So, ASIO drivers were great and all - but there was one major problem with them: compatibility.Īudio latency, or commonly referred to as lag, is when digital audio playback suffers from unwanted, delayed response time. Steinberg essentially offered up a new standard of how external audio and MIDI devices could be handled in Windows, and the audio world rejoiced. ASIO drivers work by re-routing audio processes in the signal path, bypassing the Windows mixer and thus reducing the workload necessary to process tasks.
