External ASIO/WASAPI_EXCLUSIVE backend for low-latency and safe osu! audio playback experience.
While osu's original audio system has a latency for about 40 ms, this program can provide extremely low latency to as low as 0.6ms (Verified by EmertxE, determine by your devices, from tapping to hearing), and for most players the latency can be lower than about 8-15ms (with no professional soundcard, from tapping to hearing).
We have been waiting for the very near future for several years, but it looks like that the dev team has been stopped supporting such heavy development for legacy osu. So there are many nice external community audio tools before like REAL, osu-External-ASIO-Sound, AsioHookForOsu, etc. But:
- Even with REAL, the osu's playback latency is still about 25ms. Anyway this is the easiest way to gain such improvement.
- Tools like osu-External-ASIO-Sound or AsioHookForOsu gives ASIO support, but they have some inevitable problems: 1. Inject and hook which is unsafe for your account. 2. Not perfect for custom hitsound support.
This project born to resolve these problems. As default, this program enables RealtimeMode in the configuration, which will use OsuRTDataProvider to read osu's memory without modifying. The OsuRTDataProvider is commonly used for broadcasting tools (like RTPP Displayer), and it looks safe because it was approved by peppy. But nothing will be guaranteed, so I should still say please do at your own risk.
Benifits of KeyASIO.Net
- Support extremely low-latency playback around 0.6ms (determine by your devices, from tapping to hearing).
- Fully support for playing beatmap's custom hitsound including storyboard samples, and hitsound customization like: User skin, Ignore custom hitsound, Ignore samples, Ignore volumes, Ignore slidertails, etc.
- Optimize mania as per-key sound, just like behaviors in the game.
- Safe for your account, but no guarantee.
- A easy-to-use user interface.
Overview
Realtime options
The KeyASIO.Net supports FullMode (EnableMusicFunctions in configuration), which can also synchronize the music, that will completely replace osu's sounds. This will make you much easier to start, but it has irresolvable problems. For players who has only one soundcard, you can try the fullmode. Otherwise, I only suggest with this option off.
Prerequisites
- Change the device in the software GUI, select ASIO4ALL or your default WASAPI device with exclusive, and confirm.
- If the ASIO4ALL is selected, open ASIO control panel and select your output device with others deselected. Press
Advanced Optionsand adjust the options to lower the latency (Check latency at the software GUI) - Check your osu game to test whether the game has lags or problems to play. If yes, select the game's output to
VB-CABLE Input
This is because of whether the same audio device in game settings is used exclusively in other applications. In case of exclusive using, the osu game's time synchronization may stuck while game playing, so the hitbox check will always fail.
- (Optional for livestream) Select the game's output to
VB-CABLE Input, and add theVB-CABLE Outputas second audio output device in your livestream software. - Enjoy
Prerequisites
- Make sure you have at least 2 audio output devices (including HDMI Audio). An HDMI decoder with audio port is required if your monitor doesn't have audio port.
- A standalone mixer. Low-end device is just ok, since they are always very cheap. DO NOT USE WINDOWS MIXER SOFTWARES, since they will only increase the latency.
- Install ASIO4ALL / Just use WASAPI_EXCLUSIVE
- Use HDMI output to display monitor or HDMI decoder, and line-out to the mixer. Line-out your motherboard soundcard to the mixer. Plug your headphone into the mixer.
- Change the device in the software GUI, select ASIO4ALL and confirm.
- Open the ASIO4ALL control panel, and select something like
HDMI Outwith others deselected. PressAdvanced Optionsand adjust the options to lower the latency (Check latency at the software GUI) - Select your motherboard device in osu game. Please do not select the same device as ASIO4ALL. It doesn't work.
- Change your own key bindings in the software GUI.
- Set the effect volume to 0 in osu!.
- Open offset wizard, play with
Automod and adjust the software's offset and osu!'s offset. - Enjoy
Prerequisites
- Install VB-CABLE
- Change the device in the software GUI, select your standalone soundcard, and confirm.
- Check your osu game to test whether the game has lags or problems to play. If yes, select the game's output to
VB-CABLE Input
This is because of whether the same audio device in game settings is used exclusively in other applications. In case of exclusive using, the osu game's time synchronization may stuck while game playing, so the hitbox check will always fail.
- (Optional for livestream) Select the game's output to
VB-CABLE Input, and add theVB-CABLE Outputas second audio output device in your livestream software. - Enjoy
Prerequisites
- Check if your soundcard has original ASIO driver. If no, install ASIO4ALL / just use WASAPI_EXCLUSIVE
- If your soundcard driver doesn't support ASIO concurrency, a standalone mixer is needed. Low-end device is just ok, since they are always very cheap. DO NOT USE WINDOWS MIXER SOFTWARES, since they will only increase the latency.
- Change the device in the software GUI, and select your ASIO Device.
- Change options in your ASIO control panel to lower the latency (Check latency at the software GUI).
- If you use mixer, line-out your motherboard soundcard and soundcard to the mixer. Plug your headphone into the mixer.
- Select the fit device in osu game. Select motherboard if you use mixer, select your soundcard otherwise.
- Change your own key bindings in the software GUI.
- Set the effect volume to 0 in osu!.
- Open offset wizard, play with
Automod and adjust the software's offset and osu!'s offset. - Enjoy
Full options in appsettings.yaml: (Modify after program closed)
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Debugging | Show debug logs. |
| Device | Device configuration (Recommend to configure in GUI). |
| HitsoundPath | Default hitsound path (relative or absolute) for playing. |
| Keys | Triggering keys. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.keys?view=windowsdesktop-6.0 for more inforamtion. |
| RealtimeMode | If true, the software will enable memory scanning and play the right hitsounds of beatmaps. |
| RealtimeMode.AudioOffset | The offset when RealtimeMode is true (allow adjusting in GUI). |
| RealtimeMode.BalanceFactor | Balance factor. |
| RealtimeMode.IgnoreBeatmapHitsound | Ignore beatmap's hitsound and force using user skin instead. |
| RealtimeMode.IgnoreComboBreak | Ignore combo break sound. |
| RealtimeMode.IgnoreSliderTicksAndSlides | Ignore slider's ticks and slides. |
| RealtimeMode.IgnoreStoryboardSamples | Ignore beatmap's storyboard samples. |
| RealtimeMode.SliderTailPlaybackBehavior | Slider tail's playback behavior. Normal: Force to play slider tail's sounds; KeepReverse: Play only if a slider with multiple reverses; Ignore: Ignore slider tail's sounds. |
| SampleRate | Device's sample rate (allow adjusting in GUI). |
| SkinFolder | The skin folder when RealtimeMode is true. |
| VolumeEnabled | Software volume control. Disable for extremely low latency when RealtimeMode is false |
| Volume | Configured device volume. |
This is because of whether the same audio device in game settings is used exclusively in other applications (like KeyASIO). In case of exclusive using, the osu game's time synchronization may stuck while game playing, so the hitbox checking will always fail.
Currently it's a software limit, please open offset guide by clicking Offset... button first before playing with auto.
If you're sure it's a bug and have steps to reproduce, please open Github issue. For any other problems please reply in the forum page or Github's discussion page.
- Sometimes the hit is muted. (headache thing)
- The music time synchronization is different from osu.
