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Hoping someone with a strong grasp of how things work with an M-Audio
Audiophile 2496 can assist.

I'm using Cakewalk Home Studio 2. I've using Livesynth Pro DXI synth,
which plays SF2 Soundfonts.

The process should be to record a midi track which you can hear via
the Livesynth Pro output. Then record the output of the Livesynth as
an audio file on another audio track.  I'm encountering problems doing
this. It seems you should also be able to record the output of the
Livesynth real time, but that isn't working out either.

Admittedly, I feel a bit of confusion over the options available with
the Audiophile 2496 and how they all interact.

In an Audio Track in CWHS2 the input options are:

Stereo M-Audio Delta AP Multi 1/2
Stereo M-Audio Delta AP Multi 3/4
Stereo M-Audio Delta AP Multi 5/6
Stereo M-Audio Delta AP Multi Mon. Mixer
Stereo M-Audio Delta AP 1/2
Stereo M-Audio Delta AP Mon. Mixer

It's my understanding that the 3/4 & 5/6 options would be applicable
with more than 1 Audiophile card installed and as such aren't used in
my case.  Under each of these are also individual L & R input options
but I'm omitting these and focusing on the stereo options. Also
omitted are the S/PDIF options since I'm not using S/PDIF.

I'm not clear what the difference is between the options with "Multi"
in the name and the ones that don't have it.

Output options as they appear are:

A (M-Audio Delta AP Multi 1/2)
B (M-Audio Delta AP Multi 3/4)
C (M-Audio Delta AP 1/2)
D (M-Audio Delta AP S/PDIF)
E (M-Audio Delta AP Multi 1/2)
F (M-Audio Delta AP Multi 3/4)
G (M-Audio Delta AP 1/2)

Not sure why there are duplications - A & E, B & F, C & G

The Patchbay/Router options that appear material to this issue are:

WavOut 1/2
Monitor Mixer
H/W In 1/2

On the audio track I'm recording to, the only input setting that
allows me to get simultaneous output from the Livesynth and recording
on an audio track when playing back a midi file I've already recorded
is Stereo M-Audio Delta AP Mon. Mixer.  However the resulting sound
has a tinny, "phased" sound to it.  The only way around this seems to
be to set the "out" of the audio track to which I'm recording to
something that isn't used such as B (M-Audio Delta AP Multi 3/4)
during recording and then going back to one of the 1/2 selections for
playback.

In all cases above, the only way I can hear anything is with either
WavOut 1/2 or Monitor Mixer selected on the M-Audio Control Panel.
Selecting the H/W In 1/2 option doesn't allow me to hear anything.

I have no problems recording audio from an external source going into
the line-in, it just seems to be an issue when recording internally
like this.

Thanks for all input, happy holidays