Horahack, by playing around with the Windows audio settings in control panel you most likely will be able to bring acceptable audio into BIAB & RealBand but it will take some patience and will be a compromise at best.

A cost effective solution might be to search pawn shops, music stores, eBay and Craigslist for a used digital recorder, small digital usb mixer or audio interface. Good quality equipment from companies like Peavey, Roland, Zoom, Tascam, Korg, M-Audio and Presonus is pretty easy to find. The most difficult part is determining your needs.

Do you have a microphone or prefer a built-in mic? Do you need one or two inputs? Do you need a high impedence input to record a guitar or bass that have passive (no battery) pickups? Do you need line inputs to record a keyboard? Do you want to record to a tempo away from the computer then import the wav files (need something with a metronome)? Do you want to use your computer to record?

Once you know what you need and how you want to use "it", find the gear that matches.

Jim Fogle - 2025 BiaB (Build 1128) RB (Build 5) - Ultra+ PAK
DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8
Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD
Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD
Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home