I'm looking to replace my old MOTU 24io and I'm leaning towards the Studio Capture. This is going into a new Intel i7 Win10-64 build so it will probably be on this OS for many years, I'm only now leaving Win7-64. It's main competition is the Tascam 20x20. Here are a a couple of questions:
Are there any drawbacks to USB 2.0 (Studio Capture) vs USB 3.0 (20x20)?
Any experience with it under Win10-64 with Sonar Platinum (most current version)?
It looks like they are both well liked but the Capture is kinda old so not too many current reviews around here. It's age seems to be it's main drawback but maybe also it's a mature product now. I do worry about driver support for it after another 2-3 years in case a major Win10 update happens that it won't run under.
As far as IO the Capture is perfect for my needs. With the 20x20 I would need to buy an additional 8 channel mic pre/converter. I like that the Capture can do 4 separate monitor mixes. If I understand correctly the 20x20 can only do one. In my 24io I make up to 4 to send to my SM ProAudio HP6 (headphone amp). It has 4 stereo inputs and 6 headphone outs and each out selects from one of the 4 mixes.
Thanks for any advice on this.