my 9652 needs a friend

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Waiting for my first rme card, and it needs a partner in crime to start off with since it has no analog ins. Any reccomendations
 
I'm actually debating on a new front end for now, damn fireface should have been in stock ohhh well, ok theirs the digimax, mackie 800r, maudio octane, and few others on budget prices. Which of these deserve the shot thanks.
 
...i'm actually considering buying the HDSP 9652 ...

What about the Behringer ADA8000? i've never used one
 
I would avoid that Behringer if at all possible. It's noisy and it has a very "rough" sopund to it. It also sounds like it severely rolls off both highs and lows. The digimax, Mackie etc... are all decent options to start with for a fair budget. Personally, I would have a look at the Alesis HD24. The stock converters in that thing are surprisingly good. The Mackie SDR, HDR, MDR etc... also hold up pretty well as well as Tascam's MX2424. Even the Fostex 2424LV holds up well. The advantage is that for the cost of two 8 channel units from another company you also get 24 channels, portability, and certain othe nice features. If you are using an analog console, you also get the ability to do a 0 latency cue mix without ever having to work about any digital submixing and DAW App interfacing. If however you do not have preamps already, than you really might want to still look at some of the other options. In mny opinion though, you get much better converters out of most any of the rack mountable options that cost less. Add a clock to that scenario and it is better still.
 
Xstatic I'm supremely lost, your saying get an hard disk recorder and use it as the front end itself, cuz I do all my work on pc. Pleeze explain in my 21yrs old laman terms language
 
The hard disc recorders can also be used as converters. You can send the ADAT optical outs to your RME card, and simultaneously send the analog outs to your console for latency free monitoring. I have been using them like this for years. The nice thing is that when I have a remote session I do not have to worry about hauling my PC around and risking damage to it.
 
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