Mike, really that is what you took from this conversation? I would not give up, just look at what is needed and head that direction. The fact is that the built in sound cards in a laptop were never meant for recording, they will do a decent job for playback, but recording is a different beast. It is like racing the Indy 500 in a Nissan Z 350, a fast little car but no match for a professional race car.

What you need to take from this is that you need a decent interface to from the software and laptop. Then you will have a nice mobile setup. Take a look at the stuff from M-Audio the drivers are solid and it will change the way things work. http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/nav...1+344252+202082

If i had a laptop i would go with something like the fasttrack pro down about 5 from the top, or at least the top one. Even better is probabily this dude. http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Focusrite-Saffire-6-USB-Audio-Interface?sku=583658

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