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No youtube on Windows with ASIO
Hello. Has anyone also had problems with other audio sources like VLC player or YouTube when your DAW is running via ASIO drivers?
I'm on Windows 10 and I'm using ZOOM R8 audio interface with Reaper. Whenever I switch my audio driver to something else than ASIO, it starts working again. I've talked to my friends who all use Macs and they don't have this problem. Also I tried to google this issue and found advice to go to the Windows Sound Control Panel and uncheck "allow applications to take exclusive control". However, then nothing seemed to be working, not even ASIO. Anyone had the same issues on Windows? Thanks! |
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I don't recall exactly what it says but check whatever app you're using that incorporates ASIO and look for "share with other apps" or "run in backround" or something like that.
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You should have the Windows default audio playback and recording devices set to a different device than your Zoom R8. Your computer should have its own audio device built in to the motherboard.
To make the changes, open Windows Control Panel (type "Control Panel" in the search bar next to the Start button and select the "Control Panel" app from the results). Click "View By Large Icon" in the upper right, and then double-click the "Sound" icon. Then, under the "Playback" tab, right-click on your computer's built-in audio device and select "Set as Default Device". If a different device is not available, you may need to install sound drivers from your computer manufacturers website. The computer audio device can also be disabled/enabled in your computer's BIOS settings, but it is almost always enabled by default. Under "Control Panel", "Sound", I also recommend setting a default recording device under the "Recording" tab that is different from your Zoom R8 if one is available. Then, you will need to go into your Zoom R8 interface in Windows and manually select which audio drivers you want to use (the ASIO R8 drivers). This may not have changed. After these changes, Windows will use a different audio device for playback than your Zoom R8. This is desirable because it will prevent possible playback and recording artifacts (like pops, clicks, stutters, freezes) caused by Windows sharing your pro audio interface's sound drivers. To hear sound from other Windows applications like YouTube, you will need to have something connected to the audio output jack of your computer. This could be a second set of speakers or a secondary input of your pro audio monitors. The best solution would probably be to plug a stereo cable from your computer audio output into one of your Zoom's stereo inputs, and then mute/unmute that input when you want to hear sound from other Windows applications. I don't own or use a Zoom, and I have a very different setup, so hopefully I am providing some helpful advice. I am assuming that the Zoom works like a typical USB pro audio interface.
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So if I understand it correctly, I will have to use one of the Zoom's stereo inputs (since I don't have studio monitors, I use headphones) and whenever I want to listen to Youtube, I will just stop playback in Reaper, minimize it, go to Youtube and raise the input level knob on my ZOOM? You said you have a different setup, do you use Windows as well? May I ask you how do you do it? Because I've been also thinking about buying a new interface. It surprised me that you need to have the drivers separate. But it makes sense. So on Mac you would use CoreAudio for everything or does it also need to be somehow separated? |
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