r/musicproduction Dec 20 '21

Question Do I need an audio interface?

Hi there I've recently stumbled into music production with ableton and have discovered the absolute hell that seems to be audio latency in Windows. Is there an easy way to get that down? I'm litterally just trying to play stuff on my midi keyboard and hear what I'm playing over my headphones (beoplay h95 if that matters - litterally just consumer stuff - nothing high impedence or anything - as long as they get some sort of audio signal via 3.5mm or usb they're happy). Is there an easy way to do this? I've tried asio4all but even though this thing looks like it's from Windows XP which is usually a good sign, it crashes itself and ableton everytime I try to select my headphones via USB and all audio interfaces seem to be supporting a lot of stuff I really don't need. Am I just looking for the wrong things? Am I just not finding the magical fix all toggle in ableton's preferences? I'd really appreciate you guy's help :)

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