Review on Soundcraft Notepad-5 USB Analog Mixing Console (5085980US) - Compact Five-Channel Small-Format Console by Adam Gambel

The preamps here are fantastic. They are very clean. I've used very low output mics to see how hard I can hit them and they do their job well. However, reproduction can be difficult. It has a lot of latency, so you hit the play button and program processing is often delayed. However, if you monitor something without editing, yes you will hear it clearly. Again good DA, AD conversion. It's especially good when you're tuning tracks and need a clean recording. However, the sampling rate does not exceed 48K. Again, this isn't a big deal for Narrator and many applications. I keep mine as a backup or when I need a quick setup and don't want to lug around other equipment when adding voice on a laptop. . The drivers did NOT work on Win10 for most of 2019, but the manufacturer updated them in 2020 and they work now. But I suspect this device isn't always supported, so MOTU will make a more stable device for a few extra bucks.