Originally posted by JuanPabloJr. sorry to butt in...
But if you use the Audiophile, will you need to connect a mixer if you want to record several tracks at once?
Using a mixer you can mix several channels down to 2 tracks. Audiophile 2496 will record 2 tracks of analog and two tracks of digital all at once. So if you have the right equipment 4 tracks at once, if you have an A/D converter for the 2 digi tracks. If you want real multitracking to capture a live band you want the next better card up, I think a Delta 1010, for instance. That will capture 10 live tracks independently.