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Dewittian
December 15th 07, 11:55 AM
I know I'm on the low end budget and gear for this group but I've been
doing audio engineering for many years (except the 14 year break I
took to raise my daughter). The technology has come a long way since
1992, as I've learned over the last 2 years.

I'm using a box with windows XP on it and an M-audio 410 firewire
input/output box. My windows media player works just fine until I
turn on Cakewalks Sonar 7 and then the audio won't play on both Sonar
and Windows media player at the same time. I have to close one of the
applications to get the other to have sound. I have 8 output channels
on the M-audio box assigned channels 3 & 4 out of the 8 outputs on the
M-audio interface. I guess I was just hoping that I could get windows
windows media player to use channels 1 & 2 but I can't find out how to
specify outputs on windows media player. I tried other players
without success. I need both running at the same time for training
videos on my DVD player. I also use Kontakt and its' tutorial has
the same problem.

Someone please help.

Dewittian
December 16th 07, 12:00 AM
On Dec 15, 6:55 am, Dewittian > wrote:
> I know I'm on the low end budget and gear for this group but I've been
> doing audio engineering for many years (except the 14 year break I
> took to raise my daughter). The technology has come a long way since
> 1992, as I've learned over the last 2 years.
>
> I'm using a box with windows XP on it and an M-audio 410 firewire
> input/output box. My windows media player works just fine until I
> turn on Cakewalks Sonar 7 and then the audio won't play on both Sonar
> and Windows media player at the same time. I have to close one of the
> applications to get the other to have sound. I have 8 output channels
> on the M-audio box assigned channels 3 & 4 out of the 8 outputs on the
> M-audio interface. I guess I was just hoping that I could get windows
> windows media player to use channels 1 & 2 but I can't find out how to
> specify outputs on windows media player. I tried other players
> without success. I need both running at the same time for training
> videos on my DVD player. I also use Kontakt and its' tutorial has
> the same problem.
>
> Someone please help.

Has anyone else ever had a conflict with audio getting canceled on
windows media player when you open up another DAW ssoftware?

Ethan Winer
December 17th 07, 03:08 PM
> the audio won't play on both Sonar and Windows media player at the same
> time.

In Sonar's Options .. Audio select "Share drivers with other programs" or
something worded much like that.

--Ethan