The thing is though, I can record into it. Not just grab a 10 second sample or whatever. I can plug a keyboard into my laptop and play away all night, and watch the wave-forms form on the screen when I stop recording. Yeah I will use more in the future though. No need to argue about that. But I think to start this is a somewhat cheap and good way to learn the basics. If not just stick with it, add to it type of thing.