Behringer F-Control Audio FCA202 User Manual

18 F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 User Manual

A device driver is an interface that ensures communication 

between the software (audio application) and the hardware 

(the FCA202). In recent years, the PC platform has witnessed the 

establishment of several different driver models for sound cards. 

Some of these drivers cannot be used for simultaneous recording 

and playback or for working with software plug-ins, since they do 

not support the full range of functions provided by professional 

sound cards and cause a long time delay (latency). 

The FCA202 software provides a number of driver models 

for Windows platforms and for professional recording. 

With standard Windows-applications, you don’t need to worry 

about which driver is currently being used by the operating 

system. You only need to select the correct playback device via 

the Windows “Control Panel”. 

However, as soon as you start to produce or record 

computer-based music and work with special audio software 

such as Cubase, Live, Logic, Tracktion, or others, you should 

make sure that you selected an ASIO driver. This driver model 

supports the full range of functions offered by your hardware 

and gives you the best performance. 

You will normally find the selection of a driver model for the 

FCA202 hardware in an audio setup menu or in the standard 

default settings of the software you are using. If necessary, 

check the documentation for your software.

If you work with the program Sonar from Cakewalk, you can 

also use the WDM KS driver, since this achieves comparable 

latencies to the ASIO driver. In case of doubt, check whether 

the ASIO or the WDM KS driver gives better results with your 

Sonar system.

Things are much simpler with the Mac platform. 

With OS X, there is only one driver model, the CoreAudio driver. 

Thus there´s no need to worry about which driver to select.