound and Waveout work as they should...but not ASIO.



Volume works for me with or without ASIO and on both analog and digital outputs.  I'm using an M-Audio Detlta AP2496 card.
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TimMedcalf

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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2006, 01:01:12 am »

hmmm...same card as mine.

I'll investigate further...
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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2006, 01:22:44 am »

MC has two volume control options. You need to use the Internal option with ASIO.

Right-click the speaker icon besides the volume slider and select "Internal Volume (audio only)" or select it from the top menu (Player > Volume).
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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2006, 09:08:04 am »

umm, I'm using ASIO4all, everything shows chipper, and I can still adjust volume both internally and externally.  Which bit am I missing?
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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2006, 09:15:00 am »

MC has two volume control options. You need to use the Internal option with ASIO.

Right-click the speaker icon besides the volume slider and select "Internal Volume (audio only)" or select it from the top menu (Player > Volume).

Thanks, I wasn't aware of this option...
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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2006, 05:16:51 pm »

Cool....works great!
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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2006, 05:19:20 pm »

Realize you are only getting true bit-perfect with MC's internal volume set to 100%  The way to test is to play back a wav-wrapped DTS 5.1 file.  If you're receiver locks onto the DTS signal you have bit-perfect.  If you get noise (careful with the volume control while testing this!) you don't.  Obviously this doesn't matter if you don't care about the whole bit-perfect thing.
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TimMedcalf

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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2006, 12:36:40 am »

oh? hmmmmm.... Cheers for letting me know!

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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2006, 10:13:05 am »

umm, I'm using ASIO4all, everything shows chipper, and I can still adjust volume both internally and externally.  Which bit am I missing?

Sorry to stray off course, But I just got a card that is capable of ASIO, (Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty) what exactly is the bennefit of ASIO4All?

Thanks,
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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2006, 10:28:14 am »

If your new card also came with Creative's ASIO drivers there is probably no benefit to using the ASIO4ALL drivers. I believe the ASIO4ALL drivers are more for cards that don't include ASIO drivers from the factory.  That being said, Who knows? The ASIO4ALL drivers might perform better than some factory drivers ;D
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Jakester

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Re: ASIO and Volume Control?
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2006, 12:16:41 pm »

^^^^^ what he said - ASIO4ALL is for cards that do not have ASIO drivers ^^^^^

Here's a link to using a cheap $30 card for ASIO output using ASIO4ALL: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=27238.0

Downloadable DTS 5.1 files to test bit-perfect can be had here: http://www.sr.se/multikanal/english/e_index.stm
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