Grumgol

To clear a few things up: 1) You can connect the Spider V via USB directly to your laptop, which will serve as a digital connection to your laptop. This enables you to record your guitar through the Spider V directly into Cubase LE. 2) You do not need any adapters to do so, a simple USB cable is sufficient. 3) Even though it is a version with reduced features, Cubase LE is still a very powerful software that allows you to produce full-fledged songs. I highly doubt that you will be able to just wing it. If you want to keep using it, you will have to study the manual or watch some video tutorials video tutorial about the software. This is not a self-explanatory software, where you just press a button and are up and running within 2 minutes if you have never used it before. 4) Note: If you want to record signals through a microphone (i.e. vocals) you can not do that with the Spider V. You will need a separate USB-Audio Interface which features XLR-ins, a preamp to power the microphone and phantom power for condenser mics. If that is your goal, a cheap option would be the Steinberg UR22 mkII: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/UR22MKII--steinberg-ur22mkii

This is probably a bit late, but in case other people have the same problem here is a possible solution: Judging from your screenshot, you forgot to disable the orange "monitor" button (the little speaker icon under the track name on the left) when playing back the track after recording. That's why it's probably playing back when copied to a new track where that button is disabled. As for the output: You can change your output device in the VST Audio System Window, where it says "ASIO Spider V" ASIO Driver. Please note that you can only use one soundcard at a time comfortably, so either pick your onboard soundcard (which outputs to your PC speakers) OR the Spider V. There are complicated ways to setup multiple device through software such as ASIO4ALL, but it is not something I would advice. I recommend using the Spider V only for recording your guitar.

It's been a few weeks since your post, but it's obvious while it's not working: You are trying to record to an instrument track, which uses MIDI to trigger a virtual instrument. The track type you should be using is the standard "audio track" in stereo.