@stratman... This issue has been resolved, well I still have to tweak a bunch of stuff and get my new i/o but I have more details to move forward with and it all makes sense. The lack of paragraphs is due to my browser not getting along well with this forum so if I want paragraphs I have to manually type in the HTML and even that doesn't work when using "Quick Reply" so sometimes I don't bother. I checked out your board and it is indeed a modern one like mine however what's this PCI-Sure thing? It might be an extra feature on your Asus that my board, sadly, is lacking. I guess the new boards cheap out on the PCI chipset or something and that's the issue. The one you have might have a better chipset than mine. It's been said MANY times here that the PCI slot is the likely culprit and Cake support said the same thing. The Layla was installed to the exact installation procedures released by Echo, all drivers are correct, installed and fully up to date and Sonar has been set up to use it using the exact procedures detailed in the manuals and help topics. It does "work" but it is causing dropouts when performing certain basic but critical functions. CW tech support sent me to a Sweetwater guide on system configuration for audio which I will implement (likely tonight) and hopefully that helps things a bit but even without those tweaks from what I've been told these dropouts shouldn't happening like they are. Something isn't cooperating with the Layla. I have the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 if you are curious. Yes, I agree it SHOULD work but apparently even Layla themselves are aware of this and testing PCI to PCIe adapters to get the old cards running more smoothly. It is also possible you have your Buffer rate cranked which is what I'll probably be doing until I get my new box. I'm currently getting 12.6ms in and 12.6ms out and still getting dropouts. Much more than that will cause problems while recording but currently I'm just trying to hammer through the tutorials at this point so it doesn't matter that much. So yeah guys... nothing to see here. I've got my answers, now I just gotta do the work. Cheers!

Now I'm actually wondering if maybe in the slew of drivers associated with this MOBO there is something specifically related to the chipset. Hmmm...

I have used this card with 3 different motherboards. Good luck
 
BTW They (Echo, is the company) is trying to get to the oci-e platform because many boards do not even have reg pci slots.
 
 
I also don't think Asus developed a new PCI architecture-so I have to believe yours is very similar to mine.
Sorry, I just don't buy it's the card and the PCI slot. But we will find out because I qam getting the same board, just not the PRO version-extra $$ for crap I don't need.

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Just out of curiosity how old is your Layla? Mine's probably about 7 years old at this point. Maybe they updated something since then.

I bought it about 14 months ago-yours is the Layla3G right? There is a Layla 3 that is the older model. I'll see if I can find a manufacture date on it

And are you certain yours is old school PCI and not PCIe or one of the other PCI style connectors?

Well I'd be curious to see what your results are. I am seeing something about Layla being PCI-X compatible whatever that means. Maybe that's what mine is lacking.

Yeah... I think they just forgot to send the videos to me the second time I asked. I did kind of dump a pile of questions on them that were far more important. I might call the 888 number next week. Is monday a holiday in the US too? Obviously ya'll don't celebrate Victoria day but maybe you have something else going on. Peace.

Thanks. I'll try again monday. Hope these videos are good.