I use a behringer u-control which is basically the same thing but it only records at 44khz. I recorded my last mix on it, you can check it out to see how it sounds but I think its fine for my purposes, and it only cost 30 bucks.

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Originally posted by Sadface I use a behringer u-control which is basically the same thing but it only records at 44khz. I recorded my last mix on it, you can check it out to see how it sounds but I think its fine for my purposes, and it only cost 30 bucks.

i'm dloading your set now, but one quick question (for anyone) how is the quality for 44khz. maybe 98% of my music is mp3's on average of 320kbps. so recording it as a wav or mp3 makes no difference to me because i can't get anymore quality than 320kbps anyway. in other words, how does 44khz relate to quality for mp3s?

i had an edirol ua-1ex. it's a good sound card if you don't need balanced or multiple inputs. if i had to say something i disliked about it, it's the fact that the optical output and headphone output are in the same hole, so i always had to switch between the two as i had an optical cable going to my amp and i listen to music on headphones quite a lot too. other than that it feels a bit too plastic and the little switches on the bottom might annoy someone (not me though as i rarely used them anyway and it's not like they're hard to use or anything).
for recording it's nice, no interference from the card itself (unless you turn the recording volume way way up, which will never be necessary for recording mixes from your mixer anyway). it's also the first sound card i've had that could record from the digital input without any problems.
only reason i got rid of it was that my computer is 20 meters away from my mixer and the rca cables picked up a lot of interference on a distance like that, so i had to switch to balanced cables.
but all in all i'd say that it's a good card in its price range and if it suits your needs, i see no reason why you shouldn't get one.

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I got this: http://www.amazon.com/Edirol-R-09-W...d_sim_e_title_3

Expensive, but it's the best recording device there is.

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Originally posted by skip i had an edirol ua-1ex. it's a good sound card if you don't need balanced or multiple inputs. if i had to say something i disliked about it, it's the fact that the optical output and headphone output are in the same hole, so i always had to switch between the two as i had an optical cable going to my amp and i listen to music on headphones quite a lot too. other than that it feels a bit too plastic and the little switches on the bottom might annoy someone (not me though as i rarely used them anyway and it's not like they're hard to use or anything). for recording it's nice, no interference from the card itself (unless you turn the recording volume way way up, which will never be necessary for recording mixes from your mixer anyway). it's also the first sound card i've had that could record from the digital input without any problems. only reason i got rid of it was that my computer is 20 meters away from my mixer and the rca cables picked up a lot of interference on a distance like that, so i had to switch to balanced cables. but all in all i'd say that it's a good card in its price range and if it suits your needs, i see no reason why you shouldn't get one.

thanks for the very detailed review. this is going to be just to use the line inputs and that's it so i won't be touching it anymore after it's set up, so all of your issues won't be a problem for me!