Up until recently I had been using the MOTU 828Mk3 Hybrid. Very reliable. However, I just switched to the Behringer XR18. Love the features and flexibility in the routing. May actually starting using it for the entire band.
You may regret it, as I did. More equipment to haul, more time to setup and tear down, band mates complain about your gear, and do not help with anything, as they watch you wire everything.
I’ve had that experience with almost every band I’ve been in for the last 58 years. Just saying… 
Good luck
Corky
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In their landmark 1978 band study, Drs. Harshmellow and Naughtmyob et al. found that setup/breakdown and troubleshooting is best performed by a single band member 
The keyboardist is always the geek. I wouldn’t let the other dumbasses touch any electronics, They are not worthy. 
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Why does the keyboard player end up being the fault finder, carry the spare leads for everybody (and the soldering iron and test meter) and end up doing the lights and videos? 
And then the rest of the band complain because I’m even slower than the drummer in setting up and packing down?
In my next band I’m going to go out with a Casio VL-tone! 
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If you REALLY think about it, we are fools with skills.
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As usual, I am OT…so carry on.
Corky is perfectly right.
The keyboard player, a nerd by vocation, is the only one who is able to hold at least 61 frets of the keyboard at bay, whereas a guitarist at most only manages 6 strings (at most 12 strings, when he is capable…)
Sergio…to be fair to our fellow guitar players…at least with keyboards we do not have multiple places where a given note can be found…
Gabriel
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As the guy who is always first on the job, I feel your pain. When I was in my teens and hauling a ton of gear around, my father said, “You should have played the piccolo.” I told him, “Well then I would have had to buy a huge sound system to be heard over the guitar player.”
When I look back. I played trumpet in a soul band, and things were fine. Then, I bought a Wurly, then a Vox organ,then a B3, then I found myself hauling those monster Voice of the Theater cabinets. This is why I have joint replacements. I can still lift my trumpet though. Lesson learned!
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Just to stay on topic for a change, when my Focusrite crashed, I replaced it with a UMC404HD.
I don’t use a standalone soundcard (audio interface), but rather use the USB audio feature of whatever mixer or effects processor (or even a keyboard) i am using for a particular situation. May not be the best performance, but saves me from having to deal with another piece of hardware.
– Jimbo
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I want to briefly share my experiences with sound cards. In the meantime I had the Volt4. It sounds really good, but unfortunately has bad drivers, so that crackles and dropouts occurred, even with higher latency settings. I went back to my Behringer UMC204HD. It mastered the same performance with lower latency without dropouts and crackle! The volt has declined today. A next attempt is the SSL 2+mk2. It will very likely sound better than the Behringer, but whether the drivers work as well as Behringer’s is the decisive question.
Cheers
I have a Radial Key Largo, with the ASIO4All driver I’ve had no issues.
I think I’ve found the right sound card. The SSL 2+mk2 does a good job! Excellent low latency sound with no crackling or dropouts. I can only recommend it.
Thanks again for your tips and experiences!
Cheers
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Good choice - I worked with the SSL 2+mk2 at a friend’s studio - really nice USB audio interface!
I am poor in any field (notably at playing instruments 
) so I use a cheap Komplete Audio 1
Nevertheless, after I doubled the RAM in my PC, most problems I had in the past (apart Ableton Live that is still my pet hate) disappeared
But, I have to say that I am not so much fussy at latency (I am happy with 12 millisecond) like players of the real stuff are