With APx500 Flex, we are undeniably proposing that sound cards are good enough for audio measurement. So, for many customers, APx500 Flex is simply a natural progression to how they were already using our audio measurement software. In these contexts, we have already seen customers who were using ASIO for input and output, and for whom the hardware analyzer often became just a large and superfluous dongle. Since then, we have built on the ASIO interface as a bridge to other interfaces, such as Automotive Audio Bus®(A2B), developed by Analog Devices™, Dante™ and the Dante Virtual Soundcard® or Focusrite RedNet PCIe® sound card, and Soundwire™ MIPI Interface®. This was originally added at the request of manufacturers of these devices who wanted to be able to easily test them.
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In that context, why is AP embracing the idea of using third-party audio interfaces (what some call “sound cards”, owing to their legacy of discrete add-in circuit boards installed inside computer chassis such as the original Creative Labs™ SoundBlaster®)?ĪPx500 software has supported the use of third-party ASIO audio interfaces since version 4.2.
To this day, AP manufactures the highest performance, and the most robust and reliable audio measurement instruments available – a fact of which we are obviously quite proud. AP established itself by making the world’s finest, hardware-based audio analyzers. To many, this might seem like a surprising change. With the introduction of APx500 Flex, Audio Precision is making it possible to use APx500 software with a third-party audio interface.