Tom: The audiophile usb would not be an upgrade from the audiophile 2496. What exactly do you need for your upgrade? Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: THOMAS DE ROSA To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:14 PM Subject: [ddots-l] sound cards Hey, can anyone give me any advice on sound cards. I saw the M-audio audio file usb on the dancing dots web site. It looks pretty interesting but being a novice I don't know if it will work without any other piece of equipment or is that all I would need. I'm running CT 5.2 and sonar 5. It connects through the usb port and with that can it record midi. I have a delta 24 96 I'm using now and want to upgrade. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Tom