I'm using real tech for a sound & jaws for a screen reader. Sorry about the terminology issue. I'm using my Casio cdp200r along with cool soft and prodeus vx
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 10, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Paul Nimmo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, oops, we have a terminology issue here. > This will become very important particularly if you are making the sometimes > incredibly difficult transition to computer based music. > Trust me, I know from personal experience. > When I first started playing there weren’t any accessible music software and > by accessible I don’t mean disability wise I mean accessible to the general > public. > yes I know that dates me terribly. > Asio isn’t a sound card. > Asio stands for Audio stream input output and is a driver protocol, think of > it as a language, that means it’s a method of communication used by certain > drivers to communicate between say your keyboard and certain sound cards. > > A sound card is usually a board inside your computer but can now be a usb > device that you plug in but it’s a piece of hardware. > A driver is a piece of software which tells the sound card how to communicate > with your computer and, sometimes your music keyboard. in this case ASIO is a > protocol that drivers use. > Some sound cards support it and some don’t. > So to answer yur questions, there are no free sound cards, that’s for sure. > Whether we can get asio to work on your system depends on what you’re trying > to make it do. > So we would need to know, what sound card you have and what keyboard or music > synthesizer you’re using. > Also, what if any adaptive technology you’re using might help. > > then one of us should be able to help, <smile>. > hth. > Cheers! > > > From: SethJ > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 6:28 PM > To: QWS list > Subject: QWS List Is ther e a better sound card than Asio? > > Hey everybody! I was wondering if there were any better sound cards than > Asio? I can’t get Asio to work no matter what I do, and direct sound is > latent. Is there any other free or paid soundcard I should get? > Seth
