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Hello, I have been streaming/podcasting/making music with my Audio Technica AT2020 + DBX 286s + Scarlett 2i2 setup for a couple of years now and I have always been confused about one topic: sample rates. It seems to be debated all across the internet and I can't really get a straight answer. For my uses, what sample rate and should I use in the Scarlett 2i2 settings? Also, what sample rate/buffer size/bit depth should I use in my DAW and OBS? Thanks in advance, Joe

Hi all, (dumb question i know) Is it possible to exceed 192KHz sample rate on windows 10, I have done some internet searching and haven't much outside of announcements of windows supporting this but it doesn't seem like anyone has gotten it to work. I'm using the xDuoo XD-05 AMP/DAC over USB which theoretically supports 384KHz sample rate although, through USB I can only set it up to 192KHz through windows 10's audio settings. I have installed the proper XMOS drivers and still it doesn't seem to work. Do I need to setup DSD (Direct Stream Digital) for this to work? or is there another way? Thanks in advance, ~Chaz

The Disclaimer: Sorry if this post is annoyingly long for a seemingly minor issue. Just wanted to provide all relevant information so I don't waste everyone's time asking for info I should have provided. The Problem: About 2 months ago, I started having intermittent distortion (sounds like an audio buffer is filling up) while playing any audio over my 1070's HDMI port. (full specs and setup details below) The distortion comes from the built in speakers in my TCL 43S405 UHD TV, which I use as my main monitor. This distortion happens on literally all audio passed to it through the HDMI connection, including system sound effects, streaming video/music in Edge, Chrome, IE, Firefox and audio playback from pro apps like Pro Tools and Premiere CC. (Don't worry, I have proper studio monitors but wanted to test the issues with a range of audio sources). I do use the TV speakers frequently to save power (studio monitors/console/power conditioners draw about 400 watts and heat the room substantially) so I do need a solution and not a recommendation to just use the monitors all the time. It is intermittent, and usually gets bad for a few seconds and then sounds great for an hour or so before getting bad again, and so on. It seems to be related to total system load, as launching an intensive program (like Premiere) seems to cause the distortion to worsen despite a negligible CPU load. In some cases, opening a new tab in Edge (also tested and the same in Chrome) is enough to trigger a burst of noise, but this is usually rather subtle and short lived. I have attached 2 recordings of playing music from Pandora in Edge through my HDMI monitor. audio distortion 1.mp3 audio distortion 2.mp3 Attempted Solutions: All cables are tested and known to be good. Changing audio settings in the NVidia control panel or regular Windows control panel have had no effect on the issue. All software/drivers/BIOS are up to date at the time of writing, and multiple NVidia updates, a BIOS update, and a Windows update have been installed while this problems has been going on. After installing the HD Audio Driver (version 1.3.37.4 released May 24th) it has been better (less frequent) but is still present. The addition or removal of other audio devices has no effect. Theories: This type of distortion sounds like an audio buffer filling up and being unable to keep up with the source. It is in fact a very fast stutter, where a few samples are played and then there is a delay, then a few more samples. I know it is a delay and not cutting out because the tempo of music noticeable slows while the distortion occurs but the pitch remains the same. It only makes sense that there is a tiny delay every few milliseconds causing this sort of super rough time-stretch effect, and a slow or small buffer can certainly do it. Trouble is, I cannot to save my life find any way to adjust the buffer size! All of my pro audio hardware has a setting within the driver/control panel to manually change the buffer, but that just doesn't seem to exist here, so I cannot test my theory. Part 2 of this theory is why I believe it is GPU related. Since this issue has started, my average Cinebench score has gone from 154fps to about 125. CPU remains in the low 2000s (just got 2022 and 2004 while writing this) which is within 10 points of the highest score with my current overclock. Given the reduced GPU performance and the new audio issue around the same time, it seems to be related. However, I ran the GPU test while playing a YouTube video (usually the worst offender for the audio distortion) and noticed no audio problems (although my score did drop to 109fps, and stopping the video for a second test resulted in 124. Still 30fps shy of my previous max, while the CPU score hasn't changed.) System Specs & Configuration: My system is a custom PC. Asus X299 Prime A, i7 7820x (4.8 GHz oc), Corsair H115i, 16gbx2 Corsair Vengance LPX, 850 Pro boot SSD, 1TB HDD, too many USB drives/peripherals to list, Asus 1070 Dual (name of the one card, NOT SLI and NOT overclocked) connected with risers and mounted on standoffs beneath my motherboard, Corsair RM750x.Photo included to hopefully answer the questions that seem to always come up when I talk about this build. Running Windows 10 Pro (version 1709, build 16299.431) NVidia GeForce Experience (version 3.14.0.139) Game Ready driver (version 397.93) which includes a new update to HD Audio Driver 1.3.37.4 (previously 1.3.37.1) Clean installation performed as I usually do. I have 2 HDMI monitors (21" with no audio connected via HDMI to DVI cable, TCL 43S405 43" UHD TV connected via HDMI, which is AWESOME as a monitor by the way) These are the only devices connected to the 1070. My only other PCI device is an eSata card with 2 ports. Disconnecting or connecting this has no affect on the audio issue. Thanks in advance for any help diagnosing and fixing this problem. I'd be happy to provide any other information to help find a solution.

So I recently bought a Steam link and the audio quality isn't very good. It completely cuts out the bass. I think I've found the problem. It always changes the sample rate or audio format to 16bit 48000hz. If I change it before connecting it always reverts back to it. Changing my default playback devices sample rate doesn't seem to affect it. Is there a way to lock the sample rate on a playback device in windows 10.

Issue: I can't get any audio recording devices to record I'm on an Acer Aspire S7-392 and have a Creative X-Fi USB sound card for when I'm at home and use the built in Realtek audio otherwise. I'm on a very fresh install of Windows 10 (2 days old) and was not experiencing this issue prior to the reinstall. I get an error message in Audacity upon clicking record "Error opening sound device..." and received a similar message in another recording program. I installed this other program to see if Audacity was the issue, but if a similar message is appearing in both, I doubt that is the case. Additionally, I get this message regardless of the input device I select (i.e. line-in, stereo mix, etc.) and regardless of which sound card (Realtek or X-Fi). I've also verified that the X-Fi card works as expected on another computer. Oddly, within the Windows sound manager, if I select "Listen to this device" on the the X-Fi's "line-in" for example, it will play through the laptop speakers no problem. There is no indication that anything is wrong within sound manager. One thing I did notice that was amiss during some troubleshooting from Audacity's support page is that within Audacity menu "Help>Diagnostics>Audio Device Info", no recording devices have any sample rates listed. The playback devices do, and I can play audio from Audacity with no issue. I would imagine this has something to do with the sample rates not showing up in the audio device info section of Audacity. They do show up and are able to be selected within Windows Sound Manager however. As far as troubleshooting, I'm tentatively operating under the assumption that the issue is with Windows since it appears to be independent of a specific sound card, input device, or recording program. I ran "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" and "sfc /scannow" but neither indicated there were any errors and the issue still persists.

Hi, I recently got a sound card (Asus Xonar Phoebus) and i would just like to know how to configure this part:(in picture) should I put the Sample Rate and Bit Rate to the Highest? or just keep it this way?