Originally Posted By: sslechta
Thanks for the tip on that Simon!
Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
That’s helpful. Thank you Simon.

You're welcome guys, always happy to elucidate.


Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
sound continued to work on all applications but the creative control panel stopped working and audacity couldn't find the loopback on the creative card for recording. the audacity error message was 9996 'invalid device'.

i can't be the only one with a soundblaster sound card although i use a uphoria usb device for recording and monitoring but often mix using the soundblaster and headphones or speakers

You're not the only one with a Soundblaster card, but you're definitely one of a very small few. Rather than using the occasionally disappearing Creative loopback, perhaps try using a hardware-agnostic driver like Virtual Audio Cable or VoiceMeeter.


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