I use the H8000FW at work and at home as an audio interface WITH monitoring. It's possible, but not for the faint of heart. You have to be a master of the H8000 internal routing. I would highly suggest downloading the routing utility from the H8000FW support page (for MAC and PC, it's free!). You can use it to set up and save routing schemes for different recording situations.
There are easier ways to get audio in/out of a computer, but those ways usually involve spending more money on another piece of gear, so I make due….. with my *humble* H8000FW.
Good Luck!
-Russ
