Success and advice using the audacity asio build - do it now

ewitles · June 4, 2023, 3:22pm

gang -

tl;dr - get this done - it’s a game changer.

i am making a second post w/ my using the asio compile of audacity.

using an esi maya 44 pci via their asio drivers, it is working great in windows 11.

seems you have multi tracks vs ‘stereo’ (lr, lr, lr…) when i played 1 and 2, it ‘cancelled out’ giving odd distortion. once i figured that out, it works great.

tested on our church’s x32 and sees all 32 channels. once i get home, will audition the project and see how going fwd, better use our setup for recording.

thanks again for all those who suggested and took the time to write instructions/guides to help and counsel in this effort.

jademan · June 4, 2023, 6:58pm

Thanks for your follow-up post. Glad to hear you have everything sorted.

lx_nametooshort · June 5, 2023, 5:31am

where is the detailed guide, of how to build with asio?

ewitles · June 5, 2023, 10:56am

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/SteveALee/da24c2be633340b8791066dd98eb5d0b?permalink_comment_id=4430980

README.md

## Build your own Audacity for Windows with ASIO driver support

Due to licensing restrictions the Audacity team cannot provide a prebuilt version with Windows ASIO driver support. But with this guide and script you can easily build your own Audacity 3.3.2.

Drivers are the glue between an audio program like Audacity and external hardware like a mixer or sound interface. The drivers usually used on Windows have limitations which can be overcome if you have ASIO drivers for your hardware. Specifically, low latency (delay) and multi channel support are available with ASIO drivers.

The [Audacity](https://www.audacityteam.org/) program is the "go to" solution for many audio recording and editing tasks. However, unlike many more advanced DAWs, it doesn't support Windows ASIO drivers "out of the box". Fortunately, Audiacity's standard MME support is fine for most uses. That said, common reasons for needing ASIO include using digital audio or music equipment that only comes with ASIO drivers, such as Behringer mixers (which actually use the less efficient ASIO4ALL ASIO <> WDM bridging driver). Another common reason is to take advantage of the low latency or multiple channels supported by ASIO. Note that Audacity really is not a good multichannel solution, so if that is required a DAW might be a better bet. 

While it is possible to build your own Audacity with ASIO support by following the instructions this usually [requires considerable technical skills](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/asio_audio_interface.html).

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build-audacity.cmd

@echo off
rem Build audacity with ASIO support on Windows
rem See the following gist for details
rem  https://gist.github.com/SteveALee/da24c2be633340b8791066dd98eb5d0b
rem
rem Options (only one may be specified)
rem
rem --install - install tools
rem --clean - remove built files
rem --cleanall - remove fetched and built files

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system · July 4, 2023, 3:23pm

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