I am thinking of buying this piece of gear with CUBASE SX.

Anybody have opinions?

So these are the two options in my price range I have been investigating. I was hoping for some seasoned DAW advice before I made any purchases. A little background as to what finds me at this juncture: I am getting into production for local advertisements,(radio mostly)and need to get vocals into logic platinum over some midi sequences.

I'm using Sonar XL and was wondering is anyone using a Q10 or 2496 with the new drivers and Sonar are getting 1.5 ms latencey as Aardvark says they get?

Well, I am an idiot. I got an Aardvark Q10 (which is ugly, but otherwise fits my need for one of my computers) without bothering to check if they had a Windows 2000 driver available (I mean, who doesn't?). They're in some sort of post-beta, pre-release mode that you have to apply to take part in, which I have.

I saw some comments in another post but they were not coming from someone who actually has one of these unit so I just wanted an opinion from an owner. It would help in my purchase. Its either a Q10 or a Layla 24, but the options on the Q10 are very tempting. XLR, phantom power, direct inputs with pre for guitar etc.

Looking for some advice here...

I am about to go out and drop some bucks on a harward input device for Cubase. I am currently using Cubase and the Tascam US-428.

I have narrowed my options to:

Ehco's Layla and Aardvark's Q10. (I am leaning towards the Layla).