According to official Sonic Foundry statements
CD Architect has been discontinued and no further
updates are planned. There is a work around that may
work if your drive is ATAPI MMC or SCSI MMC compatible.
You may want to print this out for future reference.

USING UNSUPPORTED CDR/CDRW DRIVES WITH
CD ARCHITECT


If you Drive is not on the Supported Device List, you may
not be able to use that specific drive with CD-Architect
at this time. There is one work around to see if you drive
will work as a generic type, BUT IT IS COMPLETELY "USE AT
YOUR OWN RISK". Due to your drive not being on our list, we
cannot guarantee any support for your device.
Go into CD-Architect and choose Options/Select Drive. This
will bring up a Select Drive Window in which you should
select "Advanced". In the Advanced Drive Selection window,
choose ATAPI MMC Compatible drive (if you have an IDE
Drive, or SCSI MMC Compatible (if you have a SCSI Drive).
Next, pull down the menu for SCSI Host and select the first
option, usually 0.xxxxxx, and repeat for SCSI CD-R. If you
drive is not listed on the SCSI CD-R Menu, repeat the
previous step, only this time, choosing in the SCSI Host
many - 1.xxxxxxx. Once you have located your CD-Drive,
click "OK" and then it should be listed in the bottom left
corner of the CD-A window. The final step would be to see
if you are able to write a CD. If you attempt to write a CD
and you still get an error message, you will be
unable to use that drive with the current release. As of
the 1rst of September, CD-Architect saw it's "End of Life"
as a Sonic Foundry Product and will no
longer be updated.We will, however, still support requests
for Technical Support.If you have any further questions
please do not hesitate to contact us
weekdays from 7 am to 10 pm CST at 1-800-577-6642.
Thank you