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Thread Soundblaster Audigy 2 card with Guitar Tracks Pro?

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I'm new to PC recording, with a background in porta studio type cassette recorder.

My new Dell PC, very powerful, will be arriving soon, equipped with the SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ( NOT Platinum) sound card.

I'm thinking of maybe Guitar Tracks Pro.

Main use: Good Quality demo/vanity recording, one instrument or voice at a time, building up multiple tracks. Mostly acoustic with occasional electric guitar, bass, or keyboard.

Secondary use: Turn my old 4 tracks into CD's

Possible occasional use (doubtful): recording live band, including drums, bass, 2 guitars or guitar/keyboard, and up to 3 vocals. Probably won't happen though, and would probably settle for sending a stereo mix to the PC.

The sound card has line in, mic in, CD/Analog in, and a few other things, but only one of each.

Will I be able to do at least use 1 & 2 above? Will I get a good enough sound quality going with a decent microphone (say a Shure sm57) to plug into the sound card?

Should I be looking to a separate device for inputting signals?

Thanks,

rubberdog

PS: Though I don't know what it all means, here are the specs on the sound card:

SPECIFICATIONS
Audio Performance

Signal-to-Noise Ratio with AES17 filter (A-Weighted)
2V Rated Output 1V Rated Output
Stereo Output 106dB 102dB
Front and Rear Channels 106dB 102dB
Center, Subwoofer and Rear Center ~90dB ~86dB

Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) = 0.004% (1V, 2V Rated Output)
Frequency Response (+/-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input ) = <10Hz to 46kHz (1V, 2V Rated Output)
High Definition Audio Quality for Playback and Recording
24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion during playback with sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz in 5.1 mode and up to 192kHz in stereo mode
24-bit Analog to Digital conversion during recording in 8, 16 or 24-bit at sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) input at up to 24-bit/ 96kHz quality
SPDIF output up to 24-bit at 48 or 96kHz
ASIO drivers for low latency (=2ms) multi-track playback and recording at 16-bit/48kHz)
Wave-Table Synthesis and Midi Features
Creative Hardware synthesizer (2x16 Channels) with 64-voice polyphony featuring E-MU®'s patented 8-point interpolation technology for accurate sample reproduction
Creative Software synthesizer - multi timbral wave-table (16 Channels)
FireWire® Connectivity
IEEE® 1394 / FireWire® / i-Link® compatible interface with up to 400Mbps transfer rate
Sound Blaster Audigy® 2 On-Board Connectors
Line level out (Front / Rear / Center / Subwoofer /Rear Center)
Digital Out for 5.1 support (6-channel SPDIF Output)
Line in
Microphone in
FireWire port
Telephone Answering Device in
Analog / Digital CD Audio in
15-pin MIDI / Joystick port extension header
Internal Firewire header to Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Internal Drive (Upgrade Option*)
AD_EXT extension header to the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Internal Drive (Upgrade Option*)
* Upgrade not yet available for sale seperately