These are the 12 ways that motivated my choice. sampling at 192 kHz is interesting but seriously I do not use it. I use this card with an analog console Alto L16 I had chosen for its interesting capabilities in this price range routing.
I use the card in a home studio to record everything: guitar, bass, drums, vocals.
I'm using a macbookpro core 2 duo 2.93 with 4 gigabytes of RAM and SSD 128 + FW 800 external drive Coy.

UTILIZATION

no worries drivers. you plug it works ...
I made 10-track simultaneous recording and playback at the moment.
I have not watched the latency ... no problem to save the battery which is my instrument and for which I'm pretty fussy.

GETTING STARTED

Installation is super-simple one branch and it works. no compatibility issues. no need for manual. Just a small note was quickly lifted by anxiety forums AF on the outlet. we receive a U.S. connection and esy question 115v. actually just buy a cord and the French supermarket AudioFire adapts itself to 220v. one point less for that ...

OVERALL OPINION

I have this card for 3 months. I've had for 3 years a Edirol FA 101 which I was very happy but I was limited to 8 microphones in the storming of the battery. echo map seems more neutral and slightly more metallic the Edirol.
what I love most: excellent value for money.
what I like least: the little anxiety when connecting to the sector's value.
I would do without this choice problem as much as these cards are chainable where 24 tracks at a lower cost.