Because of a potential great local Craigslist deal - I'm seriously considering a Scarlett 8i6 - mix control software notwithstanding.

To TMON and Bobby, I've sent you both PM to see if you might, in a pinch, be able to help me out with the device.

I'm finally giving up on my Tascam US-800, going to sell it to a guy with a Mac Intel lappy for which it will be a killer deal. It works fine with my son's Mac lappy.

I do have one question for those of you with Focusrite devices:

Is there a way to use the device as a simple mixer, that is, do you have to route audio through the mix control software, or can you use it standalone, and monitor different sets of inputs?

For example, about 1/2 the time I'm using an audio interface, I'm using it as a simple low-channel count mixer - computer off.

ch 1&2, output from either my Guitar multi-fx, or my Casio keyboard. Ch 3&4 output from my iPhone. I use this for rehearsal purposes, playing along with youtube vids. Very convenient.

Not a show-stopper if I can't do this, but I've sort of gotten used to this way of working.

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