Well, I am not using the Creative sound card yet. That will come when I get the new desktop.

As far as EQ, I am losing SO MUCH top and high mid when I record from Tascam to laptop I wanted to play with using the EQ to cut from low mid down some and/or boost high mid and up. Of course when you add high end up you invite hiss.... and I get enough hiss from the crowd when I play. <rimshot>

Goldwave is just some kind of generic, freeware-ish recording tool. When you set up the record parameters you can set 128, 160, 320, etc.... I do have Soundforge that came with my USB turntable and I am going to try that before I spend a grand on a high horsepower computer.