

Of course, if you do want to use your DAW's own mixer environment to run your session, it's not a problem - simply install the driver, boot your software of choice and assign the inputs and outputs.

Perhaps most importantly, this includes the option to add digital effects processing to the monitor mix while recording, foregoing the need to rely on your DAW software to provide this. The MX Core DSP technology provides a full virtual mixer which you can adapt and shape to suit your studio's requirements or the specifics of a particular session. If you've kept abreast of M-Audio's recent audio interface development, it won't come as a surprise to learn that, alongside this comprehensive hardware spec there's a software brain to match. One important thing to note is that the 8R is a USB 2.0 only device, so be warned that it's not for you pre-historic USB 1.1 types. If you have a favourite compressor you like to record through, here's your chance to patch in. The all-important USB connector resides next to the power supply input, while at the other end, the final connections are a pair of Inserts for channels 1 and 2.

MIDI-wise, you're given single In and Out connectors, while digital I/O is provided via S/PDIF.
