Love the set up and the music!

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I run a Start I built myself. Crate VC 20, Couple if DIY pedals and for recording use AmpliTube 3.

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Reaper is completely capable, you shouldn't even need Audacity. Why do you think you need to record from Reaper to Audacity?

Exactly. Reaper is great as is why switch? and if its just price 40 bucks isn't too hard to get together. Earn some money.

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Thats a great find! That looks CLEAN!

Yeah buying a dedicated external Soundcard will help. Especially with your Asio. What budget are you looking at spending and we can recommend some good ones for you.

There are some great sample packs on ObiAudio

http://obiaudio.com/

Here is a great video on how to program synths!

http://obiaudio.com/2010/07/09/how-to-program-a-synth/

Yeah USB 3 is in trouble now because of this. I think USB 3 will become big but Thunderbolt will replace firewire.