RolandUA-1010 OCTA-CAPTURE 10-input, 10-output Hi-speed USB Audio Interface

Cracking piece of gear, nice build quality and the auto sens for inputs is handy. I'm more than happy with this product and i've not even tried half of the features!

Buen producto , ya lo conocía anteriormente

So I've always purchased USB interfaces in the sub $300 range. I never experienced anything above anything like a focusrite 8i or 4i. My best was the Avid M box, which is old but really solid.Anyway, I needed 8 inputs, and this thing kept popping up in my searching over the months/year of searching.Reviews all loved it..it looked perfect for me needs (on board compression (DSP), some reverb on aux out A for my singer, 4 stereo monitor outs, stand alone control via the devices LCD interface, etc.The "hang up" was how "old" it was..but to be honest..I think I've learned that if something is well loved, and old, then it's probably a good investment. This has even been true of laptops. (with computers you think, "get the best, newest one" and that's true...sort of... but still...I bought a refurbished IBM for my wife...it was an "older" office model..a rock solid unit that some big company ended their lease on and IBM is trying to get rid of them. Anyway, what it lacks in flashy new-ness, it makes up for in rock solid performance and reliability.Same is true with this guy. the thing is just rock solid, sounds amazing, ridiculous control options, signal routing, and I'm running recording sessions at a buffer size of 48...which I've never done before. It just...works.It's probably the simple fact that I've finally stepped out of the sub $300 range of interfaces and got my first "big boy" toy, but man...I've been missing out all this time. this thing is a joy to use.

Pros : Clear & ***Balanced*** Sound, I cannot stress this enough. You can play your music much louder without compromising clarity. Never will your playback sound like its screaming at you, its gentle on the ears yet powerful, refined, balanced, & CLEARWay too many inputs, so many choices.Software is Windows/Mac based, so it runs as a master on top of your software.Sweet Auto-Sense and other FX features are greatMade in Japan, the best possible build quality money can buy in its "price range" if that even matters these days. All aluminum construction and high quality buttons/LED screenCons: Does not have RCA output in Composite format. Easily mitigated with TRS to RCA converterConclusion: Too sexy for home use, maybe?

I was surprised by the quad-capture quality, so I got the OctaCapture and it's really good. I've had a lot of gear over the years that was affordable but had hiss, if there is any noise from this, I can't hear it even with my cheap microphones. I keep the rear inputs patched to patch panel and they go to my drum mic's. Low noise, good signal, really affordable, a little more complicated than the quad, because of front panel controls but quickly get used to it. Nice display. I looked for digital interfaces for a long time, glad I found this. It remembers prior settings too. I use an externally powered usb hub as someone suggested. Win 8.1, Reaper, Toshiba AMD quad core laptop.