Soundcard for Win7 64 bit: need to record internal audio (eg. "what you hear")

[Sherry C]

Howdy Herbert,

Originally Posted by herbert

Using the onboard Realtek HD audio by itself should give you the better results, even if you have to use an external cable to connect “out” to “in”. Best results of cause are achieved if the sound remains in digital form at all times and the sound card is only used for monitoring but is not part of the actual recording system.

You're right, of course, on all points The reason that I don't use the Realtek for "both sides" is that the Audigy 2 card can load and play soundfonts along with any other sound libraries I use with Composer. I find it much easier to use various sounds with Composer this way (no advance setup after the initial one-time loading of soundfonts on my sound card) rather than setting up the VST host stuff. The Realtek doesn't have such capability. I guess I'm just lazy

Thanks for your insights here, and I'm sure other folks will find them helpful too!

ttfn,
Sherry