what is the best driver? ASIO, WDM, or MME?

[sarsipius]

Which one is best? I have the option to use any of the three in Sonar PE6. Which one has the lowest latency?

 

[dementedchord]

go with the asio that came with the interface... very rarely will a device operate better on a generic driver than the one provided by the manuf...

 

[sarsipius]

when you say interface do you mean my delta AP192? There is no selection on the 192 panel to select the driver. In sonar PE I can choose ASIO MME or WDM.

 

[punkorama]

I use a firepod and i actually found it works better using the "asio4all" driver, which you can find on google. Gave me smooth playback and no stops, plus it has some good latency options on it. Just a thought
Mike-

 

[buckkillr8]

I use a firepod and i actually found it works better using the "asio4all" driver, which you can find on google. Gave me smooth playback and no stops, plus it has some good latency options on it. Just a thought
Mike-

+1. I'm also using the ASIO4all driver with my firepod.

 

[Hard2Hear]

thats a unique flaw to Presonus, though. You will be best off choosing ASIO driver in Sonar. Note that using the ASIO driver means exclusive use of the device. i.e. you cannot be playing Media Player or iTunes while running Sonar (and you shouldn't do that anyways).

 

[dementedchord]

when you say interface do you mean my delta AP192? There is no selection on the 192 panel to select the driver. In sonar PE I can choose ASIO MME or WDM.

yes... and while it should show up and be assigned from within sonar it's the driver supplied by the manuf of the cars/interface... there may also be a generic asio driver but look for one from the manuf...

 

[buckkillr8]

thats a unique flaw to Presonus, though. You will be best off choosing ASIO driver in Sonar. Note that using the ASIO driver means exclusive use of the device. i.e. you cannot be playing Media Player or iTunes while running Sonar (and you shouldn't do that anyways).

Yeah that's what I do, just choose ASIO in sonar.

 

[sarsipius]

So it sounds like everyone agrees that ASIO is better than MME and WDM.