Hi all,
I would like to ask 2 questions:

1) where is that tutorial in "Terry's" forum???
I am new to softsynths and any tutorials can be useful. Would you be kind and provide the link?

2) The 2nd question is much trickier: Do you have any idea about how the SB Audigy 2 ZS sounds? Do I need ASIO 2.0 or 1.0???

Let me explain: Having "played around" with some softsynth demos I downloaded from the net, I subsituted my el cheapo 5-6 Euros CMI 8738 soundcard (that is the chipset model, found in many integrated sound solutions) for a borrowed SB Live.
To my dismay, SB live does NOT provide native ASIO drivers, so it was ASIO4ALL time again.
Trying to look things up on the net, I found that Creative makes another sound card series identical to SB live, but badges them EMU xxxx and offers them at a higher price, aiming at professional musicians and so on. These cards DO HAVE ASIO drivers by Creative along with special software aiming to please any musician in a budget.

To cut a long story short: The cards are identical, the drivers are completely different, so some Russian guys, tinkered with the EMU drivers and made them load and recognise the SB live, so I downloaded them and hey... almost no latency.

To the point: Continued looking around and found that ASIO 1.0 is offered on Audigy 2 ZS (~70 EUROS) but Audigy 2 ZS Platinum (~150 EUROS) offers ASIO 2.0 along with external hookup unit etc.

Do I need it? Is it better, stronger, faster? (like lee Majors), or is it just a gimmick?

Is Audigy 2 ZS going to make a tight budgeted amateur using free soundfonts happy?