[Dewittian]

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]

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]

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