On 2006-01-28 11:14:17 -0800, "Lorin David Schultz"
said:

"Sete Cordas" wrote:

Because there really isn't an equivalent of TWAIN (i.e. created by an
industry consortium)

Maybe I'm misunderstanding... I thought there *are* exactly such audio
equivalents to TWAIN... WDM, ASIO, Core Audio et al.

The way I see it: WDM belongs to Microsoft, ASIO to Steinberg and Core
Audio to Apple, while TWAIN was developed by a group of companies to
ensure cross-platform compatibility. Not to mention that TWAIN is ONE
standard and WDM, ASIO, Core Audio are THREE, so it is three times more
expensive to support "all of the above".

(when's the last time you read a post from someone who couldn't get
Sound Forge to play through his sound card?).

I never even heard of Sound Forge (I had to google it). This is
probably because it only runs on Windows (which kind of is my point).

Best,
--
7c