ESI has developed a number of key technologies over the years that are now part of many our products. One of the most important part in development always has been the interaction between hardware and software. Since several years, unique and exclusive driver technology such as EWDM and DirectWIRE are showing what is possible. The following paragraphs explain what makes our drivers special. Maybe you have been in this situation before: you are searching for a new audio interface, and you are forced to double check that it is compatible with the prefered audio software of your choice. Not every audio interface supports all of the common driver standards like ASIO, MME, GSIF, WDM or DirectSound. Some do support multiple standards but only with limitations or worse, with weak performance. Maybe you had a look on the various internet discussion forums on the topic. If so, you surly found hundreds of questions from others checking if a certain hardware is compatible with a certain software. This is not surprising, as some of the driver standards such as ASIO are commonly used in multichannel audio applications, while others are used mainly in consumer applications like a DVD player software or even a game. And of course there are always exceptions. Every hardware, even every driver version behaves slightly different.

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