hi everyone ..thanks for all the info...i've been a bit busy. sorry. I managed to understand the jinx of it all now..left side in mono should get the sound on both speakers..i was actually going to take a screenshot and show u what i did..will do that hopefully at the weekend..i actually got it up and working. As i understand now..only one channell will show up in the track,,not 2. ???about the soundcard ,I actually tried asio4all years ago,and it worked ok for me..i dont have any probs with syncing at all..in fact the opposite..i get a pretty good sound from the old war horse.Thanks again everyone for all help..appreciate it../ray