I am talking about the hardware, not the software, 16 simultaneous recording of mic tracks.
if the interface has 16 line level inputs (or 2 of 8 inputs), i will also need 16 preamps, but that's I think that's cheaper, easier, and easy to update later
i don't like the idea of a full mixer, with faders eq and fx, since I will use the computer, maybe a rack with plenty of mic preamps and adat out?
never used that, but I think it works that way, isn't it?
lots of inputs (16, or 2 of 8), then adat out to a pci card?