Over the last 10 years I’ve used:
delta 1010- (still got it,sat in a drawer)
VSL2020 (still got it,sat in a drawer)
Lynx Two
SSL Alphalink/Soundscape 48TA
I currently own:
RME hdsp9652 fed by Apogee converters and 2x MR816’s and a UR824.
The RME/Apogee combo doesn’t get used. Yes the performance technically on the RME is amazing but I find total mix a PIA and over complicated compared to the integration with the MR,and sound wise the Steinberg/Yamaha units sound superb.
with the steinberg units I don’t have to think about latency as it’s all done with the control room and direct monitoring. All I ever need to do is send ‘the talent’ reverb in the monitor mix and the rev-x is superb,trying to do this with total mix is a PIA.
With the steinberg units everything is there in cubase under my fingertips, I can drop a singer in to do a vocal repair with a full finished mix going on without worrying about latency.
There are some niggly software things with the MR/UR’s that I hope they’ll sort out but for most of the time if I’m not tracking 24 tracks at a time with different project sample rates, then I’m a happy camper.
MC