Murray> Can I use my speaker output to tape it?

Yes you can. All you need is an adaptor cable to go from stereo mini to RCA plugs. (Get that at any Radio Shack store.)

I used the (amplified) signal from the speaker jack, but if you have a pre-amp you could simply tap into the line output from the sound card. I am blessed with RCA plugs on my sound card, so connecting to my tape deck was a no-brainer.

Just run a test recording to find which works best for you... and don't wait till 10 minutes before the show starts like I did! ;-) Also experiment with sound card volume and record volume settings. You don't want to crank things up so high that you're getting background noise from the sound card.