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- Low-latency performance for using virtual instruments and effects
- High-quality pre-amps with individual gain controls
- Direct monitoring for live, latency-free recording
- Mono input switch for recording vocals, guitar or other mono sources
- 48V phantom power for using condenser mics and active DI boxes
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UPDATE: I've used this interface for a few months now, and it's still working extremely well. Just today, I hooked up my guitar to Input 1 going into Guitar Rig and outputting that to Out 1/2. Then I routed Out 1/2 to Ins 3/4 and into Ableton Live, then Ableton Live outputting on Output 3/4 connected to my monitors so basically I routed Guitar Rig into Ableton Live:Guitar --> In1 --> Guitar Rig --> Out 1/2 --> In 3/4 --> Ableton Live --> Out 3/4 --> Monitors
This way everything is seamlessly integrated and I can process the signal in either Guitar Rig or Ableton Live or both! I'm happy to say I've noticed no latency issues even though the signal is being processed twice, and it's awesome to have so many ins/outs to play with.
The BIG Main Volume knob is nothing short of a necessity for me now. It's so convenient to have the master volume control as the biggest knob in reach, it's intuitive. The lighting on top is really prominent and is the icing on the cake. Again, it's very intuitive and tells you the status of pretty much every input and output at a glance.
The headphone input is very well done. Being able to switch between cue and monitor volumes with the button is extremely handy, although I think the location of the headphone volume knob and the headphone signal switch should have been switched.
Other than that, the only thing and the best thing I can say about it is that when I'm playing through it, it becomes invisible, in that I don't notice an "interface" in between my instrument and the sound. It feels like I'm feeding the audio directly into the monitors. And that's what a good audio interface should do be as less intrusive as possible without compromising audio quality or latency.
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A little background:
After hunting for a few weeks for a good interface, I came up with a list of requirements that I was looking for in an interface a good recording interface that also allows for DJ-ing features like cuing using multiple pairs of outputs (these requirements were constantly changing because I was discovering newer products):
1. Must have 4 balanced outputs (two for my studio monitors and two for my headphones)
2. Must have a dedicated headphone jack with volume control (so I can control the headphone volume directly without having to fiddle around with software)
3. Must have monitor volume control (this was a given in most interfaces)
4. Must have a direct monitor (aka zero-latency monitoring) feature to judge the latency introduced by software
5. Should be able to route at least one pair of outputs (ex: 3/4) to the headphone jack (this was surprisingly hard to find most interfaces had headphone jacks that would just combine all the outputs into one line, therefore allowing no ability to cue from your DAW, since you need a dedicated pair of headphone outputs in the software for cuing this was necessary to me because I wanted to DJ as well as record)
6. There should be no noticeable latency (
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