Cranborne Audio 500R8

It is a rack....
It is an audio interface...

It is both.

Again i like to start with a little warning while using this beautiful piece of equipment. Do the fact that this is also an audio interface there is a constant flow of signals from and to this machine . ( analog and digital )
The 500 series modules are assigned to channel 1 to 8 in your DAW.
Most of the DAWs use 1 and 2 for main out...
This " CAN " result in a serious " FEEDBACK " loop

Assign your DAW correctly !!! before sending any signal to this machine.

Now this multifunctional piece of machinery :

it is a rack, an analog 8 channel mixer, an audio interface and more.
it accepts analog mic and line signals on the back of the machine. It as insert points per channel. also Cranborne also added audio ports in form of an ethernet cat 5 connector ( C.A.S.T. = analog audio over cat 5 )
which allow you to feed analog mic signals into this machine by a special breakout box. This breakout box can be placed in your vocal booth .
It has multiple output ports for monitoring and more.

2 ADAT ports on the back gives you an additional 16 input ports from a 8 channel pre amp or direct connection of 8 channels from an akai MPC .

Conclusion :
PRO : Fantastic machine , solid and affordable ( well ok fully loaded with the camden pre amps it will cost.... )

Also worth mentioning as a big PRO :
This interface will also accept line signals from the back if there are no 500 serie modules installed .

CONS :
This machine has to much tricks up his sleeve .... it is impossible to mention all of them in a review like this ;-)