Was able to play around with a Lexicon Omega for about a week and was
very impressed -I was suprised, but understand, to see on some
rec.pro.audio threads people being weary of the new unit cuz of the
old Core System.

I can't speak for the PC side -but on my Mac all I had to do was
connect the cable and there was the Omega in my Core Audio options- no
driver needed. The other thing that really impressed me was that I was
able to go down to 128 samples latency and track my live guitar (thru
an Adrenalinn) thru plug-ins for the guitar in Logicm, as well as a
stereo drum track without a problem or any noticable latency with my
live playing.

Just thought I would mention my experiences because for the money I
don't think there is a better USB interface out there and I hope the
Core System past doesn't make people automatically assume that the
Omega will suck before trying it out.

Originally I was looking into an 8 channel Firewire interface -but
since setting up my patchbay I've decided to go with the Omega and
spend the extra dough on some outboard (SPL Transient Designer).

Would be interested in anyone's comments on the Omega's performance in
Windows land.

-DEdge