My biggest worry is that while those with USB and for that part firewire interfaces talk glowingly about Pres and such just as many fuss over the USB drop off, and disconnects. USB would solve several problems. That of preamps, and space, such being an all in one solution. Nothing to me beats the comfort level of mixing on an old fashioned mixer board. Being able to bring in whatever i want. Plus it seems that i can get a better overall solution for multiple uses. For instance if i am recording i get very smooth levels, and if playing live music, i can toss the sound around better, to monitors and mains and such. When i used the Tascam i struggled to get the levels right either the mike input was low, or the mix to hot, one or the other.

Not arguing with the comments so far, just throwing out my observations so far.

I do know the 1010 is still out there and have found it as low as $159 still new in the package. But still you have valid points and how much longer PCI will be available is a concern. I just hate to pay $450 for an interface right now, and i am worried about driver issues and disconnects.

HP Win 11 12 gig ram, Mac mini Sonoma with 16 gig of ram, BiaB 2025, Realband, Reaper 7, Harrison Mixbus 9 32c , Melodyne 5 editor, Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, Presonus control app.