Wow, lots of good deals to be had. I picked mine up at B&H bundled with sound forge pro for $249, excellent deal if you're a sound forge user. IMO anything under $299 is a steal for this little guy.
So I had something weird happen over the weekend, well maybe not weird but new to me. I was running a matrix at Mother Hips, with mics on stage, and during the first set the peak lights lit up a few times but levels were only hitting -5 or -4 max. I turned on the 10dB mic pads during set break, adjusted levels and no more peak lights. I checked the waveforms after the show and didn't notice any brickwalling but assume it was close to overloading the analog stage without actually doing so. Has anyone else had this happen?
It didn't seem like a super loud show but I'm thinking the mic pre's are sensitive enough to require padding at high SPL's.