1. Thanks to all. Great info.

2. To Pat - Yes. A Carolina BIAB user group would be very cool.

3. I like the idea of at least trying RB as my DAW to begin with, at least until I think I need something not available on RB.

4. I did go into a music store today while I was in the "big city" (Pat - it was Jackson Music in W-S) and am now trying a TASCAM US-122mkII USB audio interface. And it came packaged with Cubase LE5. So I will see what that DAW does also.

5. To rharv - your last comment about "taking a few minutes to set up your OS for audio can make a huge difference" is very interesting. What all does that include doing?

Kenny