Crap... just wrote a long post and had to recover the page...
Only thing important is that the only thing I have knowingly changed is that I updated Sonar to the latest version, and installed the color scheme thingy.
I was able to drag/drop a short clip from the browser to a MIDI track and output it through general midi, MS wavetable or something... and it plays. I've never had trouble playing EZDrumer though. When I click the speaker icon on the tray OC comes up as handling recording/playback and sounds (sounds are all off in setings though).
I haven't had time today and wont most of tomorrow but in the PM or Saturday I'll get back on it and follow up here.
Thanks for the ideas. I will probably update that computer to the anniversary version on W-10 and see if there are any new updates from TT or anything else. I'm sure it is something that has been changed somewhere but I don't know what.
I'm pretty sure the anniversary update is like a re-install. It seemed that way on my laptop. I had to go through settings for security etc again.
Anyway, thanks and I'll be back tomorrow PM or Saturday.
Keni, I'll have good news on another front by Saturday.
Julien