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On Thu, 2006-21-09 at 07:04 +0100, Tim Beauregard wrote:

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> Carlo Capocasa wrote:

> > Yes.

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> Thank you for your reply, that gives me enough information to go on.

> The purpose is to allow the students to practice, not for recording.  I

> shall be buying a preamp today.

I don't recommend buying a preamp for a soundblaster really. External

preamps are usually very good and quite pricey. You would be better off

getting a decent sound card that has a decent preamp instead of putting

a ferrari engine in a an old VW bug!
Check out the presonus firebox, they are good cards with surprisingly

good preamps for the price. The inputs on a soundblaster are really not

very good and the improvement in signal from your external preamp would

be wasted.
Iain