Anybody have an idea about 002R compatibility?

[Hucklebeam]

this will be a little long winded but I want to give details to be thorough....

Hello,
I have recently picked up a new 002R/v7.3.1 that I wanted to install and use primarilily as my multi tracker, eventually using it in tandem with or replacing all together my HD-24. I drop probably 85% of my mixes to 1/4" tape on as old ampex 444B I think? Anyway it sounds great and I then have always taken the analog two mix into Cool Edit Pro v.2 to edit and doctor. My old soundcard/interface was a MOTU 2408 mkiii and all worked smooth.
Well that was my plan with the 002R. Everyone seemed to think it would work, I replace the MOTU/ADAT and keep using the Analog/Cool Edit Combo. I even know someone who has an 001 and uses cool edit as a stereo editor and what not.
Well I can not get any in's into Cool Edit...no problem I thought, I put on a crack version of Sound Forge 7.0 and wah-lah...same thing. The outs show up in my software device preferences but not the ins. I had to get MME bridge software in an attempt to get both I/O to show up but only only outs come up. If I go to Windows control panel (the latest version of XP PRO), I can designate Digi as playback but the voice record option is only a ghost (I guess thats what you call it), you can see the pop up window but can do nothing to it.
I realize that I can use pro tools to do the stereo edit functions in a roundabout way but I was reallly comfortable with the Cool Edit. I am busy enough at my project studio that I will learn a lot on the fly and I am wary of imposing my learning curve onto paying folks. It would be nice to keep my old standby. Even when I think about future upgrades, I was always looking to go to samplitude or even the latest version of Sound Forge to do my two track work.
I am admittidly new to a lot the digidesign world. I knew they were proprietory but THIS!? Am I maybe just overlooking something simple or do I just give up. Funny everyone wanted to sell me this stuff but now the help staffs seem perplexed. Thank you for taking the time to go through this.

[Al_Huero]

Are you trying to run PTLE and Cool Edit at the same time? This could be your problem. PTLE requires the 002R to be free for it's use exclusively. A workaround would be to dump your mixes out of PT to the 1/4-in; then shut it down and bring the tracks back into Cool Edit with PTLE offline.

[Hucklebeam]

No, I have only one program on at a time and it is still the same problem. Again, I don't know if I necessarily have a PT issue or a Windows issue. Thanks for the thought though.