[ejinbc]

I would strongly recommend a MOTU 1248. I have a very stable, low latency, Win 10 system: 8700K, Asus Prime Z390A, 32 Gig Ram, MOTU via USB, PT 2018.7, Waves Gold + HEQ, Kontakt Complete.

With this system I can record 16 audio and trigger 3 VIs (Abbey Road Modern Drummer, Maverick Piano, Absynth) at 24/96 with a 64 bit buffer. I monitor VIs and vocals through the DAW when recording, although the MOTU 1248 has a very advanced zero latency internal digital mixer/router. I use HEQ lite and HDelay as inserts for vocals and VIs when recording.

MOTU software is very stable and the drivers are now mature. My DAW partition NEVER goes online (disable Network and use dual boot to go online). I use an AFFINITY of FFE when running at 64 bit buffer. When mixing I use 1024 bit buffers and no affinity adjustment.

YMMV