When I got a new computer a year or so ago, I had to switch from ASIO to Direct Sound in order for audio to work in other programs while Finale was open. Direct Sound has a little bit of latency on my system, so I was never quite comfortable using it with MIDI input.
Last night I discovered something called FlexASIO, which solves the ASIO issue. You install it by running an installer available at https://github.com/dechamps/FlexASIO. Then you can set Output Source in Finale's Audio Setup dialog to FlexASIO and hear sounds from other programs. Now I can use ASIO again and have no latency issues.
Hearing sounds in other programs while using ASIO output in Finale
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Hi,
I've downloaded FlexASIO ad it is installed in C:\Program Files\FlexASIO. I don't see it in Finale's Audio Setup - ASIO is greyed out and the only audio driver listed is Direct Sound (which I've always sed without any problems, but I use ASIO4ALL in Cubase). Where should FlexAUDIO be so that Finale sees it?
Thanks.
I've downloaded FlexASIO ad it is installed in C:\Program Files\FlexASIO. I don't see it in Finale's Audio Setup - ASIO is greyed out and the only audio driver listed is Direct Sound (which I've always sed without any problems, but I use ASIO4ALL in Cubase). Where should FlexAUDIO be so that Finale sees it?
Thanks.
Finale 3.7 > 27.4.1, GPO5, ASUS laptop, 18.4'' display, Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, WIN 10 Pro, Cubase
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motet
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Have a look at the picture above, where is says Output Source. But if ASIO is no longer a choice in Audio Driver, then I don't know. Hopefully you have a Windows restore point you can go back to.
Actually, I have never seen the ASIO driver in Finale (even though I use it elsewhere). Any ideas why not?
Finale 3.7 > 27.4.1, GPO5, ASUS laptop, 18.4'' display, Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, WIN 10 Pro, Cubase
