Just... Why?

Startiel

I really want to know why did Native Instruments released an ASIO driver that came PREINSTALLED with Traktor Pro 3.10 for the new X1 MK3 while the S4 and S2 MK3 ASIO drivers must be installed manually?

And also (important question) why doesn't the Traktor S3 have an ASIO driver too?

Stevan

Simple, it is not an X1 Mk3 ASIO driver.

lord-carlos

The X1 does not have any audio interface.

Startiel

sorry for my misunderstanding but the question is why isn't the s4 and s2 asio installed by default and why doesn't the s3 have any?

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/95442#Comment_95442

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/95441#Comment_95441

Stevan

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/95445#Comment_95445

Probably because ASIO driver consumes much more CPU power than built-in windows driver. And Windows machines are known to suffer from DPC latency issues. This way, the support can spend less time on troubleshooting.

I don't know why S3 doesn't come with ASIO driver but there must be a limitation of some kind.