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Alternatively, you could sell the soundcard, and replace it with one that has more i/O, and especcially adat connections for expanders later on.
I quite like this approach, also because your daw can double up as a midi router and audio patchbay, that is quickly reconfigureable and has preset saving/instant recall.
i guess some of the digital mixer double as a soundcard, not sure about those in the 500 euro category.
Cheap analogue ones tend to have a lot of noise and colouration, and ones without soundcard functionality do not allow to record more than one stereo track, maybe a few tracks using auxes, monitoring outs or alternative outputs. Well, 4 mono or two stereo in the case of your current Volt 476
I keep posting on this thread to ensure that I am not missing something (please peeps, correct me if I am wrong)... surely the perfect, money no object approach is to combine a new interface and an analogue mixing desk, to give you the best of both worlds? Every instrument has its own channel on a physical, hands on, "old school" mixing desk AND every channel is going into a DAW via an audio / midi interface. I said "money no object" but this approach can be done surprisingly cheaply.
Digital mixers that have 16 tracks and double as interfaces are more like £700 or £800 plus if I remember correctly (second hand is an option).
I think when you say "soundcard" you should really be saying "interface".