I recently switched from a Tascam FW-1884 running on Firewire to a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 on USB, because I could not get the Firewire legacy driver to work reliably in Windows 8.1 (so I assume it won't under Windows 10, which I'm testing and really like on another machine).

The Scarlett is a minimal interface and it works well, once you learn the mix software. There are several threads around here on what sound interfaces to use that you may enjoy reading.


BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.