Thanks Noel. I don't think I will be doing much audio recording in biab either and will follow what you are doing and switch to asio when i do that. I'll be using a portable keyboard in biab occasionally.

Mac..I had been trying to set up all of this using the laptop internal speakers which needless to say have something to be desired. I have since set up external speakers for when I am at home. Initially I wanted to be very portable for when I am travelling. Therefore I checked with the internal speakers first.

Understanding the fundamental problem sure goes a long way towards getting to a workable solution.