Only 8 at a time. The 2 Hi Z inputs take over for inputs 7 and 8 when tracking.
I hear it has a great clock, good converters, and good preamps. I think the preamps are about the same as in a mackie or soundcraft board, some say a little better, some say a little worse. but about the same. I has a ton of stuff in it that will avoid the use of a mixer such as monitor outputs with a volume control, and the same with headphones.
Yea it would reduce signal degredation a little bit, not having to go mic-mixingboard/preamp-soundcard, but going mic-soundcard. Over all it's supposed to be a great card, and exceptional for the money. I was set on buying one until i realized that i don't need 8 inputs, and my money could be better spent. BUT, i cannot find ANY way to control the levels of monitoring speakers properly with anything else. You can buy a passive preamp (i know oxymoron, ok preamp that just controls the volume and doesn't do anything else), but those can run like 300 US bucks. I mean if i bought say an RNP, a preamp for the volume control, and a delta 66 it would run the same as an ardvark q10 or probably more, and i'd have 2 channels of preamps and only 4 inputs. With the Aardvark i'd have 8 preamps, 8 inputs, and all taht other crap. BUT, then again i would normally only use 2 inputs and the RNP would be better preamps. So i'm really torn here.
But i don't know if there is another product in this price range/existance that has all of the same things as the Q10. Are there any other all in one cards like this?
