okay, i checked the xitel site and it said nothing about it. but please, anybody. just tell me what the damn thing does, how i use it, and why the hell shouldn't i just use a miniplug cable to connect it to my soundcard? oh, and on another topic. everytime i record ANYTHING from almost any source, there's a low level hiss in the background. what is that??? how do iget rid of it??? ~Crazy Gerbil ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]