I would ditch the mixer for now. It's needed unless you want to do direct monitoring. That's another topic so it's probably best just to get the thing hooked up for now.

The Presonus Digimax 8 has direct outs in the back. This basically means the signal flows out of the preamp and straight to direct out. Plug a 1/4" TRS cable from the direct out #1 of the Digimax into Channel #1 of the M-Audio Delta. (Which Delta do you have?) Repeat this with all 8 (assuming you have the Detla 1010).

Brandon

my questions are - how do i go about this?

And what is adat pipe connection and how do i hook it up coz i know my preamp has that connection.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated thanks

Christine

So use it with confidence! I don't believe there is a "make or break" interface out there. In other words, I don't think there is one magic interface that is going to make you sound like a badass while another interface will make you sound like a joke. They are all very very close.

Brandon

The Firestudio includes features that most people aren't going to need. I needed an audio interface which lots of inputs (26 when you factor in ADAT and S/PDIF) that can all be controlled by the monitor matrix. If I hadn't needed this I would have went with the FP 10.

Go ahead and start a thread about it so we can better address your needs.