Thanks Simon, I've just bought myself one. Cheers Alex From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of goshawk on horseback Sent: 28 August 2012 14:50 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: external soundcard recommendation in that case, I would say that the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 is well worth considering. I haven't actually used one of these yet, but the info on it certainly sounds good. I have been having the same issue, when I was looking for a USB soundcard to use with my new win7 laptop, and this was just about the only pro quality card that I could be sure definitely had full win7 support. Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Stone <mailto:alexstone871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 2:41 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: external soundcard recommendation Simon, thanks for this, I'm not looking for anything particularly special, but I do need win7 support. Cheers Alex From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of goshawk on horseback Sent: 28 August 2012 14:17 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: external soundcard recommendation personally, I am a big fan of the alisis IO2. am not sure about support for it under windows 7 though. or if you are looking for something a bit more pocket sized, the Edirol UA1EX is a good one, again, windows 7 support for it seems to be limited though. both of these cards do a very good job for high quality stereo audio, unless you are looking for something specific, such as 5.1, or 7.1 analogue outputs, or multi-track features. hope this helps. Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Stone <mailto:alexstone871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:48 PM Subject: [access-uk] external soundcard recommendation I need to buy an external usb soundcard, does anybody have any recommendations? Cheers Alex