«  good material, simple, effective »

Having no knowledge, I wanted to find a portable, simple system to complement my laptop I7 PC and easily record, with proper quality. Good choice for me. After a learning period, I began to master a little more gear.
It allows me to record what goes through the sound card, and retrieve different soundtrack. (Loopback function)
Records using audacity, are remarkably true. The settings are simple, the easy multitrack: A MIDI sequencer in stereo for the first pass, chorus sax on a second pass with SM57 microphone. Both inputs combo jack barrel are very practical and solid.
I will soon try it behind a mixer 12 inputs to record a full band (12 musicians)
The map is compact, powered by USB (no transformer more) port, and it is solid.

UTILIZATION

Drivers, found on the Roland website are without installation problems on Win 8.
Latency is not audible with the settings I use (48Khz) behind a USB 2.0 port.
Too bad that we should remove the card for the setting changes to take effect! (Sampling frequency)

GETTING STARTED

Configuration without problem. The software supplied with the card are more complex (Sonar LE).
MIDI ports work well.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 months. This is my first external sound card, and I do not regret this choice I would do without problem!