So, GARY, if I get the musiciansfriend cable you mentioned in your post and stick with MME drivers, I can still use the LINE INPUT 3 in the windows Recording Control, right?? On my PC it is one of the selections and it does accept the check box... and on the back of the soundcard black box, it says LINE INPUT 3 ---- I shouldn't have to do anything with the Creative Mixer, right ??????
By the way, I've ordered the cable already. $8.49 from MusiciansFriend and free shipping... plus it's 10 FEET long ------------ sounds like a hot solution to me!!!!!