http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23761
--- Comment #4 from Jeff Zaroyko jeffz@jeffz.name 2010-07-23 04:33:41 --- (In reply to comment #3)
Well, the only option I can see is DirectSound...
That likely explains it which makes this bug report invalid. Other audio apps have the same problem, eg cakewalk or FL Studio without adjusting the latency while not using asio has crackling.
asio4all can be found here for reference: http://tippach.business.t-online.de/asio4all/index.html