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## Setting up ASIO4ALL
*Most internal sound cards need this driver. ASIO4ALL is not recommended if your audio interface provides its own ASIO driver, since that might have better latency.*
## ASIO
To provide the lowest latency, Jamulus uses [ASIO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Stream_Input/Output). If you don't have an external sound card, you will probably also not have an ASIO driver. Therefore, you will need to install a generic one like ASIO4ALL which you can [download from the official ASIO4ALL website](https://www.asio4all.org/). If you own an external sound card/audio interface, you should check for an official ASIO driver and use it since they usually provide better quality.

For ASIO4ALL, you may need to experiment a bit to find the right configuration since every computer is a bit different. Setup your sound card while you're [connected to a server](Onboarding#2-connecting-to-a-server) to hear your instrument or voice and check if everything is correctly setup.
### Setting up ASIO4ALL
*ASIO4ALL is not recommended if your sound card/audio interface provides its own ASIO driver, since that might have better latency.*

For ASIO4ALL, you may need to experiment a bit to find the right configuration since every computer is a bit different.

**Tip:** Setup your sound card while you're [connected to a server](Onboarding#2-connecting-to-a-server) to hear your instrument or voice and check if everything is correctly setup, but first read on.

Before you start with Jamulus:
1. **Close all applications** (especially those which could access your sound card like your browser/media player) since Jamulus needs exclusive access to your sound card.
1. If the audio doesn’t work out of the box, make sure that only the **correct inputs/outputs** in ASIO4ALL **are switched on**. Everything else should be switched off. This can be done as follows:
1. **Close all applications** (especially those which could access your sound card like your browser/media player) since Jamulus needs exclusive access to your sound card. Other programs will not be able to use audio if ASIO4ALL and Jamulus are running.
1. If the Jamulus audio doesn’t work out of the box, make sure that only the **correct inputs/outputs** in ASIO4ALL **are switched on**. Everything else should be switched off. This can be done as follows:

### How to setup ASIO4ALL inputs (Guide)

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