audacity limited to wasapi
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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audacity limited to wasapi
Is it possible audacity adding asio or direct sound in the next upgrade?
Re: audacity limited to wasapi
ASIO is unlikely due to license terms (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/asi ... rface.html)
Audacity may be built with ASIO support for personal use, but currently requires agreeing to Steinberg's "not distributable" license.
DirectSound is even more unlikely as it is deprecated. DirectSound in Windows 10 is emulated as a WASAPI Session instance. (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectSound)
Audacity may be built with ASIO support for personal use, but currently requires agreeing to Steinberg's "not distributable" license.
DirectSound is even more unlikely as it is deprecated. DirectSound in Windows 10 is emulated as a WASAPI Session instance. (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectSound)
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Re: audacity limited to wasapi
What about WDM-KS?
Re: audacity limited to wasapi
WDM-KS is again very old technology (introduced in Win 98. I think, like DirectSound, it is emulated in current versions of Windows.
A long time ago, support for WDM-KS was enabled in Audacity, but at that time WDM-KS support in sound card drivers was frequently unstable, resulting in a surge of BSOD problems on some machines. If you are running a really old machine with a really old version of Windows, then I think Audacity 2.0.0 may have WDM-KS support enabled. In other cases, WDM or WASAPI with the current version of Audacity (2.3.0) is a better option.
Update: found this post - viewtopic.php?p=282259#p282259
A long time ago, support for WDM-KS was enabled in Audacity, but at that time WDM-KS support in sound card drivers was frequently unstable, resulting in a surge of BSOD problems on some machines. If you are running a really old machine with a really old version of Windows, then I think Audacity 2.0.0 may have WDM-KS support enabled. In other cases, WDM or WASAPI with the current version of Audacity (2.3.0) is a better option.
Update: found this post - viewtopic.php?p=282259#p282259
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