Help! SONAR X1 killing sound for rest of my programs.

I have been working on this for 2 days to no avail, so I hope you can help me. I am running a PC with an E-MU 0404 card using patchmix, WIN 7, and Sonar X1 Essentials. If I boot up the PC with patchmix defaults loaded, I get sound from WMP, Itunes, Skype, You tube, everything works fine. However, If I open Sonar X1 and hit playback, it will also work beautifully, BUT then I cannot get sound from ANYTHING else, and need to reset defaults and reboot to restore sound. I have used both the WASAPI and ASIO drivers in SONAR, same effect each way. Also, I have the box "share drivers with other programs" checked. I am scheduled to do a podcast in 4 hours where I need both Skype and Sonar, but will have to cancel if I can't find a solution quickly. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

This is just a guess and I am no expert but try going into Control Panel > Sounds and set the interface as the default device and disable any other audio devices installed on the system. However because you are using ASIO drivers for Sonar those other programs may not want to work with ASIO so consider one of the other driver modes that those programs WILL work with if that is the case. Hopefully someone smarter than I can come along to clarify. It sounds like those other programs are forcing a default to the onboard sound when they load which kicks the interface offline.

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There you go. Fog is smarter than I.

haha , no Willy Jones is.. it's a question that got asked a fair bit, well how to setup patch mix for starters..  I don't own an Emu.. ask me about USB mic's though and you'd get chapter and verse :) http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=1618556

cactus, mode has an effect also.. as skype.. well has probably a different bit rate (e.g. 16 bit) , so flipping between such things can cause issues , that and the volume rises. I had that before with my ozone. it'd mess up volume wise changing apps.

Yanno... I don't know how it works and it I'm pretty sure it's considered an absolute last resort but you MAY want to try ASIO4ALL in this instance. Whaddoyouthinkguiz?

I can assure you the problem is not with Sonar. I have used the 0404 a few years ago, and had exactly the same problems. The problem is in the patchmix program. This program takes over all control from the 0404. You have to make sure you are push the slider up on output 1/2 (or whatever you assigned the outputs to), AND pushed the slider up on the "computer" sound output (I cannot recall how it is named, because it is more the two years ago I used the patchmix program). Also make sue the outputs are marked as active. I also seem to remember this will not always work. Patchmix is a nice application in general, but sometimes it is a real nasty PITA.

Try increasing your buffer. I wouldn't imagine you have any need for low latency just recording your radio show.

Heheh. Right on man. As far as the buffers in the queue I don't know. I've never really had to mess with that. Maybe fiddle with it and see what happens. Sadly, to me it is starting to sound like you might have a hardware issue. Someone smarter will have to tell you a proper procedure to pinpoint the problem as I'm not familiar with your devices and I'm still rather new to all this myself. Have you considered getting something with a proper loopback function for this type of work? The smaller Focusrite Scarlett boxes do that and it sounds pretty useful. Cheers.