The Multi!Wav PRO Analog 24 is a full duplex 24-bit card, meaning it can record and play at the same time. But, to insure the highest quality output signal there is no additional mixing of signals on the card.
The input signal or the audio passed to the card from Windows (and your audio application) is directly passed to the next stage. What this means is that, although you can monitor the signal going into the card when you are not playing anything else through the card, if the card is playing back an existing file (say, your music) there is no way to mix the input of the card (like, say, a vocal you are singing) with this outgoing file and hear it all at the output of the Multi!Wav.
To get around this, you need to provide a way to mix the signal you are recording (in this case vocals) with the signal coming from the card (in this case music) AT YOUR MIXER.
What I do is use the main stereo output on my mixer for monitoring. I send a pair of sub outs to the card, and return the output from the card to two channels on the mixer.
When I am recording, I take the channel which has my source signal (guitar, vox, etc.) and assign it to the sub outputs which feed the card AND the main stereo outputs. I assign the channels to which I am sending the output of the card to ONLY the main stereo outputs. With this setup you can disable "Monitor input Source" on your DriverLink.
When stopped, I can hear my source through the main outs.
During playback only, I hear my source and the cards outputs mixed through the stereo outs.
When recording, I still hear what I'm recording and the cards outputs (other tracks) mixed through the stereo outs. Most programs will mute a track playing back when you enter record on that track, so as not to hear what you're "punching in" on. Then, on playback, I hear everything (including the newly recorded track) from the cards outputs.
I find this to be a very flexible setup. It does require that you have a mixer with at least two sub outputs (I use a Mackie 1604VLZ).
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