So it's device specific, that is, input monitor will appear on the Playback tab if the drivers support it? (most hardware does already). For MIDI-related work, I therefore still use a Windows XP-based system.

The ability to select the MIDI synth was removed in Vista and is one of the blocking issues for me. MIDI synth, I want to be able to switch to it from the Sounds control panel. If I install my own MIDI softsynth or have a sound card which has hardware-based There is no way to select a different MIDI soft synth other than the default system-supplied 'Microsoft GS Wavetable' synth licensed from Roland which doesn't sound great. Window is it doesn't save its position and size. That way, a single click would open it right away, but a double click would also open the mixer. Of both worlds? Just re-arrange the 'Mixer' link so when you single click, the 'Mixer' link appears exactly under the mouse cursor. I know that in Vista and Windows 7, the full volume mixer by design doesn't open on double click because the main volume has to be shown immediately on single click.

When I plug in something to my line in and audio is playing on the connected device, I want to be able to hear it without startingģ. Several small issues with the volume mixer. This seems to be device-specific whereas in XP, it worked for all audio devices. XP, I could send audio simultaneously to both set of speakers.Ģ. For example, if I have my PC in my bedroom but another set of connected speakers in the living room, I can only play audio on either one of the speakers at a time. You cannot output audio simultaneously to multiple audio devices/endpoints. Also, there are some issues related in audio in Windows 7 which needġ. which says hardware accelerated audio/hardware offloading is returning to Windows 8 but it would require new Port Class (PortCls) WaveRT-based drivers. Is there backwardĬompatibility or changes to make the DirectSound API hardware accelerated again if you have PortCls WaveRT drivers? I didn't see any PDC session on audio acceleration. What is new in audio for Windows 8? I came across this document:

Volume mixer not opening windows 7