Newbie needs advice on Soundcard

[gone2lake]

Hi, I have a cheap SB Audigy se card, which is fine for playing games and general web surfing and all... but it SUCKS for recording music.

Will someone PLEASE advise me on a decent, inexpensive PCI or PCI express sound card with ASIO 2.0 support to put in my Windows PC running XP Pro.

I've read all kinds of good and bad reviews of the X-Fi line of Creative Labs. My real problem is that my M-Audio Axiom 61 midi controller (USB) has a lot of latency because the Audigy soundcard is not ASIO compatible.

I have the Line6 Toneport UX2 and it's ASIO but i don't think I can use it for my midi controller keyboard. It does have a midi in and out on the back of it. I'm a total noob so please give me a hand here.

If all I gotta do is go buy a Midi cable and run it from the Axiom OUT to the Toneport's midi IN... that would be great but I don't know if that will work.

thanks in advance for any help !
steve

[TimOBrien]

THE guide with 'you can't go wrong' choices:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/soundcards_and_audio_interfaces.htm

[gone2lake]

THE guide with 'you can't go wrong' choices:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/soundcards_and_audio_interfaces.htm

thanks bro !

[saluha]

Tim, Thank you..for information which you have give to us..its useful because now i want buy new pc but for game too...its good information.
Thanks