Core Audio vs ASIO

Nuendo
1

I just switched over to MAC from being on Windows for ever and ever.

I read that Core Audio has a straighter line to the Kernel and therefore gives you better latency results.
I noticed that Nuendo is still using ASIO on the MAC vs PT using Core Audio.

So my questions:

  1. is Nuendo using Core Audio Drivers underneath and the label is simply stated ASIO? Or is N6 using ASIO and omitting going through Core Audio

  2. Is there really a difference between the 2 and if so how much of a difference?

  3. If Core Audio is indeed a bit faster wouldn’t it make sense for N6 to offer connectivity to a Core Audio driver and if it doesn’t why not?

2

From what I understand and from what I’ve experienced PC’s can get lower latencies because of the inefficiencies of Core Audio specifically…

3

I’ve always understood that Nuendo uses Core Audio on Mac since OSX arrived around 2001-2.

Could be wrong, usually am.

I don’t understand the workings of my TV, either.