Really clean inputs

I have not used the ADAT, Optical, or MIDI functionality yet, but expect they will be as seamless as the other inputs

It's got more than enough inputs and outputs, which can be expanded still using the light-pipe inputs to daisy chain more Pre's if needed

The one minor negative thing is that it seems like the inputs have to be "woken up" by setting the Saffire as the default input/output device (within the operating system settings on the computer), and then audio must be played (like with iTunes or Windows Media Player)

I would rather have a straightforward left-to-right (input-to-output) router section below the mixer, instead of the myriad of buttons and sections that the Mix Control has

As expected really straight foward to use, very clear pre-amps, really useful instrument inputs on the front, nice mixer software for routing and monitoring plus the meters on the front side that also help to have a quick peak while setting up to record