what the #@$$ happened to my audio

if anyone out there has any idea of why, all of a sudden, when i try to call up soft synths the audio is dropping out it would be greatly appreciated.  it seems to be a new issue... always worked fine before.  now its on every soft synth on every project new or old.  tried reloading drivers and all that stuff.... spent an hour on hold with the teks only to find out they were closed.  good thing i finally gave up and tried calliing again.  wonder if any of them noticed the little litht flashing on the phone when they grabed their coats.  second time this has happened.  

smoochy


if anyone out there has any idea of why, all of a sudden

you said it yourself.. so what has changed all of a sudden? is the machine online did you do windows or software updates. Was your pc setup by a shop before etc? and maybe there is a setting you haven't sorted..

your too vague as zo said, but there are simple things to check like your asio driver for start.. make sure it's the right latency and the sound mode you are in..  you do need to be VERY specific esp things regarding your setup.

in sonar 8.5

audio settings  box

GENERAL TAB

playback master                   vs700 main
record timing master            vs700 ark
audio driver bit depth          64 bit double precision engine
sample rate                          44100
buffers in play back     2
buffer size                           13.1ms
                                            576  samples



ADVANCED TAB

play back buffer                 256
record buffer                      256
driver mode                        asio
dithering                             triangular


system description

asus  p6T deluxe
socket 1366
intel  I7-920  quad processor
radeon 4800 series pcie graphics card
12 gig of ocz platinum ddr 3 ram
1 tb drive @7200rpm 512  sata
on board sound card disabled
two pioneer sata dvd drives
two 22" digital monitors 
uad2 quad power plug in pcie card
1000 watt ocz high performance power supply
using vista ultimate 64 bit

internet and all fire walls turned off during sonar.  only turned on for updates and other important stuff

the only other thing i can think is that i did update my bios recently... 

Seth... have you ever blamed every one else around you for misplacing your car keys only to reach into your pocket and magically fine them right where you left them.... boy is your face red.... that's kind of how this one feels.   turns out that it was a faulty widi(wireless midi) receiver.  i must have knocked it when i was installing my uad card and bent the usb tab.  so my apologies to cakewalk for what i was thinking.  the interesting thing to note was how many different answers i got back from other cakers and the teck guys.  that's the thing that's so perplexing about using computers....  the problem is often something that you wouldn't even think has anything to do with your issue.  sometimes it seem like a "planets alignment"  issue and you find yourself resorting to turning on and off the light switch wile standing on one foot to see if that will make a difference.  anyway I'm glad i found out what it was and all seems to be right with the world again


thanks
Dave