Again, very interesting rharv, and I do appreciate your interest in this. I had no idea it might be possible that digital audio from the laptop's onboard soundcard might be routed into the Focusrite. Here's (I hope it comes through) a screenshot of my audio settings that appears to indicate MME driver is being used by the Focusrite. Is there something subtle I might be missing?

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