Hooked via litepite (ADAT) to my Yamaha O1V digital mixer. I use cubase sx2.1 I record/playback at 32bit (card only goes to 24bit) 44.1 k sample rate. works great. I have an external cd player as master, and yamaha O1V and Wavecenter PCI set as slaves. Card will also work with the rest of your software has great drivers down to 8 bit, lousy sampling rate. This is important if like me you want to play games and use your pc for other than recording studio.

I use the litepipe (ADAT) to go between Wavecenter and Yamaha O1V digital mixer. I use one of the midi chanels to go between them so my digital mixer gives me moving fader etc..... I have with the S/P DIF been able to track 10 in at a time (great for live mic on drums)

Its a printed circut board with chinsy looking parts. I got a lot of crackles at first using the supplied ADAT cables (about as thick as the wire found on the back of a guitar pickup). I paid $100 for some thick good ADAT cables (about as thick as XLR-XLR mic cable) and this did the trick! Has been flawless in three computers of the past three years. Used with cubase VST/32, then cubase SX 1.x , then cubase SX 2.x , and now with Nuendo 2.x and Wavelabe 4.0 !!! Something that is always reliable.

the only think close would be RME, you would have to pay more $$$ to get the RME with midi too. I paid $280 three years ago! I am surprised they still haven't come down in price. But it is definately worth it.

When I had the crackes I called them and they were quick. They suggested better cables and that's been fine for me.

If it dies I probably wouldn't replace it only because the top sample rate of 48k 24bit is obsolete. For double the price I would go with an RME 9652 with 96k top sampling rate. This would of course force me to upgrade my digital mixer/converters. If you are reading this thinking do I want to buy it...well if you plan on recording in 24bit 44.1 and want rock-solid reliability with ASIO , and WDM drivers I would say BUY IT. You won't be unhappy.

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