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I've gathered from reading posts on this site that the preferred (under $500) sound cards are the M audio cards (audiophile or delta44's). My question is how are the midi patches on these cards? Do they even have midi? The reason I ask is, I'm currently on a SB 'Ensoniq' card, 16 bit ( don't...

I think I remember reading somewhere some time ago that defragging ones hard drive can be toxic to wave files. Is this so? Should I back up my audio files beforehand? Advice would be appreciated.