Thanks very much folks for all the excellent advice on this problem.

SR I think the driver software is ok though it may not be latest as it records acoustic guitar directly plugged in fine. I have a farm game that my son likes that was for windows 95 (running it on windows 7) and for some reason or other it will only play sound through the fast track pro, so for that reason a bit hesitant to upgrade driver as he may loose his game. I can run it in VMware on xp but better quality on windows 7.

Now its time for a little experimentation and maybe a new mic. My brother I think has a sm57 so will take Rharvs advice and have a shot at that.

Will try recording as well Herb with the level turned up with the present mic to see what happens.

Thanks again
Musiclover

Last edited by musiclover; 03/14/15 12:15 PM.

Musiclover

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Windows 10 (64bit) M-Audio Fast Track Pro, Band in a Box 2025, Cubase 14, Cakewalk and far too many VST plugins that I probably don't need or will ever use smile