I'm looking for a sound card that I can use mainly for some simple home recording with my PC and transferring my LPs to CDs and MP3s. One of my friends recommended the M-Audio Audiophile 2496, which seems like it would be a good fit. But I'm wondering if I could use it for both a desktop and a laptop. If not, can anyone recommend an alternative? I'm not looking for anything fancy.

I'm using a pair of Sennheiser HD280 Pro Closed-Back Headphones and what I'm experiencing is after finding mic placement/settings and levels for all instruments (inc. guitars, bass, drums, even vocals) is a great quality sound through the phones, however upon listening to the same thing through speakers, sounds very different, and quite frankly, a lot worse.

Ok so my band is using Audacity to record our stuff and going from an RCA (red and yellow) connector to a standard headphone jack into my laptops microphone imput. Im pretty sure this is not the way to be doing this because I want stereo sound but I think it is mono because the quality is not what I want.

When I play the midi notes Im getting pops and clicks even when I record in logic I get the pops and clicks . Has anybody had this issue and how do I solve it?

WHAT THE S/PDIF I/O USED FOR THE RCA JACKS?
THANKS FOR YA TIME

hey i want to get a console for my studio just because ive never had one and would like to try it out. i use pro tools le and have the digi 02 rack so anything that could work with that and if you guys could maybe explain to me what i need to do in order to hook up the console you prefer ha i know I'm asking a lot but the guys at guitar center arent any help just want me to buy crap. thanks

Does anyone here know where I can pick up a matched pair of "real" Oktava MK-012's for less than $400? I've heard a lot of great things about these mic's. I'll be using them as overheads.

Also, if I'm using them primarily as overheads (cymbals and toms) should I get a pair of Omni's or Cardiod's?

THanks

OK. I am currently a Cubase user on PC and am putting together my transition into Pro Tools/Mac. I am planning on the 003 rack system.

hey, I'm a new mac user with a macbook that i got for xmas, I'm just messing around a little bit with garageband for fun

i've made a song with several midi instruments, and i can very easily create a real instrument track and record starting at the beginning of the song, this isn't the problem

Hello,
This is my first post, I hope it's in the right subforum.

Here's the problem:
I'm in a psychedelic band that consists of these instruments:
1. drums
2. amp for analog synth
3. guitar amp
4. bass amp
5. vocal amp
6. guitar amp
7. guitar amp