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Audio Driver Latency: WASAPI Exclusive vs ASIO vs Windows Audio Engine Shared Mode: Edge Cases, Failure Modes, and Root-Cause Debugging

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  • October 25, 2026 at 11:23 am #126520
    User AvatarLeo Walker
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    “When I locked WASAPI Exclusive at 48kHz/16-bit, I hit an edge case I can’t pin down: my secondary monitor runs 144Hz and every couple of refresh cycles I see ~2-3ms jitter spikes on the audio pipeline. Does exclusive mode really fully bypass the compositor on Windows 11, or does the MMCSS scheduler still interrupt the buffer? I’ve read the mixer is skipped but DPC latency can still sneak in.

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