“Well designed, feature rich and reasonably priced interface expander or standalone line level USB interface”: SSL Alpha 8 review

SSL Alpha 8.

What is it?

You’ll have noticed that as audio interfaces grow in I/O count, some of those channels are achieved using ADAT or S/PDIF, and if you want analogue access to these, you’ll need to find a suitably equipped additional converter unit. New from SSL, the Alpha 8 tackles this task but also rather usefully presents as a regular USB interface, albeit one with no mic preamps.