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ASIO Drivers
Card
Latency
Driver
OS
Host
Specification
CPU/MHz/RAM
Settings/Comments

Korg 1212

12

Aardvark 20/20+

12

Cubase

Audio tracks may glitch

Aardvark 20/20+

23

Cubase

Reliable

MOTU 2408

3
PCI 324 R8

Limited functionality

MOTU 2408

7
PCI 324 R8

Frontier Dakota

6

Frontier Wavecenter PCI

3

Low latency only usable for simple projects

Egosys Waveterminal 2496

3
2.1

Cubase

@ 96khz

Egosys Waveterminal 2496

7
2.1

Cubase

@ 44.1khz

Yamaha DS2416

65

MacOS
Cubase
G3/366

Digidesign Protools D24

35

MacOS
Cubase 24 4.1

Direct I/O driver

Seasound Solo EX

7

MacOS
Cubase
G3/450

USB Audio.com USB Audio.com

14
1.01f
MacOS
Cubase
G3/333/96
Dithering. relaxed mode

Egosys Waveterminal 2496

6

MacOS
Cubase
G3/466
Buffer Size - 256

Digidesign Audiomedia III

43
DigiDesign DirectIO
MacOS 8.1
Cubase 4.1
604/150/48

Korg 1212

11
1.31
MacOS 8.6
Cubase 5.0
604E/350/256
32KB

Lexicon Core 2

6
1.2
MacOS 8.6
Cubase 24 4.1
G3/400/256

Digidesign DIGI-001

35
5.01
MacOS 8.6
Cubase 4.1r2
G3/400/256

Lexicon LDI-12T

10
Core 32 v4.10
MacOS 8.6
Cubase 4.1r2

Creamware Pulsar

13
2
MacOS 8.6
Cubase
G3/400/288
Latency set to minimum in the Pulsar Software

Sonorus Studi/o

17

MacOS 8.6
Cubase
G4/400/192
This latency tested with about 20 Audiotracks, some effects and 2 VST Instruments running at the same time. Stable performance!

M Audio Delta 44

11
0.4.3b1
MacOS 9
Cubase 24 4.1r2
G4/400/448
Buffer - 1k in DeltaPanel. Latency drops to 5ms with smaller buffer settings in the DeltaPanel

Apple Macintosh Powerbook (Built in)

23
N/A
MacOS 9
Cubase 5.0
G3 Powerbook/192
Apple DAV ASIO driver (not Sound Manager)

Korg 1212

12
ASIO2 v5.0b1/Korg v2
MacOS 9.04
Cubase 4.1r2
G4/450/256
Beta driver

Emagic Audiowerk 8

4
1.5.8
MacOS 9.04
Reason
G3/350/448
Buffer size 512 samples. Great card and good price, would definitely buy another!

M Audio Delta 66

11
4
MacOS 9.04
Cubase 4.1r2
G4/400/192 (124 for Cubase)
Disk block/buffer at minimum. Playing a full-on arrangement with lots of effects and recording

M Audio Delta 66

3
4
MacOS 9.04
Cubase 4.1r2
G4/400/192 (124 for Cubase)
Disk block/buffer at minimum. OK with minimal effects/audio tracks

Digidesign DIGI-001

35
5
MacOS 9.04
Cubase 4.1r2
G3/350/320

RME Hammerfall

3
1.52
MacOS 9.04
Cubase
G4/400
Alternative ASIO Setting

M Audio Audiophile 2496

11
5.12.0001.5 beta
Windows 2000
Cubase 32 5.0r1
Celeron2/1008/256
@48kHz. Buffer size 500

M Audio Delta 1010

11
5.12.01.1 beta
Windows 2000
Cubase 32 5.0r1
P3/500/320
Buffer size 500. Works great even with large arrangements. VST plugins actually use 10% less CPU in Win2k than in Win98SE...

M Audio Delta 1010

3
5.12.0001.1 beta 4
Windows 2000
Cubase 32 5.0r1
P2/400/256
Buffersize 300, 100 possible (gives 1ms Latency), but unusable on PII 400

M Audio Delta 44

9
5.12.01.1 Beta
Windows 2000
Cubase 32 5.0
K7/500/128
Buffer 400 Samples/44.1kHz

M Audio Delta 66

2
Beta WDM driver
Windows 2000
Cubase
P3/450/128

RME Digi96 /8 PST

11
1.31
Windows 2000
Cubase 5.0r1
P3/504/256
16 Bit/48kHz. Same latency under Win98SE. Performance in Win98SE is a bit better, but Win2000 crashes less.

Soundscape Mixtreme

3
1.1
Windows 2000
Logic
P3/600e/256

Midiman Dman 2044

65
2018
Windows 95
Cubase 3.7r2
Celeron/450/128

Terratec EWS 64 XL

23
1.1 Beta 3
Windows 95
Cubase
P2/333/196
ASIO=1024

Guillemot Maxi Studio ISIS

93
1.8
Windows 95
Cubase 3.7r2
P?/350/128

Egosys Project Card

3

Windows 95
Cubasis VST
P3/550/128

Creative Labs SBLive!

8
1.83 (APSLive)
Windows 95
Cubase 5
P3/733
Buffer 1200

Yamaha SW1000XG

30
2.4
Windows 95
Cubase
P3/500/196
Buffer Size - 512

EMU APS

20
1.5
Windows 95 OSR2
Logic Platinum/Cubas
Celeron/466/128

Aardvark 20/20+

49
5.01
Windows 98

P2/266/128

Aardvark 20/20+

49
5.01
Windows 98
Cubase 32 5.0
P3/866/256

MOTU 2408

13
PCI 324 R8
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r2
K7/700/256

MOTU 2408

4
PCI 324 R8
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r2
P3/500/128

MOTU 2408 mkII

25
1.05.001
Windows 98
Cubase 24 3.7r2
P3/866/256
96 channels. 384kb/channel. DBBS - 128kb

EMU APS

10
1.5
Windows 98
Cubase 24
P2/433/128

EMU APS

10
1.5
Windows 98
Cubase 32 5.0
P3/550/160
96

Hoontech Audio DSP 24 (C-Port)

7
2.1
Windows 98
Cubase
P3/500/128 (VIA Chipset)
Buffer Size - 336

Hoontech Audio DSP 24 (C-Port)

3
ASIO2 Latest
Windows 98
Cubase 24 3.7r2
P3/550/256
32 12ch 128mem

Hoontech Audio DSP 24 (C-Port)

3
2.1
Windows 98
Cubase 32 5.0
P3/866/256
98micro(Lite)

Hoontech Audio DSP 24 (C-Port) + ADC/DAC 2000

8
5.2.0022
Windows 98
Logic Gold 4.5
P3/850/128
Using Abit BX-133 RAID motherboard with 2 Quantum Fireball LM Plus drives in striped format - great performance

Digidesign Audiomedia III

5

Windows 98
Cubase

4099

Emagic Audiowerk 2

42
2.02
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r1
P3/733/128
""Sound is ok. not recommended with Cubase""

Emagic Audiowerk 2

7
2.02
Windows 98
Cubasis VST
P3/450/192

Emagic Audiowerk 8

7
2.02
Windows 98

Celeron/450/128

Lexicon Core 2

46
2.12
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r2
P3/533/64
1024kb/track. 96kb DBBS. 6ms is unreliable!

Lexicon Core 2

6
2.12
Windows 98
Cubase
P2/333/96
Must enable DMA for Hard Drive(s). Random crashes. midi timing is offset

Lexicon Core 32 +LDI 12T

47
4.1
Windows 98
Cubase 32 5.0r1
P2/350/128

Frontier Dakota

12
2.05
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r1
P3/600

Echo Darla

24
5.01
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r2
P3/500/256
Buffer size 1024

Echo Darla

25
5.02
Windows 98
Cubase 32 5.0
P3/700/256
Buffer size 1024

Echo Darla 24

13
5.02
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r2
P3/733/128

Echo Darla 24

7
5.06
Windows 98
Cubase 5
K7/900/256
Buffer 256 Samples

M Audio Delta 1010

8
4.1.20.18
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r1
P3/500/128

M Audio Delta 1010

3
4.1.22.27
Windows 98
Cubase
P3/933/256
16,32 PCI BUS Speed in BIOS 256

M Audio Delta 44

11
1.18
Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r2
K7/700/256
Playback OK with 8 ms latency but stutters when recording

M Audio Delta 44

11

Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r2
P3/600/256

M Audio Delta 44

43

Windows 98
Cubase 3.7r2
P2/300/128
Fastest without breakups with more than 16 audio tracks

M Audio Delta 66

8