- Drivers Audio Research Sound Cards & Media Devices Using
- Drivers Audio Research Sound Cards & Media Devices Online
Following the introduction of their very expensive, tube/FET hybrid SP11 preamplifier, there were rumors that Audio Research was working on a hybrid tube/transistor preamplifier targeted to cost less than $2000. The rumors were confirmed when ARC showed a black-and-white photo of the SP9 at the 1987 Winter CES. Obviously, like all magazines, we were impatient to receive a review sample, but. I do have McIntosh and Audio Research products. I love the McIntosh Current tuners and there old MC2105 solid state from 1977-78 but I do love the Audio Research amplifier and preamplifier if it is tube. Example; I do own an Audio Research Reference 250SE Monoblock amplifiers and a McIntosh MR85 Tuner. Some companies do things better than others.
ok, but what is it?
Put simply, Synchronous Audio Router lets you route audio from any Windows application through a DAW (digital audio workstation) application, giving you an immense amount of control over your system's audio. You can apply sophisticated effects, routing and switching, and combine the audio streams from each individual application any way you want, producing any number of output mixes.
If your applications of choice don't let you select an audio device, SAR has you covered: you can define per-application routing rules which will override the Windows default audio device settings. You can even use pattern matching to define rules for groups of applications.
It's also fast. SAR operates inline with your existing ASIO driver, adding no additional buffer latency to your DAW, and uses WaveRT for direct low latency transport of audio between applications. This is in contrast to many other 'virtual audio cable' type drivers which often require buffer sizes as large as 50-100ms to work reliably.
Drivers Audio Research Sound Cards & Media Devices Using
how use?
You need 3 things: the SAR driver, an ASIO driver for your sound card (if it's good, it came with one, otherwise get ASIO4ALL), and DAW software. If you don't already have a DAW, use REAPER. If you do, I assume you don't need me telling you how to set it up, so have fun.
Once you've installed all the prerequsites, watch some videos:
If you prefer text, check out the SAR user manual.
what's it cost?
Drivers Audio Research Sound Cards & Media Devices Online
Nothing. SAR is free software, distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.