Well, I didn’t hear back from anyone in time so I bought myself a Focusrite Saffire Pro-14. It seems like the perfect little unit for me and my new system and I hope I like it. Bob. From: bob Reid Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 11:34 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Question for Phil and others, little Focusrite sound card I just got a new Dell Optiplex 980 with an Intel® core™ I7 CPU 870 @ 2.93 ghz with 8 gigs of ram, Windows 7 Professional 64 and plenty of storage space including a portable harddrive for audio. I tried to put my M-Audio 24-96 in upside down, the only way it seemed to fit, and it isn’t recognized. Fine! Time to get something better that still suits my needs. Everybody here talks about Focusrite and there are plenty of cards at different prices. I just want a basic one with a couple of in’s for mics and lines, at least 2 RCA or TRS outs for the stereo, midi for the keyboards and good drivers for Sonar. I don’t really want to pay for 8 or 16 channels when I don’t need them at this time. I just want Sonar up and running again and my lossless music collection sounds bad on the little computer speakers. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance and I would like to try to pick it up tomorrow. Bob.