well, that was pyrrhic. cubase wouldn't load the dongle, so i tried to reinstall and now it's crashing; this is a known issue, the setup files require something i remove in the wipe. i need to reinstall.

i think i've determined that the only logical cause of error is the creative emulation driver. it's the only other thing that the system is accessing.

we'll see what happens, but i've been getting downright *annoyed* over the last 48 hours or so. this is not fun.

my odsp is late. i'm going to flip out if i get denied, and spent my last few months doing fucking computer troubleshooting. it makes me want to vomit.