Hello all,

Seemingly randomly, the Windows source of sound stopped working on my computer. I've had my 1616m PCI set up the exact same way for months now, and I haven't even touched any other settings through the PatchMix DSP or through Windows. I go into the PatchMix DSP to check on the WAVE 1/2 strip (through which plays MP3s and other Windows sources of sound) only to find there is no activity it's peak meter, even though I have an MP3 playing through another Windows app. The Mic Line In A and B register sound just fine after I plugin my guitar through Guitar Rig, and I can even hear it through the ASIO strips and out my speakers. So the sound works through ASIO drivers from audio app's like Cubase and Guitar Rig. I installed the latest firmware and PatchMix DSP app (4.2 and 2.1 of Apr 29, 2008, respectfully), but this didn't seem to help. I restored the defaults, double checked the sample rate: 44.1 kHz, and made sure the Windows sound drivers are set to EMU's E-DSP-- all to no avail. The even stranger thing is that I can ONLY get MIDI to play through the WAVE1/2 strip; there is activity in its peak meter, and I can hear it just fine. But when I go to open an MP3 (using Winamp), there is no activity in its (WAVE1/2) peak meter, despite Winamp's integrated peak meter showing the playing file's activity.

If someone could help me out, that would be GREAT. I'm so frustrated, and EM-U's tech support SUCKS. They went from phenomenal live phone support to a half-assed, e-mail only coorespondence that takes for days just to get a reply, IF you even get a reply.

Thanks in advance,
Adam