Using windows 7 means drm issues need to be addressed and considered. Thank God it handles it better than Vista! 1. The listing of various names for the realtec/soundcard is the way that the new wdm drivers system handles outputs/inputs. Windows knows that the regular (analog) outputs for your sound card, the digital output (could be SPDIF or optical) are all different. So it let's you choose 1 of those. Digital SPDIF can be different than digital optical. Even if you don't have an SPDIF port on the computer, the motherboard might have a header for it, so it'll still show up. 2. You are sharing the windows audio system with the sonar engine (its audio system), which is problematic. Jaws won't speak to you because sonar is taking over the audio device while you are recording/playing back, so when windows tries to access the audio system, it can not, so jaws won't speak until sonar lets it go. You can try checking the "share audio drivers" box in the audio>advanced tab, this might or might not work, it could cause issues in sonar though. 3. When you unplug your monitor (or any audio or visual device for that matter), windows drm kicks in. It displays a notification about it, makes a default ding noise, and also switches off digital components on your graphics card. Sometimes I've seen it reduce the screen resolution to 800, 600. The drm can be switching off audio, or the interruption of the ding noise as windows tries to play it can be causing you to lose sound. 4. Are you using the right plug on your computer for the headphones? If you are, plug in the headpohnes before you turn on your computer, then start it up. Do windows sounds come through the headphones? Also be sure to unplug or turn off the motu before you turn on the pc. That way windows is forced to use the default card. Finally, check the realtec audio controll panel (if your version is accessible), and make sure that the headphones plug is being used as a analog/regular output, not as a digital. HTH, D!J!X! -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Annabelle Susan Morison Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:23 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Something Happens In Sonar And what's even more interesting, is that on the Realtek Audio selections, there's Realtek Digital Output, and Realtek Digital Output Optical. What's the difference between the two? -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farfar on Laptop Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 9:20 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Something Happens In Sonar Use headphones for now. Dave Carlson From my Dell Latitude 630. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annabelle Susan Morison" <foristnights@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 21:13 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Something Happens In Sonar I want to have JAWS on the Onboard Sound Chip, but unfortunately as of right now, I don't have any speakers for that one. I'm hoping to get some this Thursday. Vos computers has a pair for $10. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 9:09 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Something Happens In Sonar I'm not sure power options have anything to do with this. Do you have Windows and Jaws set to use the onboard sound chip, and Sonar set to use your Motu? That's definitely how you want to configure things. At 11:57 PM 9/12/2011, you wrote: >I don't know why, but when I press record, then when I press stop >after recording, JAWS won't speak to me. Right now, I have both >JAWS and my main Windows Audio, as well as the music I make, >coming out the MOTU. I want to have JAWS and the Windows audio >come out of the Realtech HD Audio Sound Card, but when I do that, >I don't hear anything when I plug the headphones into the jack on >top of my computer's tower. Also, if I happen to switch the >monitor over to my other machine while recording or playing, the >audio engine turns completely off. Is there a way to fix it so >that the Audio Engine isn't affected when I switch the monitor >between my music machine and my documents machine? I've tried >looking at the power options in Windows 7, but that didn't do >anything. 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