I bought BB because it was hyped as an accompaniment tool. I use it for small venue gigs, nothing very big at all. sing & play guitar along with. I use a Fender Passport portable PA. It's a combo\amp & 4 channel mixer with 2 75W stereo speakers. I plug my singing mic in 1 channel, my guitar into another & the laptop with my BB tracks into a 3'd. From what I'm hearing, since I have no desire whatsoever of recording any of the tracks I've made in BB to a CD, but to sing & play live to those tracks, coming directly from BB in my laptop I have everything I need right now right? I'm generally happy with the sound I've been getting, but I now want to record my voice to an audio track in BB. I may need to upgrade to a better driver as you say. Mine is the "MME" & they say the "ASIO" is better. How & where would I obtain that? As to the mixing, I'm getting a little confused here. I was told by someone about a year ago (I think from PG Music), can't remember the name, but right here on the forums in no uncertain terms that bed room mixes are "totally useless", (his words). This was echoed by some others as well. And that I needed to set up in a larger space like a garage & mix there with the same gear I'd be using on the live gig. This I did & am happy with the results. The ONLY difference now is what I stated about recording my voice in the BB audio track in order to effectively sing a duet with myself live to the audio track, not to any CD. You have however set me straight on some other misconceptions I've had, and I'm grateful for that.
russ66