Essentially, Unless you have added your own sound card, you have the factory chip which is not suitable for doing what we do.

Regardless of anything else.... That chip/soundcard is designed to run with MME and possibly WAS. MME is the default in most cases.

If you are using audio and midi together or simply midi alone in many cases, you will have problems with the factory card and the MME driver.

To run smoothly, you should plan to get an external interface that can run ASIO. Get the right tool for the job. This interface will let you run audio and midi in both directions as smoothly as you would expect it to run. The soundcard or interface you choose is the heart of your recording studio so choose wisely.

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