Warum Musikmachen with Windows on ARM is so schwierig

Access to the ARM processors is the leader for audio programs under Windows, so not even under macOS. Windows is equipped with the following audio stack: a building system with different cut-ups. If the DirectSound API is played, many games can be used, the Windows Driver Model (WDM) with WaveRT technology and the modern Windows Audio Session API (WASAPI).

The modular Audio Stack is very flexible, audio data can be used for professional applications, if you want to use the Windows own Soundmixer. There are great possibilities behind the playing devices of software synthesizers with a MIDI keyboard.

An audio program that uses the exclusive WASAPI mode is the most suitable Windows Mixer to use and use the hardware directly. After we have done this, we can offer Steinberg the professional ASIO (Audio Stream Input/Output) function. The crux: Every manufacturer must use for his hardware not suitable hardware for x86 chips, but for ARM development, and that is standard.

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