Hi,

The saga has not conclusion yet, but an interruption, which will be ultimately beneficial. I hope.

It seems that the techies ran out of ideas and suggested that a return for repair or replacement is in order. Whatever was tried (and I spent more than a week of long hours at it) the result was the same, i.e., all worked but the Synth A and Synth B. Apparently these are hardware synths, whereas MS Wavetable is a software synth. So perhaps the fault is in the card, itself.

For the present, I seem to have got the original SB Live Value configuration re-installed. It is a very stripped down version of Audigy, but it is better than an Audigy that doesn't work.

I await Fed Ex with a replacement (or repair).

Merry Christmas (late) and Happy New Year (on time).

mgj