Well, its basically a gaming system. BUT, i want to have the option to hook up a midi keyboard + CDJ/TT for recording. I am not anal about perfect sound quality or anything.

I'll be getting the z5500's probably, and just want everything to sound good.


And it seems theres a misperception that I am a professional about this. I am not, but i'd like something decent to just play with.

What is the cheapest (at least decent) PCI or USB soundcard that has 2 stereo outputs (going to mixer) and 1 stereo input (in from mixer) and midi in and out (keyboard).

i might have a emu 1212m with emulatorx for sale if this guy on ebay doesn't pay me.

Im sorry that im asking again but i realy would like to know of an external usb soundcard that has 2 stereo analog outs, 1 stereo analog in and 1 midi i/o . Would it be possible to find something like that at all for $100 to $150 USD?

If your gaming which I do alot on my newly built machine, get an Audigy 2 zs from Newegg.com for $71...thats the oem version. Then get an external box like the M-Box or Firebox when you want to record. I record mixes on my audigy, and they sound great, just can't create music with them. Or wait till Creative releases their new card thats coming out the X-Fi which should be interesting. They say it is for musicians as well and has 1ms latency to boot.

based on what creative said, the x-fi is NOT going to be a professional sound card. Creative makes GAMING sound cards, they do NOT put features in that people doing recording and professional sound production need...