Hi Tonnie,

More information about your system would be very helpful. For instance I have read that the new Win 10 MME drivers are so good that some people quit using ASIO in favor of them.

As Noel said ASIO drivers can reduce latency. Latency mostly comes into effect when recording. Most of the time you can use MME drivers when just listening, i.e outputting sounds. A lot depends on how many tracks and how many effects you have playing. The more tracks and effects the better the driver you will need.

BUT everything really depends on what sound card you are using. If it can utilize native ASIO drivers then they should be better at latency than either MME or other ASIO drivers like ASIO4ALL.

Noel is right in that there is no difference in sound quality. He is also right when he said try them both and see which works best for you. Just remember that with most ASIO drivers can only handle one program at a time. In other words you can not have BiaB and a DAW running simultaneously with ASIO but you can with MME. I run Biab with MME and Sonar with ASIO so both can be active at the same time. But I never record in BiaB. YMMV.

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