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I've been looking for a decent program to get started in PC recording, so I picked up a copy of Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro 3, along with an M-Audio Fast Track USB interface. I'm pretty new to the whole recording aspect of guitar playing, so I'm wondering if you guys can clarify something for me. I'm currently using a Soundblaster Audigy card, but it's one of the older Audigy models. Does the USB interface work with the sound card, or in place of it? From what I understand, I should get a much cleaner signal going through the USB unit than if I were plugging directly into the sound card. But do I need to upgrade the sound card as well to get the most out of my recording setup? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Ryan

Your USB interface will have the ins and outs that you want to use- When you set the confiuration up you will essentially bypass the soudcard when recording- Feed inputs into the box and run the output into the most transparent monitorign environment you can find- In other words a stereo is much better than usign guitar amps, and a reffernce amp or powered nearfield speakers would be the next step-
Hope this helps