To solve this, Steinberg (creators of Cubase) introduced (Audio Stream Input/Output). ASIO was a协议 of brute force and elegance. It bypassed the entire Windows operating system. It grabbed the sound card by the throat and piped audio directly from the software to the hardware.
Understanding ASIO2WASAPI: A Modern Bridge for Windows Audio asio2wasapi
Microsoft has been improving audio latency. With and the new AudioGraph APIs, some DAWs now achieve 5–10 ms round-trip latency without ASIO. However, ASIO remains deeply entrenched in pro audio hardware (RME, Focusrite, Universal Audio). To solve this, Steinberg (creators of Cubase) introduced