Windows Driver V3 Release 13 for PCIe and Thunderbolt - Downloads

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Released: December 20, 2021

System requirements: Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2022

The Version 3 driver adds two major features over the Version 2 driver: multi-client operation and more than one multi-channel device available. Multi-client operation means that multiple applications can use the same channels for recording and playback at the same time. On the playback side, the application streams (both ASIO and WDM/Direct Kernel Streaming) are mixed together. On the record side, multiple applications (both ASIO and WDM/Direct Kernel Streaming) can record from the same channels at the same time.

Please be aware that Windows keeps a driver store of all drivers installed on Windows 10 and will only install a driver that is newer than your current driver. This means if you wish to go back to the Version 2 driver after testing the Version 3, you must manually remove the driver store files. First run the standard Uninstaller provided with this driver to keep the driver from being loaded upon boot. We provide a command script that will automatically remove the Version 3 driver from the driver store called “RemoveDriverStoreV3.cmd”. Simply download the file from this link, unzip it and right-click on the RemoveDriverStoreV3.cmd and select “Run as Administrator”.

Revision History

Version 3.0 Release 13 December 20, 2021
1. Driver is now WHQL (HLK) Certified for Windows 10 1607, 1809, 2004, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022. Driver will load and operate normally with Secure Boot enabled. It is possible to check the version of Windows with the WinVer command. Please note that operating systems that are no longer supported by Microsoft are no longer included in the HLK certification process (Windows 10 1703, 1709, 1803, 1903).
2. Changed to WinRar 6.02 for self-extracting archiver to avoid false positive virus detection issues.

Version 3.0 Release 12 May 18, 2021
1. Windows 10 driver is now WHQL (HLK) Certified for Windows 10 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004, 20H2, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. Driver will load and operate normally with Secure Boot enabled. It is possible to check the version of Windows with the WinVer command.
2. Driver now supports NControl for Aurora(n)-TB3.
3. Fixed issue that only wrote the mixer state for the first device when closing Lynx Mixer. This prevented multi-card systems from having the mixer state restored correctly for cards other than the first one.
4. Added “Auto” to Advanced > Adapter Settings > Channel Mode for Hilo-TB; Hilo-TB3; Aurora(n)-TB; Aurora(n)-TB3. When unchecked, allows the user to control the number of channels presented to the operating system instead of reading the channel count from the device. This change was added to Lynx Mixer; Hilo Remote and NControl.
5. Added Advanced > “ASIO Buffer Size” to NControl when connected via Thunderbolt.
6. Changed to WinRar 6.01 for self-extracting archiver to avoid false positive virus detection issues.

Version 3.0 Release 11 July 13, 2020
1. Windows 10 driver is now WHQL (HLK) Certified for Windows 10 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. Driver will load and operate normally with Secure Boot enabled. It is possible to check the version of Windows with the WinVer command.
2. ASIO driver now supports 32-bit applications which was inadvertently disabled when adding Fast User Switching support with Release 10.
3. Lynx Mixer now shows frequency counters normalized to specific frequencies supported by the hardware. As an example, an external clock running at 44144 now shows as such when previously it would show 44.1 kHz.

Version 3.0 Release 10 June 17, 2020
1. Windows 10 driver is now WHQL (HLK) Certified for Windows 10 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. Driver will load and operate normally with Secure Boot enabled. It is possible to check the version of Windows with the WinVer command.
2. Added support for Fast User Switching to ASIO driver.
3. Changed minimum buffer size for WDM driver to half of the Release 9 limit to allow 1703 HLK test to pass.
4. Added Windows 10 2004 to HLK test.

Version 3.0 Release 9 May 28, 2020
1. Windows 10 driver is now WHQL (HLK) Certified for Windows 10 1607, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. Driver will load and operate normally with Secure Boot enabled. It is possible to check the version of Windows with the WinVer command. Please note that Windows 10 1703 and 2004 and all earlier versions of Windows are not currently supported.
2. Driver and Mixer now only support 64-bit systems. Users of 32-bit systems will either need to upgrade to a 64-bit operating system, or remain with a previous version of the driver.
3. Added NControl to driver installation package. NControl will be installed into the “\Program Files\Lynx Studio Technology” folder and will automatically be launched if the user launches Lynx Mixer with an Aurora(n)-TB3 (which doesn’t support Lynx Mixer).
4. Low bit rate/high ASIO buffer size issue: When selecting a high ASIO buffer size (over 1024), it is not possible to stream low bit rate audio using the WDM driver as the ASIO buffer size cannot exceed the upper limit for notifications within WDM. When steaming low bit rate (under 44.1kHz 16-bit stereo) audio, please select a smaller ASIO buffer size.