If you're recording vinyl to hard disk, then latency is not an issue - it's only relevant to multitrack synchronisation. The question you need to ask is - how many simultaneous inputs do I need? If you're recording solo material, building up one mono track or a stereo track at a time, then a stereo card would be fine. You only really need more inputs if you have a live band. The M Audio Audiophile (PCI version, not the USB) would do a good job of both your vinyl transfers and your music recording. > even though Audacity can mix multiple tracks, this is not it's > primary use. It's more of an editor. I'd disagree completely - the Audacity interface is totally designed for multitracking. If you just want an editor for a stereo file, Sweep or Glame is designed for that. There's also gramofile and gwc specifically for doing vinyl clean-up. > You might want to consider > something like Ardour. I personally am looking forward to using Ardour, but recommending it as a starting point - you've got to be kidding... Cheers Daniel
