The Toneport GX is a decent USB device for someone just starting. I used to own one. I now have a UX2 I think PODfarm plugin rocks and there are a bunch of nice freeware VST amps out there also (the latest I tried being the TSE X30, search the forum for more info). I set my UX2 asio panel at 256 and with the slider at minimum (sorry I don't remember the name of these!) and latency is fine for recording. I got some clips on my page somewhere. Let me know if you are looking to hear something special.