Thanks for these helpful comments.

Trax - payback turns out to be OK - its just the sound on recording thats out of sync - see below.

Robert - thanks for the clarity of your remarks. I found the sound latency so awkward I hadnt even thought about the effect this would have on playback. But as you say the playback timing is fine.

I couldnt quite work out how to turn down the recording track sound wihtout turning down master volume. Is this possible? Track vol control only seems to effect playback.

Mac - I'll look at the other thread.

Rikki - sounds like the same problem. I'll look at the Midi Yoke thing.