Creative cards call it, "What U Hear" in their mixer.

Other cards may call this different things.

For instance, some built in soundcards call it, "Stereo Mix".

Others may call it "Direct Monitoring".

It is good to be able to do it this way, rather than running a physical audio cable from line out back to line input because it will stay in the digital domain when using the above method, but must pass through a needless iteration of D to A and then A to D to get back into the soundcard, which will create more noise and distortion than the direct digital recording.

RealBand would be overkill for such a purpose, although it would indeed be capable. I recommend trying the free Audacity program for what you describe, it is likely to be a lot more simple to use and straightforward for you.


--Mac