Ok, so I see there is an updated driver for my 2496...
I install said driver...
I can no longer playback through my RCA analog outs and digi coax out simoltaneously...
I went back and tried the last 2 previous drivers that were available for XP and the same problem...
The only way I can switch between the 2 is from the Control Panel (not the M-Audio one, the windows one Contro, Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices Properties > Audio tab). The analog outs work with either M-Audio Delta AP Multi or M-Audio Delta AP 1/2 selected. The digital only will work if I select the M-Audio Delta AP S/PDIF, not the analog out. It doesn't matter what changes I make in the M-Audio Delta Control Panel, only one will work at a time. I get no levels in the Master Volume meter of the Delta mixer, I did before.
M-Audio Delta AP Mon. Mixer is not an option for Sound Playback, I thought it was before, but it is in the drop down for Sound Recording.
WTF gives? I'm lost here...
A friend put my PC together a couple years ago, I can't remember what it was, but the there were no current drivers for XP and I thought there was a way he had windows treat the item like it was running on 98, does that make sense? I don't remember if it was the sound card, I even tried a couple Win98 drivers and those didn't work...
I'm tired of removing and installing this thing and I now it worked before my dumb ass decided to update the driver. BTW I didn't back up the old driver so I can't revert to the previous one...
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