Ok here's my studio ... it's a bit of a cheapo compared to the other ones I see pictured here but this is all I got! There's the analogue section at the left, with the Tascam 308 mixer as the best part, and the digital section right, with Ardour running on a MacBook. I even built the table...
I use Ardour, version 2.8 for Mac.
I used Cubase MIDI from 1994 onward, Audiotracker (on the Falcon 030) from 1998 - 2003, then Cubase Audio Mac until version 4. Discovered Ardour not a year ago. Ver.3 is said to be unstable on Macs and won't open sessions started in version 2. Just today I...
Yes I use Ardour (2.8 on a Mac) and I like it a lot. The new (3.5 or something) version is stable on Linux only so I haven't tried it out. They want you to donate a bit so I got mine for 2 dollars, after I tried it a bit I gave 'em 25 because it is really good. Used to work with Cubase but I...
Yes connecting to the interface would be the normal way to go. Mostly the USB connection on these devices (if present) are only for saving stuff to disk, they contain no converters.
Works on my PC-BSD laptop as well ... you´re invited to make a donation every time you export audio but if you choose not to do so, export works anyway.