I am not familiar with VoiceMeeter, I suppose I'll look into it.

I don't have the ASIO driver installed for the Creative card. It will work with your suggestion of setting the I/O on different devices. The sound is very weak when using it like that but I guess it is better than nothing. I am not sure how it will affect Sonar I haven't ventured there.

I mainly used the two devices for ballgames, matching the radio with the TV using radio delay software.
The thing is I have used this setup for almost 2 years with no hiccups until the last update. I spent an hour trying to find the restore function. The only way to roll back now is to find the update and uninstall it. I really do appreciate the help and I will post if I find a good solution. Thanks, Denver