Although I'm not new to recording, I am new to puter recording. I have Cubase SX 2.0 and Emu 0404 soundcard. My first task was to record some projects from my DAT to the computer to continue working on them. I plugged the DAT in thru the analog, got a signal on both channels, pushed record and about 10 seconds later, the signal dropped out. It was still coming thru my monitors and Patchmix, but not into Cubase. So I tried again. This time it lost signal 25 seconds in. It's sporadic. Sometimes it even comes back after 10-15 seconds. So I picked up a bass, plugged it in thru my mixer. .same thing. It comes back when it feels like it. Upon further investigation, I find that it does the same thing in my Steinberg WaveLab as well. I must have something configured goofy is my only guess. The Performance meter shows minimal load, if any, when this happens. Some concise input would really be appreciated from you folks who know what your doin'.

Windows XP Pro SP1a
Cubase SX 2.0
Emu 0404 Sound Card
Pentium 4 Celeron 2.8Ghz
512 RAM