I have Motu 828es with active warranty for sale for 650eur. DM if you’re interested.
Soudcraft signature 12 mtk, fader, eq and send as a bonus, standalone or pc friendly, cheap and clean.
you said you have a Macbook Pro. does it have Thunderbolt? if so, you can get a used RME Fireface 400 for within your 350-400 gbp budget. you’ll just need to pickup either a dock or a firewire to Thunderbolt conversion dongle.
the reason I suggest RME isn’t just excellent converters and reliability. their drivers are rock solid. my 2009 iMac is still working perfectly with a Fireface 800.
Looks good but I need midi in/out as well 
Just got one of these and extremely impressed with it.
Thanks but that’s a bit out of my budget
They look REALLY good but a tad pricy. I like that they’re compact with tons of ins and outs
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Actually much cheaper used! Very interesting, thanks
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I have been using mine (Ultralite Mk3) for 4+ years now.
Not a single crash (mac os 10.12).
I often set up a “mix” (CueMix, which has a bit of a learning curve - better through a web interface on MK4 - but then again you get multiple bus(8), a very nice reverb and a LC-2A optical compressor/Limiter… and a very nice british style EQ) with the interface connected to laptop then once done I just unplug the interface, turn the laptop OFF and GO
That’s awesome! I actually had no idea that my usb-c ports were also thunderbolt compatible. Thanks for the recommendation
As @chiasticon said also RME very good
If you are under Mac, either one will get you there.
Not sure though RME has 10 physical outputs and 8 inputs
Me too, suddenly with the pc I use the A4 in USB as a midi interface
to Digitakt and digitakt to TD3 and Monologue.
A keystep enters the A4 to go on him or any other at noon.
And without PC, the same except that the A4 becomes midi master.
otherwise, a small midi interface with 4 or 5 ports is available for + - 50 €.
what about it?
I picked up a nearly new UL Mk3 not too long ago on ebay for £225.
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Well, I just upgraded from a Emu 1616m Pcie card with a Behringer Ada8200 to this Roland unit. I have had the Emu card for nearly 20 years and it still works Perfectly but the behringer slowly died over 4 years. I decided I wasnt getting another behringer and after looking at used and new gear I decided to just give up on my old card and adat preamps entirely. After more searching, I found the Roland unit and couldn’t find a bad word about it on the web so decided to take a chance. I have had it 4 days and its like a revelation, the preamps are really clean and clear and latency is better than my pcie card and it just solved every issue I ever had with my old setup 
all for a little bit more than a mid grade 8ch adat, that’s why Im impressed with it 
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it seems you really like it. kool to see someone happy with some piece of gear
Yup the Studio Capture is rock-solid on Windows. I used two a few years ago, with one solely for the DSI Tempest. The Roland VS-Streaming USB drivers are very stable.
Used, they go for ~$500. Can’t beat 16 inputs with 12 preamps for that price.
And there’s this recent, similar thread.
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