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yes, you can. but you're missing the point. a USB mic is a soundcard, but it's only ONE WAY. you'll still have to have some way to HEAR what you're recording or your backing tracks. there's no output on the USB mic so how are you going to hear what you're recording?

answer: your onboard soundcard OR your line 6. either way, that's a SECOND soundcard and you'll likely have SYNC problems because they have 2 different clocks and one of them has to be the master but the other is not designed to slave to that master.



Beagle, the first point is not completely correct. Several of the USB mics have monitoring capability as well for headphone playback:

http://www.sweetwater.com/c981--USB_Microphones

You'll see about 1/3 to 1/2 of the offerings are 2-way - with headphone monitoring available on the mic.

The first models on the market were as you say, only an input device, but it seems the industry did a self-administered dope-slap to the head and realized people wanted a bi-directional device disguised as a mic.

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