Problem recording from Creative's X-Fi cards in Windows7 ("What U hear")

[barrys]

Hi

I'm the latest person to discover incompatibility between Creative's x-Fi cards, Windows7 and "What U hear." So, I'm looking for recomendations for a new soundcard. I make a lot of video tutorials and record a lot of streamed audio so my requirements are:

- Must be 100% Windows7 compatible
- Must allow recording of "Stereo Mix" "What U Hear" or similar
- Must be compatible with USB microphone and traditional jack-mics too.

I'm out of my depth here. Creative claim compatibility with Windows7 for their X-Fi cards but me, and several colleagues, just can't get them to work as they did under XP.

I've tried all the web-wide tips of enabling hidden recording devices and configuring Audacity with no luck.

What should I buy? Over to the experts....

Thanks

Barry