Hi, I have slim drivers on my pc. I have all my drivers up to date. I will keep using gearbox for the time being as its not as painful as pod farm but still dropping out, i will miss the layout though.

if its any difference when i listen back to what i recorded its not like a pop (at the time i hear pop & almost like a slowdown) or anything but more like a cd skipping, where a chunk of song is missing & it jumps.

I will keep trying though as i do like pod farm.

Its just a bit disheartening when you get an idea for a song & the pc lets you down...

Any time I have tried recently, I spend about 20mins going through the hardware settings etc, I can rarely get through 1 take without some sort of error happening.

I have tried also using  a mic in the onboard soundcard, this seems to work fine, but its poor quality & no real use if I cant use gearbox or farm.

Thanks for all your help folks its much appreciated, I will check my usb settings on laptop also as there may be something in there i have missed.