Well, we're getting warmer. Good news is that I was able to switch driver modes to WDM and then the profiler found my sound card, and I can use it--actually, that's very good news.
The bad news is that no matter what I've tried so far, I can't get X2 to recognize in ASIO mode. I prefer this mode, and the drivers for my sound card totally support ASIO 2.2, I just don't know what to do.
Are we getting closer to a solution? I didn't do any of the other suggestions you posted yet because of this new information about WDM mode working.
Many, many thanks,
Stephen
PS. It might be my over-active imagination, but the now time needle seems less smooth/fluid during playback--I'm tired too, so that's a factor.