Congrats, Cat! I'd really like to see your machine when you get it all together.
I got my sound card drivers sorted - it's an EMU 0404 with breakouts for analog and digital in/out as well as midi in/out, and it works Great! So my little recording studio is complete . . . . ok, that'll never happen. There's always something else to add.

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