īeing a proprietary protocol, it does not have any universal compatibility with Windows-based DAW and other recording software. Other free or open source alternatives are ASIO4All, FlexASIO, ASIO2KS, and ASIO2WASAPI. WineASIO driver uses the JACK sound server as its audio back-end and allows many ASIO-aware applications to run with low latency under WINE. There is also an experimental ASIO driver for Wine, WineASIO, for a Windows compatibility layer for Linux. Starting with Windows Vista, KMixer has been removed and replaced by WASAPI and a new WaveRT port driver. Interface support is normally restricted to Microsoft Windows. In this way, ASIO offers a relatively simple way of accessing multiple audio inputs and outputs independently. Each layer that is bypassed means a reduction in latency (the delay between an application sending audio information and it being reproduced by the sound card, or input signals from the sound card being available to the application). ASIO bypasses the normal audio path from a user application through layers of intermediary Windows operating system software so that an application connects directly to the sound card hardware.
