MOTU M6

Good sound, great flexibility with the inputs/outputs and buttons, love the feel of the knobs and all the hands on control. However, the LED display is only really viewable straight on, and most people don't use this interface with their head on the desk. An OLED display would be far, far better. And my unit came with about 15% of the pixels dead right out of the box. Must've taken a beating somewhere, or installed with a faulty one?!

I loved it for the premium feel, rugged enclosure, sturdy knobs and great sounding pres. Definitely a thousand steps up from my focusrite Scarlett 18i8.
Ended up sending it back though.

This audio interface only runs on a firmware (Mac user here). This means that there is no software option to route your outs or create que mixes in alternative and creative ways. The 3-4 outs, for example, are clearly there JUST for a second monitor pair, since the stereo output 1-2 and 3-4 mutually exclude each other.

I thought I wanted an audio interface without software to future proof my studio, avoiding to have to forcefully upgrade to a new interface in a couple of years (happened to me several times already), but I quickly understood that this no-software approach was more limiting than freeing, at least in my use case.

Thanks to thomann I had the opportunity to spend some days with it and finally decided to send it back.

The sound was sick, though. Recommended if you just need a “standard” audio interface with no routing option, I guess?