Hi Julie. That might not be necessary. Depending on the sound card in your laptop, it may automatically when detecting stereo sources switch to line in, or you may be able to select line in from the sound card control panel if it has one. If neither of these options are available to you, there are plenty of USB sound cards on the market, simply do a search for USB sound on play for example and that will throw up a few. All the best, Ibrahim. ----- Original Message ----- From: julie rodaway To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 4:57 PM Subject: [access-uk] external soundcard help Hi I am wishing to record via my laptop using gold wave. As this only has a headphone and mike socket, I assume I would need an external USB soundcard with line in sockets etc. If anybody could recommend one, that would be very helpful. Many thanks Best wishes Julie. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4522 (20091019) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4522 (20091019) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com