Chris, I teach online piano lessons in a similar format, I personally use a laptop (high-end) to run skype and use an old tascam US122 to input the audio from my daw, which has my keyboard and other things. I also use this setup though be it more advanced, when I do online tutoring on stuff like sonar or sound forge etc. I can work on the daw, explain things, and the student gets to hear all including results. For piano lessons, the extra power and free resources of the laptop allows me to run video for sighted students who want to see and hear. This is an option if you have an extra comp/interface, or if not, since you have a saffire, have you tried/experimented with the virtual i/o? Maybe setting the input to skype, and sonar's output to the virtual outs? Latency might be a concern, but if we're speaking about the system you had built last year, that should run that with no probs. Then you can mix your mic and guitar with effects on tracks on sonar, turn input echo on, and have sonar send the outs into skype. I thought about this kind of setup when I obtained my pro40, but since I've already got my rig going, and because my daw is completely offline and because of the video requirement for sighted students, I opted to leave it as is... If it aint broke, don't fix it! LOL. HTH, D!J!X! -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 4:08 PM To: skypeenglish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: midimag@xxxxxxxxxxx; ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Skype and direct audio input? Hi folks. I teach guitar, and until now, have never really considered teaching over Skype. I have a decent microphone, but I would love to run some of my guitar gear direct into my audio interface, and mix that in with my voice on Skype. Has anybody tried this using something like Virtual Audio Cable and their DAW? I guess I'm wondering if Skypes advanced feedback killing routines and other things they do to the audio automatically will pose problems. Chris -------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING: PROFESSIONAL MIXING AND MASTERING! http://www.ctsmastering.com Dropbox: Have your stuff when you need it. 2GB is free http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq