help needed from you experts out there.

i want to record to my hard drive the music i am streaming.

i dont play games, and i dont need any high quality surround sound.

all i want is a sound card capable of playing music and recording at the same time.

i am running xp, 2.8 cpu with 1 gig of ram, ther are spare slots on my motherboard.

people keep telling me to go for soundblaster x-fi platinum.

what i want to know, is this worth the money, or over rated, would i be paying for a name?

what alternatives are available and what price should i be paying in bangkok?

i am willing to spend up to 10,000 baht.

If you just want to record what you are hearing from your existing sound card you just need a programme that will save the sound - Audacity is a free download and very good at recording what you are listening to.

I sometimes listed to Internet radio and record it with Audacity - works a treat and its FREE. There is a link to the Audacity web site HERE

The file can be saved as a wav file or MP3.

Your sound card obviously plays a large part in the quality of what you hear but it might be worth trying your existing card and see if you really need an upgrade.

Hope this helps.

thanks stekmer

i already use either soundforge v6 or cool edit pro.

trouble is i have a crap o/b soundcard, and it cannt handle it.

computer shuts down and reboots, after 10-15 minutes,

makes it a bit difficult when trying to d/l a 2 hr led zep concert.

personally i think it is a hardware problem, eg the souncard, as opposed to software.

but thanks for taking the time to reply.

If quality is a big deal to you, go with an external USB soundcard that isn't on the recieving end of all the electronic noise being thrown around inside a high speed computer that causes interference.

http://www.creative.com/products/product.a...mp;product=9103

help needed from you experts out there.

i want to record to my hard drive the music i am streaming.

i dont play games, and i dont need any high quality surround sound.

all i want is a sound card capable of playing music and recording at the same time.

i am running xp, 2.8 cpu with 1 gig of ram, ther are spare slots on my motherboard.

people keep telling me to go for soundblaster x-fi platinum.

what i want to know, is this worth the money, or over rated, would i be paying for a name?

what alternatives are available and what price should i be paying in bangkok?

i am willing to spend up to 10,000 baht.

I have an Audigy Sound Blaster, and found it to be superb. Over the last three years, I have recorded over 12GB of streaming. I am sure that the XF platinum must be even better than the one that I have, so go for it!

If quality is a big deal to you, go with an external USB soundcard that isn't on the recieving end of all the electronic noise being thrown around inside a high speed computer that causes interference.

http://www.creative.com/products/product.a...mp;product=9103

wow, thats a serious bit of kit there, the dogs <deleted> by the look of it, probablly a bit over the top for my needs.

as marquess is living in bangkok and is able to record streaming music with his sound card, i think i will take his advice.

thanks to both of you guys, cdnvic and marquess for replying, now i can give concert vault a serious hammering, probablly burn out my true adsl ethernet port in the process.

once again thanks for your input, i appreciate it.