Great idea! I think you've got it. Yeah, the computer I'm using has an appallingly bad on-board sound card. No idea what type, I just know that sound is awful through the computer, and the card is a part of the mboard. I have a few old Soundblaster AWE64s lying around that might be able to use to test idea out (though thinking about it they may all be ISAs and I doubt my computer is old enough to have ISA slots!).

I'll get on to it.

Ross