Latency? Surprisingly low for a class-compliant device—around 5–7 ms round-trip at a 128-sample buffer. For singer-songwriters tracking one or two inputs, it’s invisible. Windows is where the driver becomes a character in your story. PreSonus provides a dedicated ASIO driver (Windows 10/11, 64-bit only).

Here’s where the driver story splits in two. Apple’s Core Audio is a gift. For macOS users (and iPadOS via the Apple Camera Adapter), the USB 96 is class-compliant . No driver install. No rebooting. No legacy system extensions that break after an OS update.

Now what?