I'm a fan of RME. I have the fireface 800. It sounds great, and i've had no problems at all with the drivers. Also, there are jaws scripts for its virtual mixer. So, depending on your budget, you might want to check out their products. Omar Binno Website: www.omarbinno.com AIM: LOD1116 Skype: obinno1 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Hillebrandt To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 6:47 AM Subject: [ddots-l] suggestions for audio/midi interfases Hello All, Would be very interested to hear what kind of interfase everyone is using and how they like what they have. So far I haven't had too much luck with my fast track ultra and when going on the internet have seen lots of comments on users groups about a wide variety of problems with them, especially driver difficulty. It is a midrange unit for price so may end up purchasing something else with slightly better numbers for noise etc. Using windows xp 3rd edition, and computer bought by the dancing dots team. Do not thing I'll be recording many instruments at once, so something simple is best as long as its fairly quiet. The fast track ultra is a usb device and heard suggestions that something using firewire is much better. Will it make a big difference? YOur findings and what you all use would be very interesting. Using very little midi at this point and mostly interested in audio recording though am sure will get into midi eventually. Thanks for your help in advance. Dave