Digidesign
Audio Drivers for Windows XP
Version 7.0 for Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools LE Hardware on Windows XP
December 20, 2005
Combined Standalone Installer for Digidesign Hardware Without Pro Tools
Owners of Pro Tools HD 7 or Pro Tools LE 7 software can install the Digidesign ASIO Driver and Digidesign WaveDriver as an option during Pro Tools installation, using the box in the installer dialogue that is already checked by default. There is no need for Pro Tools 7 users to download the Standalone Digidesign Audio Drivers from this page.
Digidesign ASIO Driver & Digidesign WaveDriver
Digidesign ASIO Driver
The Digidesign ASIO Driver is a single-client, multichannel sound driver that allows third-party audio programs that support the ASIO Driver standard to record and play back through the following Digidesign hardware:
- Pro Tools|HD audio interfaces
- Digi 002
- Digi 002 Rack
- Mbox 2
- Mbox
Full-duplex playback of 24- and 16-bit audio are supported at sample rates up to 48 kHz, depending on your Digidesign hardware and ASIO client application.
The Digidesign ASIO Driver provides the following numbers of input and output channels:
- Up to 8 channels of input and output with Pro Tools|HD systems
- Up to 18 channels of input and output with Digi 002 and Digi 002 Rack
- Up to 4 channels of input and 2 channels of output with Mbox 2
- Up to 2 channels of input and output with Mbox
The ASIO Driver is not multi-client. Only one application at a time can use the ASIO Driver. Be sure to disable the Windows
system sounds. It is also recommended that you use a separate sound card for games or other general work.
The ASIO Driver cannot be used if another application on the system is sending audio to Digidesign hardware through the
Digidesign Wavedriver. If your system has both the Wavedriver and ASIO Driver installed be sure to disable Windows system
sounds. It is also recommended that you use a separate sound card for games or other general work.
For more information, see the following document included with the download:
Applications
The following programs have been tested with the Digidesign ASIO Driver v7.0:
- Pro Tools Ignition Pack
- Applied Acoustics Lounge Lizard v2
- Propellerhead Reason 3.04
- Live 4.1x
- Cubase SX3
- Sonic Foundry Acid Pro 5.x
- Steinberg Wavelab 4.x
Digidesign ASIO Driver Q & A
Q: Is there a Mac OS X version of the Digidesign ASIO Driver?
A: No. The Digidesign Core Audio Driver is used on Mac OS X. Also, in a joint collaboration with Propellerhead Software, Digidesign has added Rewire 2 support with all Pro Tools 6.1 and higher systems for Mac OS X and Windows XP.
Q: With the ASIO Driver, will it be possible to use non-Digidesign hardware (such as MOTU or RME cards) with Pro Tools software?
A: No. The ASIO Driver can only be used in configurations with Digidesign hardware and software programs that support the ASIO standard.
Digidesign WaveDriver
The Digidesign WaveDriver is a single-client, multichannel sound driver that allows third-party audio programs that support the WaveDriver MME (Multimedia Extensions) standard to play back through the following Digidesign hardware:
- Pro Tools|HD audio interfaces
- Digi 002
- Digi 002 Rack
- Mbox 2
- Mbox
Playback of 24- and 16-bit audio are supported at sample rates up to 48 kHz, depending on your Digidesign hardware and WaveDriver client application.
The Digidesign WaveDriver provides 2 channels of output on all systems.
WaveDriver is not multi-client. Only one application at a time can use the WaveDriver. Be sure to disable the Windows
system sounds. It is also recommended that you use a separate sound card for games or other general work. For third-party
software synthesizers and samplers, or for any applications requiring full duplex input and output use the Digidesign ASIO
Driver (refer to the included ASIO Driver Usage Guide).
For more information, see the following document included with the download:
Applications
The following programs have been tested with the Digidesign WaveDriver v7.0:
- WaveDriver
- Sonic Foundry CD Architect 7.x
- Sonic Foundry SoundForge 8.x
- Windows MediaPlayer 9
- Quicktime 6.5.2
Download Installer & Documentation
For the following Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools LE hardware on Windows XP without any version of Pro Tools Installed:
- Pro Tools|HD audio interfaces
- Digi 002
- Digi 002 Rack
- Mbox 2
- Mbox
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Combined Standalone Installer for Digidesign ASIO Driver and Digidesign WaveDriver 12.2 MB Windows ZIP (.zip) format file
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Download Help
Windows ZIP (.zip) format downloads should be downloaded to your local hard drive by choosing "Save to Disk", then expanded. Windows XP has the un-zip capability built into the XP operating system. After saving to your Desktop in Windows XP, right-click on the file and choose "Open".If you experience download or decoding problems, see the Download Help FAQ
Previous Versions
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