noob with issues

This is probably going to be the first of many "WHAT THE HELL DO I DO" posts since I'm new to this program so please bear with me. For starters let me tell you what I'm working with. I have a Dell Latitude with a Sigma Tel audio sound card. I am playing through a Line6 ux-1 tone port. I think I'm having problems with my input and output designations. Do I set input and output to the toneport setting or my sound card setting? I've been able to record a few tracks but I don't think I have it set up right. For some reason this is not as easy as I thought it was going to be. if you need more info. let me know. Thanks in advance. Ken

Does the L6TP show up as a recognized audio in/out?

Yes , It does recognize it. Should I disable my stock soundcard or using the toneport settings should do that?
I suppose I should run the wave profiler after I change the audio settings to toneport?
Thanks for your help also. Ken

I guess now I should considering upgrading my memory? What is the benefits of doing this?

256mb

I agree with Beag... this must be an older computer cause most new ones come with gigs of memory now. Additional specs would also help, because it might not be worth spending money on memory if the other specs are needing upgrades too.

On todays computers, with todays software, doing a process like recording 1 gig of ram is pretty much a minimum anymore.

If you run XP 256 is tha amount required for XP alone, If you had 512 then the redording process has only 256 for itself, i ran that way for about two years, and it worked fine, but i also have been doing this for a long time and have made several critical tweaks on the systems. I have 1.5 gigs now on the same system, and it runs sooooooo much better.

The computer is 3 1/2 yrs. old. It's my work computer. I'm not even considering telling my old lady I need a new laptop. I need to work with the one I own now if you know what I mean.

It sounds like a little more ram would'nt hurt me. I can upgrade to 4GB max but maybe I'll move it up to 2 GB of ram.
The computer specs say that 256mb is stock but my company must have had 1 GB installed.

I finally have all of my input/output issues resolved for now.... Now i'm playing around with recordind with some short recordings just to test the waters. I have a serious problem with distortion / broken up audio during playback. My input levels are not clipping, Could it be a not enough RAM causing this? Sometimes the track plays clearly and then I will rewind it and it plays back distorted.

WELL I'LL BE DAMBED...... That worked. Will these settings remain intact until they are changed,or do I need to make these settings everytime I open the program? Now it's time to find my next problem. Thanks Beagle

BTW, Do you think I should increase my ram eventhough it seems to work fine. What would the benefits be?

thanks again.

Glad that worked! as herb says you only need to set it once and it will stay that way until you change it (which you shouldn't need to do).

Read the help file section on "Drum Maps and the Drum Grid Pane". You can use this to draw beats in the Piano Roll View (PRV) that will be played by your MIDI synthesizer or soft synth. That's the way to go with no additional investment.
Many of the users here work with drum track creation software like EZ Drummer or JamStix. With a few parameters entered by you, they can produce realistic drum tracks, editable by you. I think they have free, limited, trial downloads if you're interested.
Personally, I like all my songs to be totally mine, including the drums, and I kinda enjoy writing the drum tracks using the piano roll view. And who holds the copyright for these software-created drum tracks? The guy who told the program to do something, or the guy who wrote the program?