ASIO Drivers & Volume Control

MasterEvilAce · Feb 8, 2006, 12:14 AM

Hey, I have a slight problem. I currently use Fruity Loops (FL Studio, whatever) and I recently messed with the audio settings. Normally, it would use the default--which is the Primary Audio / my onboard sound. (i have an nvidia nforce2 400 Ultra)

However, I set it to "NVIDIA ASIO Driver", which was developed for what I am doing, music production, etc. on a computer. The latency is amazing compared to the other options I am able to choose from (a few other ASIO's and the default sound options).. However, this is the best one as far as latency is concerned. The entire program seems to run faster.

Anyways, the problem is that, when using this driver, I can only control the volume using MASTER VOLUME. If i change the WAVE volume in Windows, it no longer affects Fruity Loops. It affects everything BUT FL. Which means I can either have FL really loud, or other programs unhearable, or I can turn WAVE all the way up, and have hardly any control over the volume (the slightest change in master volume changes the volume drastically)

I need a way to change the volume of the NVIDIA ASIO Driver.. is this possible??

**dj_stick** · Feb 8, 2006, 12:31 AM

WAVE levels control the directsound levels, ASIO is completely different. You'll have to use the master control

jiiteepee · Feb 8, 2006, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by MasterEvilAce

Hey, I have a slight problem. I currently use Fruity Loops (FL Studio, whatever) and I recently messed with the audio settings. Normally, it would use the default--which is the Primary Audio / my onboard sound. (i have an nvidia nforce2 400 Ultra)

However, I set it to "NVIDIA ASIO Driver", which was developed for what I am doing, music production, etc. on a computer. The latency is amazing compared to the other options I am able to choose from (a few other ASIO's and the default sound options).. However, this is the best one as far as latency is concerned. The entire program seems to run faster.

Anyways, the problem is that, when using this driver, I can only control the volume using MASTER VOLUME. If i change the WAVE volume in Windows, it no longer affects Fruity Loops. It affects everything BUT FL. Which means I can either have FL really loud, or other programs unhearable, or I can turn WAVE all the way up, and have hardly any control over the volume (the slightest change in master volume changes the volume drastically)

I need a way to change the volume of the NVIDIA ASIO Driver.. is this possible??

What? Does NVidia has an ASIO driver it's own (or is it just ASIO multimedia driver). How low latency settings (in ms) can you get with these drivers?

Normally people are using Asio4All driver with onboard sounds. Have you tried it?

ASIO driver bypasses windows kmixer --> volume controlling is possible only the way as dj_stick wrote.

jiitee

**dj_stick** · Feb 8, 2006, 09:35 AM

nV ASIO is a true low latency driver, i got to about 5ms with my tests on my old machine

drollos · Mar 8, 2006, 12:22 AM

maybe u should try to use NVIDIA nvMixer, mostly this is packed together with the driver. when you dont have it you `ll find it easyly somewhere...
i think this will work for your prob.....

jiiteepee · Mar 8, 2006, 12:30 AM

With Fruity Loops + ASIO he have 3 volume controls in use
--> Master volume control on FL Mixer
--> Master level control on header of the FL window
--> Windows volume control

If that's not enough controls to get precice volume level controlling --> he needs to change driver mode or try Asio4All drivers

jiitee

Feb 8, 2006, 12:14 AM	#1
MasterEvilAce DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	ASIO Drivers & Volume Control Hey, I have a slight problem. I currently use Fruity Loops (FL Studio, whatever) and I recently messed with the audio settings. Normally, it would use the default--which is the Primary Audio / my onboard sound. (i have an nvidia nforce2 400 Ultra) However, I set it to "NVIDIA ASIO Driver", which was developed for what I am doing, music production, etc. on a computer. The latency is amazing compared to the other options I am able to choose from (a few other ASIO's and the default sound options).. However, this is the best one as far as latency is concerned. The entire program seems to run faster. Anyways, the problem is that, when using this driver, I can only control the volume using MASTER VOLUME. If i change the WAVE volume in Windows, it no longer affects Fruity Loops. It affects everything BUT FL. Which means I can either have FL really loud, or other programs unhearable, or I can turn WAVE all the way up, and have hardly any control over the volume (the slightest change in master volume changes the volume drastically) I need a way to change the volume of the NVIDIA ASIO Driver.. is this possible??

Mar 8, 2006, 12:22 AM	#5
drollos DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	maybe u should try to use NVIDIA nvMixer, mostly this is packed together with the driver. when you dont have it you `ll find it easyly somewhere... i think this will work for your prob.....

Mar 8, 2006, 12:30 AM	#6
jiiteepee HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: FI Posts: 400 Rep Power: 0	With Fruity Loops + ASIO he have 3 volume controls in use --> Master volume control on FL Mixer --> Master level control on header of the FL window --> Windows volume control If that's not enough controls to get precice volume level controlling --> he needs to change driver mode or try Asio4All drivers jiitee