Audio Interface Experiences? Good Home Studio Mic?

curious as to what everyone is using as their interface?

Second question: are you happy?

third question combo: any suggestions for a good interface that doesn’t break the bank that I could build upon to go a little hardware centric and rely less on DSP? Also, suggestions for a good cardiod home studio mic?

My experience:

I’ve been using an Antelope Zen Go for an couple years after upgrading from the “cliche/meme” Scarlett 2i2 and, although the afx emulation is incredible, I’m just not finding myself happy with it.

The digital interface UI feels kind of clunky, both the input pre’s and output’s seem so sensitive (loud in the monitors, super quiet while tracking even with gain adjustment) and I’ve had two of the edge solo’s emulation mic’s go out on me - they are so sensitive. Now that the warranty is up, I’d rather just invest in a good piece of hardware I could build upon/stack/patch/etc.

All thoughts and suggestions are welcome and encouraged.

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