John, if so, there are a few precautions you could take.

1) especially if this is a desktop, change your Windows / Control Panel / power settings so everything is always on, particularly the settings for USB if your sound card is a USB device

2) check the Windows sound mixer advanced settings and make sure it is set at 44.1, not 48; it should say 2-channel, 16-bit, 44.100 Hz CD Quality

3) consider disabling any sleep mode / hibernate settings (especially on a desktop) because device drivers don't always get correctly reset after a PC wakes up

If you need better instructions on how to do these things, let us know and we can provide better detail.


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