This is a crosspost from one I made at gearslutz, but I assume there are people here that have home project studios too. So, I thought I would take a shot to see if anyone here can help...thanks!
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Over the years, I've collected a few stereo mic preamps:
Two Grace Design Lunatec V3s (analog, coax spdif , or AES out)
Apogee MiniMP (analog out)
Apogee MiniME (coax spdif, AES out)
Sound Devices MP2 (analog out)
..also Apogee MiniDAC
My Win7 PC is getting a little on the slow side for me in terms of speed, especially for video editing, so I want to upgrade everything. That will mean a fresh copy of Win8 on an Asrock motherboard with thunderbolt ports and USB 3.0.
I currently have a FireWire based Presonus firestudio, and I've had problems with it over the years and it's out of support.
Goals:
- solid AD
- works in Windows 8
- is not FireWire
- 24/192
- 8 analog in min
- one coax spdif or XLR AES in for my MiniME
- low latency, I'm the whole band. So, I playback and record
- Reaper is my DAW
I'm not opposed to older gear (Apogee AD16x & RME card?), but USB (3.0?) or thunderbolt is a plus. I've checked out the websites of focusrite, motu, UAD, et al. I guess the newer motu 828x would work. Anyone here have a similar setup and good luck with a particular interface or standalone AD + PCIe card? Budget? I would like to cover my 10 existing channels with room, so 16 in and less than $2k (if possible)?
Thanks in advance,
Michael