ableton error: virus ti input buffer size is too large (want to use my computer's onboard soundcard, not the virus as a soundcard)

i just bought a virus ti snow the other day and i want to keep using my computer's onboard sound card, not the virus snow's sound card. so i have the virus snow hooked up via usb and in ableton i have the audio driver set to my onboard sound card instead of ASIO (ASIO only offers the virus snow's sound card as an option). then i set ableton's "audio input device" to "line-in (virus ti audio 2.9.49) dx" (there is a "dx" and "wave" option for the virus). i set the "input buffer size" down to 256 samples, as low as it goes. whenever i set the audio driver type to ASIO and do use the virus snow as the soundcard, there is no error and the "input buffer size" and "input config" are different - due to using a different driver.

the virus snow's USB Audio Mode is set to "3 outs / 1 input mode" since i don't want to use it as a sound card, might as well take advantage of the additional output channel. i just want to use the virus as a USB line-in device and use my laptop speakers so i don't have to deal with analog cables, etc.

i'm not sure why i'm getting this message even though the input buffer size is set to 256 samples, well under 512 samples.

also sometimes in ableton, the virus snow keeps making sounds as if there were a stuck key. i'm using ableton as the midi controller (just my laptop keyboard) and don't have this problem with any vst's so it's definitely not a physical stuck key. i have to delete the virus' vst instance from the MIDI channel and re-add it to make it stop.

i'm on OS v5.0.4.02 (64-bit) with a 32-bit VST because i'm running Ableton 9 (32-bit) on Windows 7 (64-bit). so i'm running all 32-bit apps in a 64-bit environment, all my VST's were 32-bit so i didn't want to jump to 64-bit Ableton 9.

thanks for the replies... the stuck key/note problem is definitely tied to the error, when i use the ASIO driver and the virus as a sound card then there's no problem. when i select the ASIO option, the only option i have is the virus and focusrite. i have a focusrite sound card for non-USB synths but i won't get into that cuz that setup is unrelated, this laptop/virus snow setup is for mobiity, when dragging around a bunch of other stuff isn't an option. my onboard soundcard has been great for music production with softsynths so far, but i realize the sound card doesn't really have much importance when it comes to using softsynths, it's my quad-core and lots of ram that is important. so i understand that softsynths versus the virus is apples and oranges.

so is the onboard soundcard and using the virus as just a usb line-in device is a no-go or is there an ASIO driver that allows me to use my onboard sound card? i just really don't want to use the virus as my laptop's sound card, that setup causes some really inconvenient problems that i'd rather not have to get into.

sorry man, my browser's been messing up on this website's java and i didn't see your earlier ASIO4ALL recommendation until i switched over to firefox just now.

anyway thanks, that solved all my problems!!! i can have my cake and eat it too after all. i really appreciate the help, now it's time to get to work on some songs