Wavosaur sample rate without resampling install#
Wavosaur sample rate without resampling drivers#

This is the sample rate used for Output A1 and anything coming into it will be mixed for that rate (just like Windows Sound Engine but seems like a much better implementation). You can set the preferred VM rate in Menu->System Settings/Options in VM. In my case, I just disabled all Windows sounds as I don't need them, it is a HTPC. You have it working in exclusive mode to the USB out. But this is not trivial to set up correctly. They will also do smart sample rate conversions and only if the source and destination do not agree on the same sample rate. So now, all applications that just output to default device go through them and will not suffer from the issues in the Windows Sound Engine. Their output can be set to the actual device in direct mode.

Wavosaur sample rate without resampling install#

You make the virtual devices they install as the default device and enable exclusive access to it. There is a work-around which is to use something like Virtual Audio Cable or VoiceMeeter (Google it).

Wavosaur sample rate without resampling drivers#

Some music players (not all) allow you to select a device to output, so you can select DirectSound or ASIO drivers for the device in their preferences instead of using MME or just using the default device, in their selection list. Second, it is difficult to get applications such as web browsers that don't give an option to select a device to send their audio output to (they just send it to the default audio device and not in exclusive mode). In such usage, those settings aren't used.įirst, enable those check marks below that list that allow applications to get that device in exclusive mode and get priority. So the best setting is not to use the shared mode in the sounds you want for critical listening and use those players to use direct modes (which means you cannot have multiple audio sources outputting at the same time while one is in exclusive use).

But if you set it at 16-bit 44.1khz and play CDs, it will not resample but if you play a DVD outputting 24bit 48khz, it will sample down and vice versa. There is no one best setting as the best setting is one which matches the source rate and does not require resampling (because Windows resampling is really bad). This setting does not come into play if the source is playing directly to the sound device using WASAPI or ASIO direct mode bypassing the Windows Sound Engine. Since the Windows Audio engine has to mix all the sources using the audio output in shared mode and they can be in different sample rates, Windows resamples everything to the selected rate and depth unless it is already at that rate. That setting is applicable only when used in shared mode as it says there.