Roon Exclusive Mode - Need to restart PC to get sound from other apps

[ged_hickman1]

This thread explains the ASIO grab of the stack though it should release if you close roon.

How to get sound from other sources?

No, it’s a windows thing. ASIO bypasses the windows audiostack and claims the audio device exclusivly. Close Roon Core and the audio device will be given back to the system again. Alternativly you couĺd try something like Voicemeeter Banana from kvraudio wich is a free windows asio mixer. ASIO is from way way back and was invented by the firma Steinberg to bypass the windows mixer/resampler in windows versions before windows Vista wich had a lot of latency wich is a very nasty thing for audio r…