Shane

So a while ago I got some help finding a way to refresh MIDI by routing through MIDI OX, as max simply cannot do this. Now I want to refresh audio, on windows. Interestingly, at least with class compliant audio (not sure if this works for asio), one can manually unplug a sound device, plug it back in (audio stops and does not start) and then choose another device or no audio, then choose the same device again. It takes a while though and max sort of hangs for a bit.

I bet there is a way to do this faster and in an automated way.

This would also be very useful for performance if the external soundcard gets lost for a moment so you can recover quickly.

So a while ago I got some help finding a way to refresh MIDI by routing through MIDI OX, as max simply cannot do this. Now I want to refresh audio, on windows. Interestingly, at least with class compliant audio (not sure if this works for asio), one can manually unplug a sound device, plug it back in (audio stops and does not start) and then choose another device or no audio, then choose the same device again. It takes a while though and max sort of hangs for a bit.
I bet there is a way to do this faster and in an automated way.
This would also be very useful for performance if the external soundcard gets lost for a moment so you can recover quickly. 

reinitializing-audio-driver

PS this also works with just turning audio on and off with {adstatus} but is still lags and the user must press a button to do this.. max must know somewhere when a new audio device has been plugged in, when it does it could turn off and back on automatically.

Reinitializing audio driver?