(apologies for the cross-posting; please reply privately so as to not further clog up the lists) I've been making do with the basic soundcard that came with my PC: Soundblaster 16 since I got it. But now that I'm getting back into recording my own music again (and making the computer part of that process), I want to get a better soundcard. My problem is that I am about as ignorant as they come when it comes to technology, so I have no idea what I should be looking for. I'm not looking for a better soundcard for gameplaying (I don't play games), just music making. My biggest concern is that with my current soundcard, I have to record from the soundcard's lineout to the linein on my DAT, and then viceversa to get the sound back into the soundcard (ie if I want to tweak I have to do this). I'd like to be able to jam live and *record these jams as I'm jamming* all using the same soundcard (ie keep everthing in the soundcard from start to finish and not have to export to DAT and then import back into the soundcard). Is this possible? (seriously, if you're thinking "this Duke's pretty stupid", I have no problem with that; I barely passed sciences and maths in school). The computer stores I've talked to said it wouldn't be practical with my system to just buy a second soundcard and bounce audio from soundcard #1 to soundcard #2. They're used to people who want new soundcards for better gaming-related audio, not people like myself who want better soundcards re: musicmaking. Soundblaster Platinum 5.1's infopage http://www.creativelabs.com/sound/live-platinum-51 has all kinds of gobbledygook that makes not much sense to me: like: does "full digital mixer maintains all sound mixing in the digital domain, eliminating noise from the signal" mean I can record my jams as I play them (for further editing) all within the same soundcard?! And most of these soundcards come with all kinds of games, effects, etc, etc, etc, that I'm not interested in (but it looks like the higher up in quality you go, the more stuff they add on). It's not really a price issue for me cos this is something I've been needing to do for awhile. It's just that I need input from those who know their soundcards and I can't track down that info here in Halifax and, on the web, the info I find is beyond my comprehension. (I'm a music man, not a technology man!:) Anyway, any help would be super appreciated. Thanks. Andrew Duke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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