Windows ASIO woes

[Andrew Tarpinian]

I believe in the Motu world you can get one of the the cheaper interfaces, like an ultralight AVB and connect them via avb, this seem like this is the way they are meant to work. 

Alternatively your unit looks like it might have some outputs on adat out so you might be able to find an inexpensive d/a converter that will give you analog outs without additional divers. I did this in the reverse adding 8 inputs to my UA Apollo with an OctoPre. 

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> On Jan 1, 2023, at 3:51 AM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com> wrote:
> 
> Happy new year, everybody!
> 
> So, on the last day of 2022, I discovered why people complain about doing audio on Windows. And I was wondering whether somebody had some experience, or simply just went with Mac OS or Linux. Neither is an option for me, though.
> 
> My main audio interface is a MOTU 24Ai, which is quite nice for its price point. But crucially, it doesn't have a single output – not even headphones. So I figured, let me use my old M-Audio 2x2M for that.
> 
> Turns out that ASIO drivers in Windows can only be used as a single device. So I can either use the MOTU, or the M-Audio, but not one for input and the other for output.
> 
> I've installed ASIO4ALL, but I'm still getting confused. I've installed Jack, too, but that's even more confusing. Finally, I've installed something by an Australian who since passed away (forgot the name of the software), and like ASIO4ALL, it doesn't deal well with large displays, and looks like it comes from the mid 1990s. And I'm just unable to get sound to come out of the headphones when a rack synth is playing sound, like a demo song.
> 
> Sooo... short of purchasing a MOTU interface with outputs, like an 828es or 16A, and somehow making it work with the 24Ai, has anybody ever had to deal with this, and come up with a solution that didn't involve banging your head against a wall? 🙂
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> - Peter
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