Audigy 4 pro Newbie needs serious he

I have the audigy pro 4 with the break-out box ... I plugged my sequencer outputs into it /4" inputs but no sound seems to be recognized by the recorder. Same with the MIDI. I can hear the music in the sequencer's headphones ... but nothing on the audigy. I feel like an idiot at this point (a frustrated one, at that) ... Can someone help me?Thanks.

ta...yes it does.
works (almost) fine with the acti've X driver, apart from telling me line/mic is NOT available....spent all day (again) trying to get the 3.8 daniel K pack on there.....came back with 'somethings wrong' meessage each time.
it just baffles me that my hard dri've
cd rom AND now (maybe) the card all ferk up at exactly the same time!
i recorded afterwards and it was fine for hours.....
cheers si

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