Are Behringer audio interfaces ASIO multi client

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hcv242 wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:19 pm


Exactly.

So can anyone confirm that the Behringer UMC404HD has it's own ASIO drivers (not asio4all) and that they are multi client ? because many soundcards have Asio drivers that are not multi client.
What is your understanding of multi-client ?

What do you want to do ?

If you want to run multiple DAWS at the same time - YES

If you want to run Youtube and play along in a DAW - NO

To do this I use USB speakers to hear Youtube. If someone knows a way to do this using Behringer UMC asio drivers please let us know.

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dellboy wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:24 pm If you want to run Youtube and play along in a DAW - NO
Simultaneous YouTube, MediaMonkey, Sound Forge and Bitwig works fine for me.

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foosnark wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:59 pm
dellboy wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:24 pm If you want to run Youtube and play along in a DAW - NO
Simultaneous YouTube, MediaMonkey, Sound Forge and Bitwig works fine for me.
Are you on OSX or windows ?

My setup is a new HP desktop running windows 10 1909 and a Behringer UMC204HD.

I can achieve what you describe by using the free "voicemeeter" software.

https://www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/

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Windows 10. I don't have to do anything special, it just works :shrug:

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foosnark wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:20 pm Windows 10. I don't have to do anything special, it just works :shrug:
I have it working now.

Its odd though. I plugged an HDMI cable into my monitor instead of vga and unplugged my additional USB speakers. I then selcted OUT 1-2 Behringer UMC in the taskbar. I now have Cubase and Youtube running together out of the Behringer interface. Wierd.

Anyways, multiclient confirmed here as well. :)

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Maybe it was already discussed in thread, but pc multiclient mainly useful if you need to run multi audio apps simultaneously.

Playing from more than one at the same time, or playing from one and recording to another, etc.

Most apps can be set to release the asio (or other) audio driver when sent to background then auto-reacquire audio when switched to foreground.

Same deal for midi grabbed or released when switched from foreground to background.

Apologies that is probably a captain obvious contribution. Just wanted to put in perspective that even a non multi client will do most of the stuff people typically do running several audio apps, but only using one at a time. The ones in the background can usually be set to gracefully transparently surrender even a non multi client driver. Captain Obvious over and out! :)

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vurt wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:53 pm
hcv242 wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:19 pm
BertKoor wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:49 pm Last time I checked, nearly all Behringer interfaces only had WDM drivers and you had to get Asio4All to use Asio.

Behringer is not known for solid feature-rich drivers. I'd advice to look a bit further, which might mean stretch your budget accordingly.
Exactly.

So can anyone confirm that the Behringer UMC404HD has it's own ASIO drivers (not asio4all) and that they are multi client ? because many soundcards have Asio drivers that are not multi client.
did you miss all the other replies?
There is contraditory info in the replies.
The user foosnark, for example, shows some pictures the prove that the higher quality models have asio drivers, but he doesn’t say if they are multi client.
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Yes I did. :dog:

They're multi client.

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foosnark wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:51 am Yes I did. :dog:

They're multi client.
as did others :?

i tried, i really did :shrug:
:ud:

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ODeus ASIO Link pro give me multiclient with all my audio interfaces.
https://give.academy/downloads/2018/03/ ... IOLinkPro/
Using ASIO4ALL I can include the built in motherboard audio in the mix.

VoiceMeeter is also good, but harder for me to use.

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vurt wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:40 pm
foosnark wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:51 am Yes I did. :dog:

They're multi client.
as did others :?

i tried, i really did :shrug:
If Urs Behringer himself came on this forum and said "dear customer OP, please be reassured that, yes, they are multiclient"

He would reply, yes, thankyou, but are they multicleint" ? :hihi:

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psst uli not urs ;)
:ud:

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vurt wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:32 pm psst uli not urs ;)
What does Uri Geller think?

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donkey tugger wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:33 pm
vurt wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:32 pm psst uli not urs ;)
What does Uri Geller think?
im receiving a message, he says "im a tory c**t" :o
:ud:

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foosnark wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:51 am Yes I did. :dog:

They're multi client.
Running Windows 10 here, I bought the Behringer UMC204HD based on your and the other posts that claimed it would be multi-client and I'm testing it with Ableton Live 11 using the ASIO driver and it doesn't seem to support multi-client operation. By contrast, my Native Instruments audio interfaces are all multi-client, so, unless I'm missing something, I think the information provided here is incorrect. Is there a special way to configure this audio interface to unlock its multi-client capabilities?

EDIT: Indeed, there is a way to configure things. If you ensure all clients use the same sample rate multi-client works as expected. While testing I had two clients requesting different sample rates from the audio interface which was causing the issue. I've set everything to 48 kHz and now I'm able to run multiple DAWs and Youtube (etc) without issue. Phew! I'm so glad this worked because I hate returning stuff. It would be nice if manufacturers advertised multi-client interfaces as multi-client. It's such an important feature they are really doing themselves a disfavour by not including this detail in the product specs.
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