• Essence products support native Audio Stream Input/Output 2.2 drivers, known as ASIO 2.2., allowing digital signals to bypass Windows audio layers to avoid redundant processing. With easy setup, it allows you to quickly enjoy high fidelity and stable bit-perfect audio.ASIO protocol developed by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.
• Download Foobar2000 WASAP2 & ASIO2 output for free. An alternative to the official wasapi & Asio foobar2000 outputs. An alternative to the official wasapi and Asio foobar2000 output component: WASAPI output Support 3.2.3 ASIO output Support 2.1.2 with a special effort to improve audio quality Changes in release 1.1 beta 2: all changes concern the Asio plugin only. No change on the wasapi one.

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Audio Stream Input/Output, or ASIO, mode ensures your PC sound doesn’t undergo digital signal processing or sample-rate conversion. It is nearly 100% true to its source, and preferred by audiophiles looking for complete fidelity.

Essence products support native Audio Stream Input/Output 2.2 drivers, known as ASIO 2.2., allowing digital signals to bypass Windows audio layers to avoid redundant processing. With easy setup, it allows you to quickly enjoy high fidelity and stable bit-perfect audio.

Run ASIOProxyInstall-X.X.X.exe to install foodsdasio ASIO proxy driver. In foobar configure foodsdasio proxy by selecting appropriate DSD compatible ASIO driver, DSD playback method, PCM/DSD to DSD conversion method (if needed) and DSD samplerate for PCM/DSD to DSD conversion.

*ASIO protocol developed by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

The example below shows how to configure your Windows 7 PC with an Essence USB DAC using ASIO as the output mode through the foobar2000 media player:

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• Install your Essence USB audio product

  Please follow the quick-start guide to install the Essence USB audio 2.0 driver and the Essence product. Make sure the Essence product is set as default audio device.

• Install foobar2000

  Once foobar2000 is installed, add the ASIO plug-in on foobar2000 — like this:

  Step 1: Download the ASIO component

  Find the ‘Get more components’ link under File>Preferences>Components – it’s near the bottom of the dialog box

  Clicking the link will direct you to www.foobar2000.org/components. Download the ASIO support file and save it to your PC

  Step 2: Install the ASIO component

  Return to File>Preferences>Components and click the ‘Install’ button

  Select ‘foo_out_asio’ component and click the ‘Open’ button

  Click ‘Apply’ and restart foobar2000.

  Step 3: Enable ASIO output mode

  Select ‘ASIO: Essence device’ under Preferences>Output>Playback>Output.Click the ‘Apply’ button and then click ‘OK’.

  ASIO audio output is now enabled. Most Essence USB audio products feature a bit-perfect LED indicator. It will always light up under ASIO playback to show that your playback is bit-perfect.

ASIO4ALL is a free and alternative audio driver which allows its users to get very low latencies from their sound adapter.

While most sound cards on the market allow you to playback audio without issue, ASIO4ALL provides a free alternative if you're having issues running software which increases latency on sound output.

ASIO4ALL is ideal for MIDI devices and provides installation without problems and requires no special knowledge or settings.

Overall, a great alternative for people experiencing issues when working with audio mixing and creation projects.

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ASIO4ALL on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from drivers without restrictions. ASIO4ALL 2.14 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows 10 PCs but also without a hitch on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Compatibility with this asio driver software may vary, but will generally run fine under Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP on either a 32-bit or 64-bit setup. A separate x64 version may be available from Michael Tippach.

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