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Post your ASIO results here... #116425 06/07/11 03:11 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 15,975 PeterGannon OP PG Music Staff
OP PeterGannon PG Music Staff Joined: May 2000 Posts: 15,975	If you are using Band-in-a-Box or RealBand with ASIO, please post your results here. We're looking to start a database of user experiences. There are a lot of different ASIO drivers, and audio interfaces out there, so we want to know which ones are causing problems (with which programs, OS's, and drivers). Please list in the following format: Program(s): e.g. Band-in-a-Box 2011, e.g. RealBand 2011 OS: e.g. Windows 7 ASIO Driver: e.g. ASIO4All, e.g. m-Audio FastTrack Audio Interface: e.g. built in soundcard on PC, e.g. m-Audio Fast Track, Results: e.g. Problems Encountered etc. PLease stay on topic in this thread, it is just to summarize your results. It should be useful as a resource for users, and also for our support staff. Here is a sample entry: **************************************************************** Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 OS: Windows 7/64 bit ASIO Driver: ASIO4All Audio Interface: built in soundcard on PC Results: Works well. No problems encountered. Latency is less than 10ms. Cannot use more than one ASIO program at once (as expected with ASIO). ***************************************************************** Have Fun! Peter Gannon PG Music Inc.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... PeterGannon #116426 06/07/11 03:51 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 826 BC, Canada pwarren Expert
pwarren Expert Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 826 BC, Canada	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 OS: Windows XP SP3 ASIO Driver: Echo ASIO driver, ASIO4All Audio Interface: Echo Indigo IO Cardbus Results: Works well. ASIO4All works fine. No problems encountered. Latency is less than 10ms. Cannot use more than one ASIO program at once (as expected with ASIO). However the echo ASIO driver doesn't work. No matter what settings I try it still gives an intermitent and distorted output. I'd love to see a fix from either PGMusic or echo, wherever the problem lies. BiaB 2013 b366, RB 2013 b4, WinXP Pro SP3, Toshiba M70, 1.8GHz 2GB RAM 100GB HD. Focusrite Saffire 6 USB, Ketron SD2.BiaB Wiki

Re: Post your ASIO results here... pwarren #116427 06/08/11 01:03 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 487 Berlin, Germany ralfboe Journeyman
ralfboe Journeyman Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 487 Berlin, Germany	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011, RealBand 2011 OS: Windows 7 HP SP1 64-bit ASIO Driver: M-Audio ASIO driver 5.10.0.5074 Audio Interface: M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 PCI Results: Works well.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... PeterGannon #116428 06/08/11 01:12 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,203 Scotland George Nelson Expert
George Nelson Expert Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,203 Scotland	Hi Peter, **************************************************************** Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 (Both up to date with latest versions) OS: Windows 7/64 bit ASIO Driver: Focusrite USB ASIO Driver Audio Interface: Focusrite Saffire 6 USB Results: Works well. No problems encountered. Latency is less than 10ms. Cannot use more than one ASIO program at once (as expected with ASIO). NOTE: You have to use the same USB Port that the Focusrite was first installed. If you change the USB Port you have to reinstall the Driver for the new Port. ***************************************************************** Best regards George Windows 11 64 bit, Biab 2026 (1237), Realband 2026 (10) i7 Desktop Computer 16Gb Memory

Re: Post your ASIO results here... ralfboe #116429 06/08/11 01:14 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 413 Netherlands rodipoet Journeyman
rodipoet Journeyman Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 413 Netherlands	Programs: Biab 2011, Realband2011 Os: win 7 sp1 64bit / winxp sp3 32bit Asiodriver: Audiotrak Maya 1010 1.07 64bit/ tried xp drivers, switched to asio4all Audiointerface: Audiotrak Maya 1010 PCI Results: works fine in win7 / did not work under winxp, had to use asio4all Rob de Klerk, Dutch singer-songwriter https://www.robdeklerk.nl Biab 2023, Cakewalk, N.I. Komplete 14, Win 10,64, Ozone 9 elements suite, Presonus studio 24c

Re: Post your ASIO results here... rodipoet #116430 06/08/11 05:34 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas silvertones Veteran
silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 OS: XP SP3 ASIO Driver: Third party--Native ASIO driver for AC'97 compatible Audio Controllers http://members.home.nl/nahutec/AC97ASIO/ac97asio.htm Audio Interface: built in soundcard on PC ASIO Driver: Third party--KX Project drivers for Creative cards Audio Interface:Audigy 2 ZS Notebook Results: Works well. No problems encountered. Latency is less than 4ms. Cannot use more than one ASIO program at once (as expected with ASIO). Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 OS: Win 7 x64 ASIO Driver: Third party--KX Project drivers for Creative cards Audio Interface:Audigy 2 ZS Notebook Results: Works well. No problems encountered. Latency is less than 4ms. Cannot use more than one ASIO program at once (as expected with ASIO). PS I don't use ASIO at all though as I don't need it. Last edited by silvertones; 06/09/11 05:21 AM.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... silvertones #116431 06/08/11 05:47 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,026 Tommyc Veteran
Tommyc Veteran Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,026	Program Band-in-a-Box 2011 everything pack upgrade from 2004 Mega Pack OS: Windows XP sp1 ASIO Driver: 5.10.00.3516 m-Audio Mobile Pre USB Audio Interface: m-Audio Mobile Pre USB Results: Everything Works Perfect I can use 2 programs at once ,but not if biab is one of them. Just tried Cool Edit and Wave Lab together and they work just fine. Never needed 2 programs opened at once to notice before. Never tried Real Band P4 3.0 gig 3.0 gig ram Last edited by Tommyc; 06/08/11 05:57 AM.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... Tommyc #116432 06/08/11 06:46 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,161 Barton-on-Sea,Hants,UK L LynB Veteran
LynB Veteran L Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,161 Barton-on-Sea,Hants,UK	Programs: BIAB 2011,RealBand 2011, PTW 2011. OS: Windows 7 Home Edition ASIO Driver: Creative Audio Interface: Creative X-Fi Titanium Soundcard. Results: Works OK and can support more than one device at a time. I use Creative and VSampler together. ASIO Driver in this edition is superior to previous versions. My problem with the Soundcard is with the MME driver "What You Hear" which does not appear to record at 44.1k.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... LynB #116433 06/08/11 03:12 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 368 J jphillips Journeyman
jphillips Journeyman J Joined: May 2008 Posts: 368	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011, build 317 -- and RealBand 2011, build 4 OS: Windows XP, SP3, Pentium 4, 2.8GHz ASIO Driver: M-Audio Drivers Audio Interface: M-Audio 2496 PCI Card Results: ASIO sputters and clicks for me in BIAB 2011. It worked fine until V. 2011. Had to switch to MME. No problems encountered with MME drivers in BIAB 2011. Can drive CPU to 80% with no problems with MME. ASIO starts sputtering and clicking at 40% -- ASIO works fine in RealBand. Latency is about 12ms. Cannot use more than one ASIO program at once (as expected with ASIO).

Re: Post your ASIO results here... PeterGannon #116434 06/08/11 06:49 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 188 Missouri dpresley Apprentice
dpresley Apprentice Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 188 Missouri	Programs: Band In A box OS: Windows XP sp3 Asio drivers Presonus Fire Studio Project3.5.5.10705 or MME Latency 46 ms with ASIO or 107 with MME VST: Cakewalk TTS Performance: Very good and can run several other audio programs simultaneously including Sonar, runs Garritan JBB3 within BIAB. Rendering audio seems slower than expected. Drag and drop works fine.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... dpresley #116435 06/08/11 07:20 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley Veteran
John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	If it's any help, after a huge effort to make the ASIO and asio for all thing work, I vowed to never tough the thing again. And that was with 2 version, as in XP and Vista. I think I don't need to try again, everything is working perfectly, and I actually have NO need for ASIO, my gear goes to the mixer, and band in a box does too. I have no need to try and play my ketron with my keyboard, it's great on it's own. And I'm having too much fun, it must be illegal. John Conley Musica est vita

Re: Post your ASIO results here... John Conley #116436 06/08/11 10:21 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,792 Pawling New York R Rob Helms Veteran
Rob Helms Veteran R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,792 Pawling New York	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 latest patches OS: Windows XP SP3 ASIO Driver: M-Audio driver for delta 24/96 PCI card Audio Interface: Delta 24/96 PCI card Results: Works well. ASIO works fine with the exception of CPU usage. I uses a bit more that MME, but is still very stable. Can't use but one program at a time with ASIO as usual HP Win 11 12 gig ram, Mac mini Sonoma with 16 gig of ram, BiaB/RB 2026, Reaper 7, Harrison Mixbus 11 , Presonus Audiobox USB96

Re: Post your ASIO results here... Rob Helms #116437 06/09/11 06:35 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 38,502 Chesapeake, Virginia USA M Mac Veteran
Mac Veteran M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 38,502 Chesapeake, Virginia USA	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 OS: Windows XP SP3 ASIO Driver: M-Audio Delta drivers, also have used ASIO4All Audio Interface: M-Audio AP-2496 Results: M-Audio drivers Work well. ASIO4All works fine. No problems encountered. Latency is less than 10ms. Cannot use more than one ASIO program at once (as expected with ASIO). --Mac PGmusic FAQs, Tutorials and Updates! click here You must be Audiominds. www.audiominds.com

Re: Post your ASIO results here... PeterGannon #116438 06/09/11 07:09 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 479 kelso Journeyman
kelso Journeyman Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 479	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and, infrequently, RealBand 2011 OS: W7x64 ASIO Driver: W7x64 Beta Driver 6.0.1.1246 Audio Interface: E-MU 161PCI Results: In BIAB - No apparent latency, perfect. In Real Band (I just tried this now and did a little tweaking, but don't use RB much) - Typical latency, about 200 ms. Fiddled, no joy. Selected ASIO Direct Monitor and got feedback zap.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... PeterGannon #116439 06/09/11 06:32 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 32 Marin County, California L Lloyd Enthusiast
Lloyd Enthusiast L Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 32 Marin County, California	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 OS: Windows 7 Pro SP1 (Dell laptop) ASIO Driver: Echo ASIO driver, ASIO4All Audio Interface: Echo Indigo IO Cardbus Results: Neither driver works. I'd ALSO love to see a fix from either PGMusic or Echo, wherever the problem lies. Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 OS: Windows 7 Pro SP1 (clone AMD desktop) ASIO Driver: M-Audio ASIO driver, ASIO4All Audio Interface: M-Audio Delta 2496 PCI card Results: Both ASIO drivers work fine. On both my machines, I now use MME for BIAB (2011), and ASIO versions for Forte Ensemble, my VSTi input. In Forte, the ASIO drivers work well. Using this combination is very satisfying.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... George Nelson #116440 06/10/11 11:10 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 193 Italy Sergino Apprentice
Sergino Apprentice Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 193 Italy	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 (Both up to date with latest versions) OS: Windows 7/64 bit ASIO Driver: MOTU PCI-424 ASIO Driver Audio Interface: MOTU 2408 mkIII Results: Works well. No problems encountered. Latency is 1ms @ 32 samples per buffer. I can use Bandinobox as a base and Kontakt 4 for soloing in the same time without any problem Sergino Bandinabox 2024 standard (2020 Audiophile) VST3 plugins on Studio One Pro 6.1 Windows 11(SSD) - AMD Radeon R9 5950X - 32GB RAM MOTU: 2408 MkIII - 24i - Traveler - MIDI Express XT

Re: Post your ASIO results here... PeterGannon #116441 06/10/11 02:02 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 904 Vienna, Austria Sandra Sherman Expert
Sandra Sherman Expert Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 904 Vienna, Austria	Program: Band-in-a-Box 2011 OS: Windows XP Sp3 ASIO Driver: RME Asio Drivers Audio Interface: RME Hammerfall Multiface 2 (with PCIe card) Results: Absolutely perfect, Latency below 1ms "GuitarVersum" YouTube Channel: Jazz Chord Melody Tutorials Jazz Guitar Lessons \| Jazz Guitar Gear Reviews https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkT05N04ICdHgmDZrGYz-5A Lesson Shop: https://guitarversum.com/shop

Re: Post your ASIO results here... Sandra Sherman #116442 06/12/11 04:51 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 18 B Billy Buck Enthusiast
Billy Buck Enthusiast B Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 18	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 (build 318) OS: Windows XP Pro (SP3) ASIO Drivers: Delta v5.10.0.5069-------TonePort UX2 v4.2.4.4 Audio Interfaces: M-Audio Delta 66 PCI/Line 6 TonePort UX2 USB Results: Works rather well. No problems encountered. Latency is usually less than 10ms and sometimes as low as as 3ms. Cannot use more than one ASIO program at once (as expected with ASIO). In cases, where I am using BIAB 2011 in "DAW Plugin" mode I set it to use the Line UX 2 ASIO and my main DAW apps (REAPER & SONAR X1) use the Delta 66 in ASIO. This allows me to drag and drop directly from BIAB to my DAW's timeline.

Re: Post your ASIO results here... Billy Buck #116443 06/12/11 06:29 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 84 Edmonton, Canada S SmoothJohn Enthusiast
SmoothJohn Enthusiast S Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 84 Edmonton, Canada	Program: Band-in-a-Box 2011, Read Band 2011 OS: Windows 7 SP1 ASIO Driver: M-Audio USB ASIO Audio Interface: M-Audio Fast Track Pro Results: Occasional crash on BIAB or RB startup. ASIO driver not supported message. The rest of the time it works flawlessly with low latency. When I use BIAB DAW plugin, I change BIAB to MME with good results. John

Re: Post your ASIO results here... SmoothJohn #116444 06/12/11 09:23 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24 Texas, USA J Jim Snyder Enthusiast
Jim Snyder Enthusiast J Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24 Texas, USA	Program(s): Band-in-a-Box 2011 and RealBand 2011 OS: Windows 7/64 bit ASIO Driver: Edirol FA-66 ver. 1.0 64bit Windows 7 Audio Interface: Edirol FA-66 Results: Works well. No problems encountered. Latency is less than 10ms. I can use more than one ASIO program with this driver. I can play iTunes, Sonar, BIAB at the same time. Blog Page

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