Hi,
I tested the drivers and found that:
- The “Generic Low Latency ASIO Driver” only selects the internal speaker output ports (it does not detect the headphone output ports);
- The “ASIO4ALL v.2” driver, on the contrary, select only selects the headphone output ports (it does not detect the internal speaker output port).Furthermore, because it detects many Intel Smart Sound ports and other special ports, it tends to get stuck during ports selection. To unlock the PC, you need to restart it and relaunch Cubase 12 with factory settings.
- The “Steinberg built-in ASIO driver” makes what you describe possible, as follows:
To select the Headphones output:
1. Studio → Studio Setup → Audio System = Steinberg built-in Asio driver → Control Panel:
2. Check the “headphones” boxes in the ASIO driver Control Panel
3. Studio → Audio Connections (Output) menu:
4. Change Audio Device selection from “Not connected” → Steinberg built-in ASIO Driver (Device name = Headphone).
To select the PC Speakers output:
1. Studio → Studio Setup → Audio System = Steinberg built-in Asio driver → Control Panel:
2. Check the “Speakers” boxes in the ASIO driver Control Panel.
3. Check that in Studio → Studio Setup → Audio System = Steinberg built-in Asio driver → Ports (output) = Speakers;
4. Studio → Audio Connections (Output) menu:
5. Change Audio Device selection from “Not connected” → “Steinberg built-in ASIO Driver” (Device port = Speaker).
I have definitively set the “Steinberg built-in Asio driver” as the driver for my Cubase 12, but I remain very perplexed when I note that in my other Netbook with Windows 10 with Cubase 12 and in my other DAWs with Windows 11 the Headphones/Speakers output of the PC is switched simply by inserting/uninserting the Headphones jack, while in this case I am forced to repeat the series of steps mentioned above.
Thank you for your help.