Hi Len and happy new Year, Do you ever use the compressor or limiting section in this one. I have m-audio fast track and works well for me but could certainly go for a second one if its more accessable and would be nice to have some of these functions available as buttons or knobs on front of the unit as it sounds this is if i'm not mistaken. Is compressor noisey to you or is it pretty smooth. Can use all the help i can get and perhaps could be a good and inexpensive tool. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Len Viljoen To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 8:49 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Good news regarding inexpensive interfaces i own one of these cakewalk ua-25ex interfaces and i love it. i use software instruments mostly so am not really to worried about the few inputs. like bryan says it's accessible and very easy to use. kind regards len viljoen