Where do I start?
1st I'm on Windows 10, which could be part of the challenge. Those on Apple devices appear to have a more seamless experience.
I have an EMU 0404 USB, audio interface which I use with an AKG K702 headphone - but this is not a very portable solution. So most of the time I listened to the AKG's plugging them directly into the audio outs of my Dell laptop. A house move led to my AKG being somewhere in a lot of boxes, and will take time to find, so I bought a Sony MDR-E9LP as a cheap and cheerful replacement plugged directly into my laptop audio out.
Hitherto I had been using the ASIO driver of the onboard Realtek via my DAW - Reaper. Thinking - ah this is pure audio, cos I was using ASIO, then I tried out WASAPI, just to see, and it was definitely not sounding the same as ASIO. The Asio had bass suppressed, definitely pinched sound, with WASAPI exclusive definitely sounding better and more open, than ASIO. This is kind of strange, and am mentioning it here cos that was a shock.
To be continued, to avoid each post becoming TLDR.
1st I'm on Windows 10, which could be part of the challenge. Those on Apple devices appear to have a more seamless experience.
I have an EMU 0404 USB, audio interface which I use with an AKG K702 headphone - but this is not a very portable solution. So most of the time I listened to the AKG's plugging them directly into the audio outs of my Dell laptop. A house move led to my AKG being somewhere in a lot of boxes, and will take time to find, so I bought a Sony MDR-E9LP as a cheap and cheerful replacement plugged directly into my laptop audio out.
Hitherto I had been using the ASIO driver of the onboard Realtek via my DAW - Reaper. Thinking - ah this is pure audio, cos I was using ASIO, then I tried out WASAPI, just to see, and it was definitely not sounding the same as ASIO. The Asio had bass suppressed, definitely pinched sound, with WASAPI exclusive definitely sounding better and more open, than ASIO. This is kind of strange, and am mentioning it here cos that was a shock.
To be continued, to avoid each post becoming TLDR.
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