I was looking for 8 tracks between a card that can be suitably mixes to avoid a mixer.
I also wanted my card runs Linux
I was looking for something with a max of connectors even if I have no use for now.
A friend of his had deprecated ingnieur the edirol 2496 and Delta 1010.
In short one day I broke down and I bought it for a few 400

UTILIZATION

I only talk about Linux because I spent time matriser Ardour / Jack jamin and I think that is less monolithic solutions that Cubase since all these apps communicate with each other.
In Linux it took me understand several things:
there was a bug in the ALSA version 1.8 that I had to install drivers over the 1.08 of Gentoo taient incomplete
I had to switch to ALSA 1.09rc2 in knowing that there is no RC3 drivers 3G
ALSA is in the map in two devices dcompose hdw: 1.0 analog outputs for inputs and hdw: 1.1 numriques for inputs and outputs. So to start throwing the jack device hdw: 1.0 (or hdw: 0.0 if you have no other sound card)

GETTING STARTED

Linux no crash no problem Jack turns for several days without flinching
I use Ardour and jackd not test with MIDI
Latency is low, but Linux is normal fawn all I hear the sound live and I can mix from echomixer so I will install the patches not even low latency kernel
I have not tried 8 but a friend does it without problem

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a week
The best: from a Delta 1010 is the mix that is echomixer gnial MAUDIO from the mix is ​​a stew has cotbr /> The best: the headphone jack
The least: the plastic buttons for me I would have put the rglage mtallique but hey