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WinHookAudio 0.1.3: an ASIO driver for your DAW with hardware devices, virtual cables, ASIO Bridges and LAN audio, set up in a native Control Panel.

Pre-release. The Virtual Cable kernel driver (WinHookAudio.sys) is experimental and only test-signed. The setup program has not yet been tested through a full install and uninstall on a clean PC. Please try it on a test PC first.

What's new

  • Your sound card's own ASIO driver as a device. In the Control Panel, the Source menu (Hardware) and the GENERAL device lists now show your installed ASIO drivers under ASIO drivers. Pick one like any other device: as output #1 it drives the Master Clock; its inputs feed your slots. The GENERAL row has a Driver settings button that opens the driver's own settings.
    • One ASIO driver at a time (another card can still open through Windows).
    • The driver is set to the Master Clock's rate; the buffer size comes from GENERAL "Hardware" (Auto = the size set in the driver's settings).
    • Tested live with FL Studio ASIO (64-bit and 32-bit) on a virtual machine. Not yet tested with a real ASIO audio interface: please report how your card works.
  • 0.1.2 (for those who skipped it): 44.1 to 192 kHz Master Clock (also from the DAW's rate menu), 16 Virtual Cables.

Download

WinHookAudio-Setup-0.1.3.exe (Windows 10 1709+ / 11; x64, 32-bit and ARM64 DAWs)

Install

  1. Run the setup.
  2. On Components, choose the Virtual Cable:
    • Not signed: test-signed driver: setup trusts the test certificate and turns on Windows Test Mode. Secure Boot must be off. Restart when asked.
    • No Virtual Cable: the ASIO Master, the Bridges, hardware devices (Windows and ASIO) and the network work without Test Mode.
  3. In your DAW, choose WinHookAudio Master as the ASIO device.

Uninstalling removes the device and the driver. It turns Test Mode off only if setup turned it on.

More details: docs/installing.md and ADR 0018.

Tips

  • Through an ASIO driver, run the Master Clock at a rate the card runs natively. A driver that converts the rate itself (as FL Studio ASIO does for a device at another rate) calls back unevenly, which can cause dropouts.
  • At 176.4 or 192 kHz, use a buffer of 512 or more.

Known limits

  • No Microsoft-signed driver yet, so the Virtual Cable needs Test Mode.
  • A short dropout is still possible on a busy or virtual machine.
  • With a Shared device as output #1 (the clock), an Exclusive input can still resample now and then. For recording, keep output #1 Exclusive.
  • Tested on a virtual machine only, not yet on physical audio hardware, a real ARM PC or a real 32-bit DAW. The Virtual Cable driver is not available on ARM yet.
  • The ASIO drivers are built without the Steinberg ASIO SDK (the project's own common/WHAAsio.h).

Checksum

SHA-256 1F934AAEC7C9E067973DA0BA1CDB1DFAB0FCD8540B60EF3BAD6B4B5DF1FA6B10

Built locally (the test-signed driver option is not in GitHub Actions builds). Not code-signed.
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