Hey Mac,

Nice to see you on the boards. I definitely agree with Mac's post. USB3 is a definite suggestion, or alternatively matching the blessed Firewire chipset on your PC to your interface. It pays to read the documentation for your new audio interface *before* you buy anything! I wound up buying a $25 card to plug into my PCMCIA slot to make PreSonus FireStudio Mobile behave (i.e. no clicks, pops or glitches). Luckily, it only cost me $25 bucks to fix a problem I was having between BiaB and the FireStudio. It could have been alot worse and involved returning merchandise and continued debugging. Your debug time is worth something. You have to figure out the kind of recording you're going to do in the future and plan accordingly. If it's just you and Band in a Box, you'll be okay with a USB2 interface. If you're trying to do more (i.e. recording more than 2 inputs, etc.) you'll need to explore more capable USB2 interfaces and/or Firewire.