Hello - I need some expertise

I want to record our band soon - live takes - Big sound

So far the results from my guitar demos have been very poor - Everything is as I want it except the interface to the computer and the results being played back.

I have an Emu 0404USB great for small live acoustic gigs and practise -

Hey, just joined so I know that this question is probably already answered but I was just going to ask and then Ill do some more research. About a year ago I produced my own album, basically just a demo to get my name out there when I was playin shows. But I am moving in Aug, and I am going to be playing a lot more and start recording a lot more.

I just upgraded my mixing/mastering DAW to a Quadcore with 8GB RAM, Nuendo and vista64 and XP64 (got connections at work 8) ) and to my frustration found out that there are only old crappy XP64 beta drivers for my delta, that don't even work (at least not in my case... nice work M-Audio! you suck! :evil: ).

I just upgraded my mixing/mastering DAW to a Quadcore with 8GB RAM, Nuendo and vista64 and XP64 (got connections at work 8) ) and to my frustration found out that there are only old crappy XP64 beta drivers for my delta, that don't even work (at least not in my case... nice work M-Audio! you suck! :evil: ).

My new interface is on the way. Now I'm deciding whether it's worth the $30 in shipping to get my Alesis paperweight back.

My question has to do with whether gutting the i/o26 and using its preamps as standalone hardware is a.) possible / b.) practical.

Tonight again I got bored of the sucky sound and latency issues when using my computers audio in to demo songs. I've been using PreSonus Firepod firewire audio interface at the rehearsal studio, but can't be bothered to carry it home everytime.

This is a branch from my first post ("Yet Another Noob - interface questions")

Based on what I've read here, I've concluded that an audio interface is my next investment.

I don't mind starting with fewer inputs if I can expand later on by either adding another similar unit or additional preamps.

Hi all...

Apologies in advance, 'cause I'm sure you've seen these questions before. I've done research (to the point where my head is spinning), so I need a bit of a reality check.

I have an ISA 428 and am looking at getting the A/D card. Question is: will there still be zero latency monitoring when I go into a PreSonus firestudio via ADAT? Thanks.

Currently I run out of my 428 with XLR cables into the preamps.

Justin

PreSonus Inspire?

I'm looking for something for my friend who sings and plays piano and just wants to get a relatively clean recording. Right now she's just using her computer's built in mic/card and getting very noisy results without the ability to adjust the input gain. So I'm looking for a very simple firewire interface. Budget is the main consideration.