So you know what I am working with to determine settings:
MSI® TRX40 Creator AMD® TRX40 based chipset, ATX Motherboard
AMD® Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3960X Processor, 24-core / 48-thread @ 3.8GHz, (4.5GHz Boost), 128MB L3 Cach
24GB NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming GDDR6X video card
The motherboard has: ReaklTek ALC898
I am using the single stereo 1/8 jack out on back of PC to an amp for speakers
SoundForge 15 (Options 'Magix Low Latency 2016' is only choice that works.)
ACID PRO 10 (Options M'agix Low Latency 2016 'is only choice that works.)
On both these apps they show the RealTek drivers
Vegas Pro 18 (Options - no choice produces sound.)
Audio is an mp3 that works in all the above apps
I have checked each link in the volume areas (PC, Amp, Vegas Pro app) I actually do not change them from testing the other apps.
The File preference has Audio set to Stereo.
When playing a file, all of the associated audio signals/meters show audio being played.
Mute is not on.
I realize I am probably missing something simple.
Please guide me for other places to check.