Focusrite Clarett+ OctoPre

This boy sounds even better than the 18i20, and it’s supposed to be an expansion so that. If you need a lot of channels but you are afraid to cheap too much on your budget in order to avoid crappy converters, this beauty got you covered. You will never complain about the sound quality and it’s got even a switch on each channel that gives emulates the input of a vintage console whose I don’t remember the name. It’s not indispensable but it sounds very nice on kicks and big ass snares. It’s very important to learn how to use the software but it’s very intuitive and easy to use (I am an RME user so take my words with a spoon of salt)