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Abbreviations:
REASON = A well known DAW
ExtS = Physical External Soundcard - there are two of them, #1 & #2
MULTITRACK = Multitrack Recorder DAW
Ch. = Channel
BORING DAW = just a different DAW




THE SETUP :


[NOTE: ExtS #1 is a general use device with 4 stereo I/O channels selectable by computer-->USB (ASIO), or by phono lead]
[NOTE: ExtS #2 Ch.3/4 is a sort of universal cue channel, it is listened to via one pair of physical headphones]




REASONs main output rack channels --> [using ASIO4ALL] --> MULTITRACK Instance #1 (1 MULTITRACK channel per Reason rack device) --> [using ASIO4ALL] --> ExtS #1 Ch.1/2

REASON's cue track --> [using ASIO4ALL] --> MULTITRACK Instance #1 --> [using ASIO4ALL] --> ExtS #2 Ch.3/4 --> Physical headphones



BORING DAW Instance #1 --> [using ASIO4ALL] --> MULTITRACK Instance #2 --> [using ASIO4ALL] --> ExtS #1 Ch.7/8



BORING DAW Instance #2 Main Out --> [using ExtS #2's own ASIO driver] --> ExtS #2 Ch.1/2 --> [using physical wire] --> ExtS #1 (can hear it by flipping USB / Phono switch, thus toggling between the Reason rack channels & BORING DAW Instance #2 Main Out)


BORING DAW Instance #2 Cue Channel --> [using ExtS #2's own ASIO driver] --> ExtS #2 Ch.3/4 --> Physical headphones






My problem:

This setup is very crashy & jittery when play is pressed in one DAW rather than another DAW.

I ABSOLUTELY NEED to hear audio from another DAW in ExtS #1 Ch.3/4 + Ch.5/6. This audio needs to come from ANOTHER DAW NOT MENTIONED HERE. This is the biggest problem for me - ExtS #1 is already in use (heavy use, at that) by MULTITRACK Instance #1 *and* Instance #2. Therefore l cannot use ASIO.

Can Voicemeeter help? If so, please could you give me a clear idea of how to proceed? Please could you explain like you are trying to teach a cat!

Also, if you need further clarification on something, please ask.

Vincent, please help, if you need a diagram l can draw one. I really need a solution buddy. I've been working on this on and off for over a year, it's taken me that long to figure out it has no chance of working ... unless, maybe, your software can help?



Also please tell me how l can change my screen name.

well, i would say fisrt that you usually do not need to use ASIO4ALL ...
your DAW can be connected to Voicemeeter Virtual ASIO driver as well...
Directly

Right, so please can you show me how to do this with Voicemeeter. ASIO4ALL has failed me, l am looking to Voicemeeter now, not ASIO4ALL.

just select Voicemeeter ASIO device in your DAW Audio Settings.

Hi, which version of Voicemeeter should l use? Banana? Audio Cable? Mixer?

Vincent, if you take a look at the setup, you'll see that MULTITRACK Instance #1 uses 2 different external soundcard (ExtS #1 & ExtS #2).

I don't see any way around this other than an ASIO driver wrapper, but when l bring ASIO4ALL back into the equation, l'm in trouble all over again.

Please can you show me how to do this so that ExtS #1 Ch.3/4 + Ch.5/6 are left free for use by yet another DAW?

At present, l almost got the setup to work, but on ExtS #1, Ch. 1/2 ended up treated as 1 mono channel, with Ch. 3/4 as the other mono channel in a stereo pair. How that happened l have no idea.



I'll give you $20 if you can make this work with Voicemeeter.

To the eerily silent multitude of people wanting to help me out with this:

This request is now on hold - l believe the problem may be ExtS #1, which is both a MIDI controller and a soundcard, and probably a dishonest soundcard at that - it says it can give me 4 audio i/o channels, when l suspect really it can only ever give me 2 stereo pairs simultaneously via ASIO.

I had planned for BORING DAW to use 2 stereo pairs itself, and my issue was l couldn't get those 2 channels to BORING DAW, because the setup prior to that had used everything that was available up.

There were still 2 stereo pairs remaining on ExtS #1, but as l suspect: those 2 stereo pairs aren't available if the other 2 pairs are already in use.

HOWEVER overeating can partly compensate for this impasse, soooo l'll go check the fridge now. Au revoir

sorry but i don't understand your problem i guess... seems to be a problem of channel management on ASIO driver ?
just explain the minimal rational of your problem (less than 3 lines), and post a screen shot if needed.