Hi all,

I have a mini-DV tape with a nature sounds soundtrack I would like to
capture, edit (basically copy several times to make a longer track),
and burn on CD. As the soundtrack is digital and will be captured
through firewire, edited digitally, and burned on audio CD, it
appears to me that the quality of my soundcard has no influence in
any way on this process (i.e. a crappy one can generate a hiss in
playback but the sound card is not in the chain of
DVtape-to-PC-to-CD).

Am I correct here?

Yes, except that your editing decisions may be flawed if based on the sound
you hear froma crap soundcard.

geoff