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Thanks again, this is helpful.

I went to the Turtle Beach web site, and apparently they don't do ASIO, and you're right that they've targeted the home consumer rather than the recording market. TB used to be pretty high end in the sound card market, and I'll admit to not being current on this stuff. But the recording quality on my older TB cards was superb -- indistinguishable from high-end hardware. This Catalina card (which is actually not that old, installed 3 yrs ago, and sounds fine where it works) may be different and not worth saving. For now, I'll assume this card is the culprit...

That said, this conversation begs an interesting question. I was getting excellent sound quality and good functionality c. early 2000's with Cool Edit Pro 2.0 and a TB sound card of that era. The software made huge improvements in functionality, stability and affordablity in the several years before that. Music hasn't changed much since then, and neither have microphone quality or the human ear...

So, do the subsequent changes in the software and improvements in hardware really make a difference in the quality of the end product? Given that I could presumably install an older and better sound card and duplicate my previous results, and that the added functionality of 3.0 is of marginal significance to what I do, what's the case for upgrading?

I tend to be minimalist, and only want to add or replace when that makes a clear improvement...

-Scott