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Topic: ASIO and Firmaware

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I have found these terms in some topics.. can anyone explain whats the Firmware (is it a driver?) and ASIO?
 

Posted Mon 19 Oct 09 @ 12:11 am
Firmware is similiar to software but denotes smaller programs as used in remote controls, cell phones, harddrives, keyboards, HIDs, monitors etc.
popular usage extended the word "firmware" to denote anything ROM-resident, including processor machine-instructions for BIOS.
"firmware" has evolved to mean almost any programmable content of a hardware device,

Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO) is a computer soundcard driver protocol for digital audio specified by Steinberg, providing a low-latency and high fidelity interface between a software application and a computer's sound card. Whereas Microsoft’s DirectSound is commonly used as a stereo input and output for non-professional users, ASIO allows musicians and sound engineers to process their audio via Windows computer software instead of external hardware.

This is a brief extract from wiki
 

thanks...
 

but in english... jejeje so are like drivers right?
 



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