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Geoff Geoff is offline
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Default Can't select Digidesign ASIO driver in XP

hotmeat wrote:
Well, you CAN select the Digidesign Digi 001 (I believe with 4
different options for each set of channels) from the MS Sound and
Audio Devices app, and you have to if that's where you want your
sound to output. It does not give me the Digi as an option even
though the Digi appears to be recognized and working in Device
Manager.

I tried selecting ASIO/Digi in Samplitude but it fails. Which doesn't
surprise me since it isn't in the system sound options itself.

We tested the cable and there's nothing wrong with it. The Phantom
and power lights appear on the Digi box. The Digi option should be
there even if I don't have the box connected, right? I don't recall.

Any troubleshooting ideas?


Normally when you install drivers for a device it will install both ASIO (if
supported) and WDM Windows drivers. The WDM drivers are the only ones you
will see in the Sounds and Audio Devices panel, and are the only ones most
(non-ASIO) apps can see. You generally select ASIO drivers directly from the
supporting \application.

That there is no WDM driver visible, and the ASIO doesn't seem to work
suggests to me that the driver install might have not completed correctly.

Or is the Digi 001 box not normally available to non-Digi applications ?
Wouldn't surprise me given their normal restrictive business model....

geoff