I can now run 4 drum mics, a stereo pair on a guitar, two vocals, an electric guitar DI, and a bass DI all without an external mic amplifier. The sound quality is not nearly as good as the QA-9, but unless you have a very keen ear you are very unlikely to notice the difference. So after researching for a while I decided to purchase this Tascam 16x08 - mainly because it was a great price for so many inputs.MAIN UNIT:After using it for almost three months, I can say that I am very happy with my purchase. It soon became apparent that I would need more inputs. This was fine for recording my overdubbed songs because the most channels I'd simultaneously record was two, say for a stereo pair while recording acoustic guitar.Within the last year I have begun recording other artists more frequently. Needless to say, the QA-9 sounds absolutely incredible, but has the limitation of only having two inputs and no outputs. INTRODUCTION:I started recording about 5 years ago, and have been using an Ayre Acoustics QA-9 2 channel ADC (Analog to Digital Converter, otherwise known as a digital audio interface) for about 3 of those years.

Both are fantastic sounding, especially for their price range. If you want something that does color the sound for pretty cheap I'd recommend the Behringer mic2200 or the ART Pro MPA II. Despite this I'm test listening right now and so far there's no pops, cracks, or hisses, which i was losing sleep over last night.So far it seems like it'll be a delight to use, so far its worked with Ableton 9 Suite, Cubase 7.5, and FL Studio 10 Producer Edition.I don't have super high end mics to explain the minute details about the pre amps, but they do sound pretty average to my ears, no real addition or loss, just kinda boosts the gain like a transparent preamp should. In comparison to my Komplete Audio 6, its probably 2-3x louder, which was a shock at first, but probably because its actually powered externally.

A Lite version of a DAW isn't going to be helping you if it can only max 16 audio inputs anyways.I mean, I get you were disappointing because it didn't include software that it said it did, but despite that rethink your review a bit.In terms of the sound, this thing is really loud. If someone wants to buy an interface like this, the company is assuming you already have a DAW or means of recording, beacuse honestly, if you are getting an interface with 16 inputs you probably should anyways. 'Doesn't include software' is this most rated review on this, which personally I find stupid as hell.

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