> That's exactly what I've been getting hung up on, but I think I might > have found a solution: use a headphone amp. I don't have monitors (I > have young children, and most of my work is done at night, so I have > to keep it quiet). I think I'll just run the output into a headphone > amp. That should work, shouldn't it? You might not even need that. Simply get two lover's style headphone splitters and plug them in your sound card's headphone out. I suspect you will get enough volume to record. Carlo