Kelso, since the equipment vendor provides the drivers to make that equipment work, it may provide ASIO drivers, WDM drivers (or the older MME form), or both. The quality of the drivers is up to the manufacturer and varies widely. For example, most of the other users on the Tascam forum prefer WDM for their FW-1884.

Also, although I can't cite it right now, I recall several mentions on the SONAR forum saying that SONAR seems to get along better in general with WDM than with ASIO. I know specifically for the combination of SONAR and Tascam FW-1884 that I use, SONAR recommends WDM.

So, keep an open mind and experiment to see what may work better.


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