PreSonus has upgraded its Studio audio interface line with USB-C connectivity, retaining the units' comfortable pricing while making them easier to integrate with modern computers.
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A slightly odd looking 2 in/out audio interface designed to match the Platform line of controllers the Platform U22 VST is a high-quality simple recording solution with some DAW-less plugin action.
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IK Multimedia get the tease machine working on the run up to NAMM 2019 with what appears to be the AXE I/O audio interface with some "Z-TONE" guitar tone built in.
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The performance pad controller is back with a sampling audio engine, on-screen editing, triggers, 9 velocity sensitive pads and audio looping in a device that you beat with sticks.
So it's 2018 and someone decides to make an interface "for females" that looks like a make-up box, complete with an integrated mirror and light. We wish this was a joke, but it isn't. Update - it's been pulled.
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SoundGrid Mobile Server is a mini PC that'll host a stack of Waves plug-ins at extremely low latency. Use it for real-time monitoring or offload the processing from your laptop in a live or studio situation.
The Hotone MP-100 Ampero is packed with features: 120 amps and cabs, 240 effects, an expression pedal, a 120s looper and more. But will it fulfil the promise of behaving like a real amp?
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The PreSonus® Studio 24 2x2 USB-C bus-powered audio/MIDI interface can record up to 24-bit, 192 kHz audio and comes equipped with PreSonus XMAX-L solid-state preamps & high-end converters.
The SRI-2 seems a reasonably priced and well-designed USB interface in desktop format that probably delivers on its maker's promises - hopefully the drivers and preamps are up to scratch.
Apogee's dinky wee Jam+ lets you record an electric guitar, bass or keyboard directly to an iOS device, PC, or Mac - and adds the important option of using headphones to monitor on the device.
M-Audio's first new audio interface in a while is an 8-input, 4-output desktop unit with distinctly modern design and functionality. Priced at a comfortable USD 299, it's capable of 24-bit/192kHz recording.
Targeting pros with a mixed analog/digital setup, the Quantum 4848 is a 48in/48out Thunderbolt 2 interface slash AD/DA converter with 32 ins and outs over DB-25 and an additional 16 channels of ADAT.
UA now has all market segments covered, including entry-level, mid-range, upper mid-range, and premium. It's also managed to upgrade its already coveted AD/DA conversion while adding Stereo Surround and faster ...
Spending over an year in "announced but not released" hell, the Slate Digital VRS8 audio interface is finally available for purchase at the quite competitive price of EUR 2099. You get 8 preamps and 0.7ms ...
Yamaha replace the ageing MOXF with the new MODX with a shed load of more space, a tonne of new waveforms, operator FM-X and a USB audio interface. All run via a touch-screen and Super Knob.
With most of 2018 now behind us, it's time we took a look at the five most impressive pieces of studio gear we came across over the past 8 months. The industry didn't disappoint us at all this year!
