Originally Posted By: Carl914
I have been fighting with my Korg Legacy M1 software. I finally got the 32 bit software installed and working.

For my clarification, do you only need ASIO for recording, for playback, MME is fine and preferred? I don't plan to start my next album until after Christmas, does that mean I don't need ASIO drivers at all until then?

Thank you for your help.


When you set up your soundcard/interface, it should ONLY USE ONE DRIVER.... you use the SAME driver for recording AND playback.

If the interface is spec'd to run with ASIO.... that is the one you want to use. ASIO is designed to do the multiplexing and heavy lifting we require. MME and the other drivers and codecs and wrappers try, but often do not succeed.

MME works ok for playing music files like single mp3 and waves and will handle some of the stuff we do. For example I can run BiaB on my laptop with MME fairly well..... that's 5 tracks. and it plays OK most of the time.

When I get into the recording and mixing part.... MME just doesn't cut it.

You always want to use ASIO if possible. Avoid MME and the wrappers and codec drivers like ASIO4ALL unless there's no other option. Some if not most of the factory sound card chips will not support or run using ASIO. They simply can not handle the task.

Whether you can use ASIO or not will depend on the sound card and it's chips. If it does support and run on ASIO.....use it. Set it up and get it running. Even interfaces that are designed for ASIO drivers can sometimes take some time to set up properly and get them tweezed to where they run flawlessly. Once they are set up properly, recording and playback will be flawless.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 08/11/14 05:15 AM.
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