Well, because of about an hour of consulting I did with a somewhat local pro-audio vendor on use of binaural recording for recording headphone output, I got a really nice accommodation on a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8.

I was almost totally in the 44VSL camp, but then I sold my TASCAM US-800 for more than I paid for it (thank you eBay - really helps to take nice photos and crop appropriately) but the 18i8 has so much 'future' capability compared to the 44VSL. Also, Mike Rivers did a great, nerd-friendly review of the 18i8, and his description of the Mix Control applet inspired confidence.

http://mikeriversaudio.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/focusrite_scarlett_18i8_review.pdf

So I will be quickly in the 'sort out Mix Control' software camp. I hope to have it sorted by the end of the month, as I will again be doing the February Album Writing Month challenge this year, and I need to be able to record while monitoring over phones, monitor speakers off.

I hope that I can be like tmon and Bobby with the Mix Control and say 'big deal' as well, in the VERY near future.

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