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Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
I was going to replace the Sound Blaster card in my computer with an Audiophile 2496. When I opened the computer I saw things connected to the SB soundcard that the Audiophile doesn't have connections for - I presume they're for the audio input/putput on the front of the computer tower. Plus, it has an output to the computer speakers that's different than the outputs on the Audiophile. So, I'm wondering if I can just leave the SB card in the computer as the general audio default, and install the Audiophile, too - and just tell Sonar to use the Audiophile while leaving everything else to the SB. That'll work - right?
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 13:38:41
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Yes you can do that. I have done that for many years now. Right now I use the internal sound chip for Windows use and my digital mixer for X1 and all other audio and video programs.
I let Windows control the on board sound chip and I control the mixer.
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 13:40:11
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Yup. Just shut off the drivers for the SB in Sonar, and they will be ignored. Brian EDIT. Yeah. What John said!
post edited by Stone House Studios - 2011/07/28 13:41:43
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 13:55:59
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" Just shut off the drivers for the SB in Sonar, and they will be ignored." - Does that include more than just selecting the Audiophile as the audio input/output in Sonar?
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 14:02:11
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Dapper
" Just shut off the drivers for the SB in Sonar, and they will be ignored." - Does that include more than just selecting the Audiophile as the audio input/output in Sonar?
I simply don't select anything other than my mixer in X1 in audio setup. Its a check box thing. LOL
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 14:14:58
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" Just shut off the drivers for the SB in Sonar, and they will be ignored." - Does that include more than just selecting the Audiophile as the audio input/output in Sonar? Switch Sonar to ASIO driver mode (ASIO can only use one audio device at a time) then select the Audiophile as the audio interface. Once this is configured, the SB will be ignored.
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 15:10:42
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 16:48:19
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Dapper
" Just shut off the drivers for the SB in Sonar, and they will be ignored." - Does that include more than just selecting the Audiophile as the audio input/output in Sonar?
Sorry - I guess I was assuming that the SB drivers were already selected and needed to be un-selected! Brian
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 19:28:23
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Does that include more than just selecting the Audiophile as the audio input/output in Sonar? Yes. You're using a M-Audio audio interface, so go to the Devices tab in Preferences (assuming you're using X1) and deselect all the drivers and then select the drivers for the M-Audio device. In the Windows contrl panel for audio, select the SB for the default playback and recroding device. You should be OK after that.
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 19:35:10
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Oh I'm late as heck. I left for about 5 hours, still had this page up, got back, read it, and just replied.
Sorry, all.
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/28 20:12:37
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Welcome to the party! It's never too late for good info!
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/07/30 11:42:37
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Successful surgerical implant to my computer! Thanks guys. : )
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/08/01 20:46:39
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Hey Dapper,
The audiophile 2496 was my first audio card back in 19.......................
Let's say I still have it in the original box, but I have owned 4 other Audio I/Os since then. That was one great card when I was using it. I had it connected to a Behringer Eurorack MX602A
back then...LOL. I Had Sonar 3XL and Radio shack Monitors LOL
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Re:Add 2nd sound card just for Sonar?
2011/08/02 00:37:07
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I had an M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 as well. Good card.
You may experience, if the SB card has ASIO drivers, minor hic-ups. Sonar looks at the first card in the registry and may switch you to the SB drivers instead of the M-Audio. If you experience this just go to
Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ASIO
Just rename the folders so the M-Audio is first. My Pod XT always seems to be the first one so I rename it ZASIO PODXT.
Good luck!
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