MC5 SETUP HELP

Many Sound Blasters have onboard effects. If that's the case here, you'll need to open the SB mixer and turn them off.
Are the 'effects' in the recorded track? Meaning, the guitar sounds good; you arm the track and click record. It sounds badly effected, but you record anyway. Are the effects recorded?
Give us a rundown on your system; what OS, is it a 64-bit OS; how fast and how much RAM does the computer have?
In MC, 'Options>Audio', what is listed for Record and Playback Timing Masters? What is listed and selected under 'Drivers'? What is the reported Latency?

I had tried to click and unclick the boxes in the mixer - Yes the sounds are recorded and the latency is set at 10 - I don't seem to have a problem with the sounds in sync - It is early right now but later I will up date the system information - Thank you very much for replying - I had MC3 in the system before and it seemed to work better - OH I do know I have 1/2 gig of ram - That is one thing I want to upgrade soon -

Being I would like to use this setup to record my guitar and vocals in order to, well for others to listen to and develope their parts (Not at this time wanting to set the world on fire as a sound engineer) - Is the M-Audio USB with two in two out any better or worse than the Delta 44 -

no, not better than or worse than, but different for different needs.

the Delta 44 is what I used for 5 years without problems, however, with the D44 you have to have an external preamp for your instruments and mics because the D44 inputs are LINE input only.  a PCI card is typically FASTER (re: lower latency) and less noisey than external

the m-audio fastrack pro is USB external.  the problems with USB external is that they are a little higher noise floor and they are typically a little slower regarding latency.  but the external units normally have mic and instrument preamps already included with them so you don't have to buy EXTRA equipment to make them work (as does the m-audio fast track pro).

 One thing I did notice is I have the clean sound I am looking for out of my computer until I start the MC5 program - Then when I arm all hell breaks loose - In playback I have all the effects recorded - Thanks for reading all these words and all your input -

are you recording on the template GUITAR track?  if so, you probably have the default AMPLITUBE in the FX bin and that might be causing your problem.  open the FX bin of that guitar track and disable or delete the AMPLITUBE FX and see if that solves your problem.