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Old 01-16-2021, 11:40 PM
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Default How can I configure buffer size with Realtek?

Apologies if this has been covered. I have a Dell M5300 and am happily running MC on it for video. I've downloaded PT First in order to become familiar with it, but I am not able to initialize it. I am getting the following message:

Your audio device is configured with an unsupported audio buffer size...<yadayada>... confingure in the device control panel...<yadayadayada>


I've got a Realtek audio card, and there is no way I can find to set buffer size (running the latest Win 10 Pro 64). An Internet search reveals that Realtek has deprecated the Realtek Audio Manager, and it is nowhere to be found in the latest driver. Supposed fix was to roll back to the previous driver, where RAM was supposedly accessible digging into the program files, but the supposed .exe was nowhere to be found.

Hopefully someone out there has a workaround or a suggestion.



TIA for all suggestions,
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Install ASIO4all and configure it to use your soundcard with Pro Tools. Expected buffer sizes are 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.


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Follow Top Jimmy's advice, or buy a separate interface for use with PT and MC, leaving the Realtek for Windows-only
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Old 01-17-2021, 01:32 PM
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Install ASIO4all and configure it to use your soundcard with Pro Tools. Expected buffer sizes are 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.


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Old 01-17-2021, 03:09 PM
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Default Re: How can I configure buffer size with Realtek?

As Dave said, you are likely much better off getting a dedicated audio interface that supports ASIO. ASIO4ALL is a hack, it may or may not work reliably for you, especially at smaller IO buffer sizes. And you may still run into conflicts with Windows Audio or other apps not playing well with Pro Tools when sharing one interface.

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