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• Asio4all Mac
• Core Audio- Or Asio-compatible Interface
• Core Audio Vs Asio 2018

I have a cross-platform (for Windows and Mac OS X) program for the development of musical abilities. It should work in real-time (i.e. with the lowest possible delay). The main used sound card is Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. Now my program works better in Mac OS (I can choose a smaller size of a working buffer in my program, without any sound interruptions). Also it seems that Mac OS provides lower latency than Windows (7 x64). But I need to work in both systems.
So, I have several questions:

Asio4all Mac

Oct 16, 2015 - See the discussion on Core Audio below). ASIO was originally a pro-audio grade driver specification for Windows. Its popularity.

Core Audio- Or Asio-compatible Interface

• 1. Is it possible to get the same low latency in Windows as in Mac? (I know about many system options for optimizing audio, such as disabling another audio drivers, disabling visual effects, setting processor scheduling as 'Background Services', etc., but now I am forced to use larger sizes of ASIO and working buffers in Win because of sound interruptions (crackling/clicks)).
  2. Is Mac OS a really better solution for real-time audio processing?
  3. Is using of Asio4All driver a better solution for minimizing a latency in Windows?
  4. When using Asio4All with the sound card and my program, I need to set ASIO buffer size. Why shall I restart my program to applying a buffer size? (Some professional DAWs doesn't require restart to apply a buffer size).
  5. Why do sometimes I have such situation (after start my app):
  (the blue slider does not match the gray, when it seems that the gray slider show a correct current size)?
  6. Can I set a global setting of a buffer size for all applications (and forget about it forever)?
  7. What else can you advise about resolving the latency problem in Windows?

Core Audio Vs Asio 2018

From propagamma / usb-audio:

USB Audio ASIO driver helps you connect USB audio interfaces to music applications via ASIO at latencies down to 4ms.
Features: USB-audio support for ASIO compatible applications like Cubase, Logic Audio, Reason, Native Instruments soft-synths; 32KHz, 44.1 KHz and 48 KHz sampling rate support; 16 bit, 20 bit and 24 bit sample resolution possible; ASIO 2 support and ASIO 1 compatible; Dithering (e.g. for use of a 24 bit input within a 16 bit application, or vice versa).

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