Well, I was 'this' close to giving up on Cakewalk (beginner user). Couldn't get any sound out of my laptop headphones even after a considerable effort via Google and YouTube. You very clearly and succinctly covered this topic on the idiosyncrasies of motherboard sound card/chip settings. And, you know, sometimes it's the little things that are so valuable too, like mentioning that ASIO is only pertinent for off-motherboard sound devices. I now understand, finally, that ASIO can be of no use to me unless I were to get one of those external USB sound thingies.
Thank you!!
Oh, by the way, that original song you recorded on your YouTube channel; quite good.
