>I would recommend just to stay clear of the M-Audio USB audio devices >for now (provided the patching is still necessary), there are many >alternatives of equal quality. i would also mention that m-audio is now owned by digidesign's parent company avid. its way, way too early to tell what will happen, but its not necessarily the case that the existing cooperation that we've seen with them (which has been OK, not excellent) will continue. --p