Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
this seems to be the default windows 10 setting for my internal soundcard. does it make any difference to RB or BIAB?
i admit my ignorance and understand what it means literally but have not had any problems.

also i presume the setting gets bypassed wheni use my usb interface with its dedicated asio driver

should i jsut uncheck it anyway?


When an application requests exclusive control of the sound card, that means no other app can play sound on that device. This can sometimes provide lower latency as Windows no longer has to mix audio from different apps, but it may also bypass any "enhancement" from the driver (bass boost, stereo expander, etc). This can be both good and bad.

There's a good write-up on how the different driver types work here: https://github.com/dechamps/FlexASIO/blob/master/BACKENDS.md


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