[KevWind]

Originally Posted by buzzardwhiskey

Eight channels and the ability to record them all on the board narrow your choices considerably.

I just bought a Zoom L12 and I'm pleased so far.

It has eight clean preamps and two stereo line inputs for a total of twelve channels which can all be recorded at once on the mxer itself.

It interfaces well with a DAW, if that's your bent.

It has five stereo headphone Aux channels (this is quite unusual) with enough umph to drive headphones and completely seperate mixes.

It's quite light, and it costs $600.

The wording in the manual is kind of confusing but It appears that the USB connection on that unit is only 4 channels out ( which may or may not be enough ) depending on how many separate channels the OP wants to be able to go into the DAW at once.