More than 8 inputs?

 

MOTU Ultralite Hybrid MK3.

8 analog in, 8 analog out
runs on USB or Firewire
2 mic pres
 
ah - but you said "MORE THAN"  sorry.
 
I can't think of any off of the top of my head with more than 8 on a single unit.  but there are several which can be chained together using USB or Firewire now instead of going thru ADAT.  the motu unit above will do that.  the roland octacaptures will, too.

Yep - I see that, Steve, I was correcting my post at the same time you posted.

A bit of explanation...

At present I have a bunch of hardware synths connected to a Mackie mixer which in turn feeds two pairs of UA-101 line ins, plus one UA-101 in/out pair acting as an aux bus for an external fx unit I sometimes use on anything from one track to a complete mix.
 
Ideally I'd like to remove the mixer and the fx unit on the Mackie's aux bus which provides a basic delay and reverb and connect everything direct to the interface then monitor via Sonar, thereby making vst effects available while tracking (if I can get latency low enough).

My comment about ADAT isn't because of any prejudices or desire to avoid ADAT in principle, simply that ideally I'd like to only have one box to power rather than two, thereby saving space and power sockets.

To be honest I'm not 100% commited to removing the mixer etc., because there are issues with direct monitoring just as their are (different) issues with my current setup.

Thanks for the suggestions - I've been considering the MOTU unit + one one of their preamp units and ADATing them together. I'd not spotted that Tascam make interfaces with that many ins/outs though.

Time to do some more thinking........

Ya, I'd stay away from the Tascam stuff. Pretty tough to find a single interface with more than 8 analog inputs. You generally have to expand from there. I'm in the same boat as you with two 24 ch. analog mixers pretty much patched full of outboard synths 'n stuff. When you compile a lot a gear and want it all plugged in and ready to go at any time, you pretty much need a mixer to augment your audio interface(s)...or a patchbay. I'd rather use a mixer. I don't want to patch anything!

My info is based on helping people on the forum.  there are still many people who have problems with the tascam drivers, even if you only count that they need high latency to operate!  high latency is due to the DRIVERS!  only a small portion of the hardware affects the speed of the drivers.

I like you, Johnny, but I think I've earned the right to recommend whatever I want without your approval and without actually owning one because of the help I've given to people on the forums over the years.

Hey Beag not offence intended especially to you as I have a lot of respect as your help here is monumental. But my point is the complaints about tascam drivers are over, There was defiantly big issues under XP, Me included, I stopped using it as I could not even run soft synths and MIDI would not work. 
I cannot speak for all, but I have read almost every thread here that pertains to the Tascam interfaces, and on Gear slutz too. I never read one that was a issue with Windows 7 64bit drivers. Any issues are with XP 32 and Vista 32. The Vista driver were particularly bad. 
My conclusion is the W7 drivers are now average and about par for the course with any interface under $300. 
But, you need to consider that the best use for these interfaces is the 16 inputs for live recording of audio. In this respect the us 1641 and the newer us 1800 is a phenomenal unit. Nothing comes close for that price. The units are made out of steal and not plastic. The features are all top notch too. The pre amps are better than most. 

The drivers are not a problem, I never have issues. Sure my round trip latency is between 10 to 12 ms but so are lots of usb interfaces. Especially under $300. So to say the drivers are crap needs a recap, Yes XP and Vista drivers are crap, W7 64 bit are "fine" not the best in the world, buy an RME if you want perfect. 

Hope this makes you change your mind about bad mouthing tascam , Your welcome to bad mouth Behringer I'll back you on that ha ha.. 
Cheers! 

OP sorry for ranting in your thread  and don't buy a Tascam us 1800 if you want excellent drivers, but if you'll settle for average then you have nothing to loose.  

Lynx USB.  8 or 16 in/outs.  Of course, $2000 or $3000.

Bonzos Ghost


Roland is showing off a brand new USB interface this month at NAMM.

Roland Studio Capture.  16 analog inputs. Looks like an impressive unit on the surface.

http://www.rolandconnect.com/product.php?p=studio-capture

Hopefully it'll include updated preamps and conversion. If it's old technology in a bigger box, then it might not be such a great unit. 

The way it is advertised it appears to be an "oversized" Octa-Capture (12 XLR IN instead of 8, plus 4 TRS IN, 2 of which are optionally COAX). Features are pretty much the same as with the Octa-Capture (4 monitor mixes, auto-sens, VS EXPAND to link a second unit).
 
So I don't think it's anything new other than (almost) 2 Octa-Captures in one box, but hopefully sold cheaper than 2 Octas.
 
Not a bad unit, though, if you need the I/O channels ... I quite like the Octa-Capture ... still no ADAT connectivity which is a drawback ...

Sorry to say Johnny but I own a tascam us 800 and when I changed from 32 bit computer to 64 bit computer running windows 7 , it keeps crashing my computer with the blue screen hardware error .... downloaded the newest drivers and still no help ... now I have a roland quad capture and have had no problems at all .... so I will have to say there still problems with the drivers ... some systems still won't work with tascam ... i''m new to alot of this recording hardware so I can't recommend anything but only tell what issues I have had ...

Hm. Looks similar to what the 101 achieves (the 101 doesn't give samples/buffer, just a slider).