Kai: This is great and will work fine. But, I think some of our users want to use Studio Recorder to record, rather than an external recorder. Rob Meredith >>> kaixiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/29/06 02:46PM >>> Greetings List. You should know that with a recording device which lets you monitor while recording, you need not use any secondary sound cards and routing issues. 1. Plug one end of an audio patch cord into the speaker-out jack of your system's sound card, the other into the line-in jack of your recording device (not microphone!). 2. Plug a headphone into the headphone jack of your recording device (so you can actually hear what your conversee is saying). 3. Plug your microphone into the microphone jack on your sound card. 4. Go into volume control and unmute your microphone's playback option (if there is one). 5. Your sound card will now be pumping your microphone, as well as audio from your computer into the recorder. This is good for more than just Skype recording, as you can imagine. Obviously, this trick won't work if you're using either a USB headset or separate USB microphone. Kai