Forget all that garbage. The answer is your not going to get a good recording with a UX2. the key is the pre-amps . trust me I have experimented with all sorts of equipment, most of which I still own and I have not been able to acomplish a good quality recording on any of it until I shelled out the bucks for a high Quality mixer. Namely Personus 32ai . And then there's the DAWs junk junk junk. Save your money on all those name brand money hungry junkies and go with Reaper. People laugh but Ive had better luck with that than Cubase which cost me hundreds. Hope I can help all those other people save thier hard earned bucks from these highway robbers that don't want you to succeed but spend more and more on their junk.