The only small letdown ASIO brings is that there are a few more dropouts and failures of FX here and there. In any case, it's REALLY nice. Thanks again!

Hi - 2 things.

Firstly where do you download asio4all (I have a treid a few sites andf after a few clickthroughs i find I am having to d/l other stuff first before am allowed asioall?

Secondly what woudl i do with it once I had downloaded it i.e. do i run it as a driver for my onboard (Realtec) soundcard or is it a seperate programme?

Many thanks

Just realised that last post was a couple years ago - hope someone is still here:-)

You shouldn't have to download anything else, Brandon. I use ASIO4ALL on all my little internet boxes that have Realtek soundcard on them without any issues.

All you have to do is install asio4all, and after you do that, opening Sonar you'll need to go to your audio preferences and click on the playback and recording options. You probably have WDM selected...choose ASIO. Once that's done, you should see a little green icon appear in your task bar. That is the asio4all control panel icon which you will need to set up by clicking on it. Once you set that up, cose down Sonar, reopen it and then make all the correct settings inside your preferences/audio options.

For drivers, all you need is line is for your input...don't use mic in. And for output, ASIO 1/2. That should get you working. Here are some screen shots of how my ASIO4ALL is set-up. I run this exact configuration on all my Realtek PC's.

In this shot you will see my ASIO4ALL control panel configuration (seen by clicking on the green icon on your desktop that will appear when Sonar is running) as well as some driver settings.



Closer look: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4909348/ASIO4ALL%201.JPG

In this shot, some more settings.



Closer look: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4909348/Settings.JPG

Hope this helps you, good luck.

-Danny

ASIO4ALL is often a life saver when you are using realtecks and other factory cards.... until you have the funds available to purchase a dedicated audio/midi interface which allows the use of native ASIO drivers, A4A can often get you up and running.


A4A is a stopgap measure. (IMHO) It is a wrapper for the MME driver and it fools the soundcard into thinking it can run ASIO.... and to give credit where credit is due, it works well in many cases. 

I would, at some point, plan to move to native ASIO and a better interface.....