Hey Basil,
Thanks for your reply - what you say is good in theory but for us it just isn't practical.
This is cos PC2 (old ancient machine that has died) has totally packed up and we need to record/compose/arrange through one main computer - PC1.
The soundcard in PC1 has 3 optical in and 3 optical out so we are kinda figuring that we can use this soundcard for everything linked up to the desks...
Any further info/advice from anyone would be much appreciated.
Thankyou
MM