"Rui Nuno Capela" <rncbc@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I guess thats what stands for a control surface, something that the > US-122 hardly is at all. Phantom power is the only real decisive > option on the US-122. The US-224 really lacks that 48V > supply--mostly because it does already so much with stand-alone USB > power :) Thanks for all the good input. The US-224 seems like a good choice. I might still go for the US-122, though, since I might want to use it for linguistic fieldwork as well as music. (For that the smaller size and the phantom power will come in handy.) In any case, I can make an informed choice now. Thanks again.