soundcard His, Help!

[Drewdt3]

I want to record some songs on my pc using adobe auditio 1.5. Software seems good and logical. Problem is I am getting a lot of hiss (-48db) because of onboard soundcard I think. If I get something like the M-Audio FW Solo will this largely eliminate this poblem. Please help, as I am loseing faith in pc recording.

 

[TimOBrien]

On-board soundcards are made with 20-cents worth of chips; they are not designed for high-fidelity.

Yes, anything you get will be better...