>> --- Reuben Martin <MartinR@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> > My guess is that devices on sound cards have a default sample rate, >> > bit rate or some other type of setting and when something accesses >> > the device and changes one of those settings, it results in that pop >> > sound. >> >> I didn't think about that. I'll have to check and see if the 1010lt >> has a default sample rate. The bad news is, if you are right, then >> driver modifications won't fix the problem. > >Not necessarily. The driver can mute the output, change the card setting, and unmute it again. I don't think muting the output will change anything if this is truly the source of the problem. This a matter of changing the digital signal, and nothing to do with the audio that is within the digital signal. -Reuben