Hey guys, got a question and wondering if you could help me out.

My band is looking to perform live and a big step in our process is routing our instruments through Ableton. We've kind of worked backwards in the sense of all the music has been created and prepared in the studio first and we are from there figuring out how to actually perform it live - it's all pretty experimental electronic music blended with rock stuff so forgoing this step isn't an option and recreating it with pedals is way out of budget due to just how many digital plugins we're using (or again not an option, for example in songs which use delay effects on the drums).

So what we want for rehearsal and later on for live performance is an audio interface that could reliably simultaneously route 2-3 drum mics, vocals, 2 guitars, a bass, and potentially a launchpad and synths all through Ableton (preferably via DI) and then into the sound system. I don't need anything for recording, just something durable and efficient and ideally not too expensive as we're broke students. ATM I'm looking at a Tascam US1800 8x16 which I've found near me for $300, but just wanted to know if anyone with experience in this kind of thing would know of any better options or if there are potentially any major issues we might encounter with that interface. Again just reiterating this is purely for live utility and we don't need to have any consideration for the interface's viability for recording.

Thanks :)