Audient Evo 4 - The Best Budget Audio Interface Out There (Yes...even for the SM7B) 

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Beautiful work as always! I loved every single part about it, and the song was genuinely very good! Good job man :D

I'm amazed at the quality the budget home musician can get these days. Had the EVO 8 for over a year and absolutely love it. Great video. The track sounded amazing too, through my very budget ATH M30 X headphones. :)

The EVO 4 was my first big boy interface after graduating from the UM2. It's a powerful little box, and it'll likely be the mainstay in my revolving door of microphones.

This is exactly the video I was looking for!! Your channel is awesome. I am new to all of this - I come from a stage vocal background and am just learning all this recording stuff to make my own music. I have NO idea why it took the algorithm so forking long to show me your videos, but whatevs, I'm here now. Thanks yo!

The composition is beautiful, very different yet and at the same time very comfortable to listen to. However you characterize it, it’s a wonderful orchestration and approach, and I could listen to it all day.

I've been using this interface for about a year. I still love it. Easy to use, great preamps, and a very intuitive setup. Plus, the mix/minus capabilities are fabulous.

SICK new camera bro! lovin the visuals here

Thanks for your video, I might just get this little baby after seeing your review. Sick track by the way at the end! 🔥🔥🔥

I've been really impressed by the entry level options for interfaces over the past few years, but I think it's time for an upgrade. Seems like a great, and most importantly a reliable option

I ditched the much more expensive iD22 for this. It sounds clean, is super easy to use, and has a tiny footprint on my podcasting desk. Love it so far after about three months.

Not considering your anyways really good type of musical gear content - your video quality in general has massively improved and I really appreciate that. Makes watching it even more pleasing next to enjoying the nerdy talk part.

I have the EVO 16, it replaced my scarlet and I'm definitely a fan of it. the "Auto gain" is good for getting in the ball park with drums, it does sit on the more cautious side though.

1 minute in but I am just loving the video quality! Great lighting.

i have to say, I bought it the moment i saw the reviews on internet. Its the most non-funky looking, clean black and modern looking interface with 2 XLR inputs in a budget. Do not regret the purchase a bit. Thanks the review audiohaze...

I have the EVO 4's older brother, the OG iD4. Audient make great boxes.

AYY I see you added the B-cam! Nice! Lovely stuff.

@AudioHaze, I will support your channel for years to come bro, trying to develop a career as an audio Stagehand and a co-career as a Voice Actor.

For an entry level interface this is a good one to pick up. It's not going to break the bank. wish I saw this sooner. But I'm so vested with Scarlett solo!

thanks for the grate video. coming from my current Voice over/stream setup which include AT2020 + Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen with a fethead. As now I feel that its not adequate enough (specially in the self noise part) I am planing for an upgrade and was wondering what would you recommend for a mic (SM7B or RE20) and interface.

thanks for the vid! my setup is basically the same with the cb1 and evo 4

Thank u so much for this video… I’ve been searching for equipment to set up a RU-vid channel.. I bought a SM7B .. a new MacBook and I was about to foolishly buy the scarlet and cldlifter set up… I know nothing about audio so I literally had to google what DB stood for … 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂.. this will be the easiest route for me … I even thought of emailing you to ask and then I came across this video… you are the best !!! Thank you so much !!!

I liked the sound you make at outside than in room 3:39 its feels more natural; it's not i dislike your sound in room but my ear feel more comfortable hearing that outside sound on my speaker

Awesome track. Love it. My question would be, what's the difference between the iD series preamps and the evo line, as the iD's are more money. (wtih the exception that they are selling the mk1 iD's at a discount right now to get rid of them).

Maaaan that track... (chef's kiss)

I am looking into getting a scarlet solo. Would u recommend this over a scarlet? They’re similar prices and I like how the scarlet looks more, but would it hold me back quality wise vs the Evo 4? I’m gonna pair the interface with an Nt1 also

Best entry level audio interface. Sound's amazing.

Great video man! Mine came in some time last week and I agree with ya, Its great (:

This might be out of line a bit, but I want to know, do interfaces differ in the quality of their direct monitor feature? I'm a singer-songwriter so hearing myself properly through my iem's is important to me.

One question: with the only one knob, does that knob control all inputs uniformly or can you adjust the input gains separately?

Great review bro! and great production too, i'm really interested on this AI, looks like its great for mobile audio production, but id like to ask your experience, hows the power consumption in tablet ipad or macbook? It didnt have separate power like ID14 right?

Maybe i missed the part, but does it have a mute-button? (for streaming in particular) That is something that bothers me with XLR-setups all the time, because the mics usualy dont have one and the interfaces also dont have one. :I

Did you plug your guitar/instrument to the instrument jack or just the normal ones on the back, I'm wondering can I record multiple instruments because it only has one dedicated instrument input.

Ethan nailed it. Great track!

I love the EVO 4!!

Hi, I’ve bought this interface and in the windows settings I can only select 24 bit 44.1khz, in fact, if I select 48khz or higher in the audient software I get no audio, I’m using the beyerdynamic dt990 pro 250ohm, I need help

Always on my recommended list for anyone that’s after a budget interface, especially if they have high impedance headphones. But the single control dial was a deal breaker for me for keeping mine long term.

Would this work with a SM57 you think? I was looking at the Scarlett Solo (3rd Gen) and I was seeing reviews saying the gain wasn't enough. Also the song at the end was sick!

fpr me the downside of evo4 is when it coes top the noise on the JFAT idk if it just on my guitar but recording high gain on it introduces a a lot of noise on top of it. still manageable tho. The ease of use is always fantastic due to its UI evo control.

How is this compared to something like the babyface pro?

Where can I listen to this track again! It's so sick!

Ayo it's been a little bit since I last seen your videos!

Great song at the end

With the Shure SM7B mic did you have to use a cloudlifter when connected to the Audient Evo 4 audio interface? Or does the Evo 4 provide enough clean gain without using a cloudlifter? Thanks.

can I get a copy of that song please. it was quite enjoyable. thank you so much for testing the audient evo 4 through its paces, it was super helpful.

Ayo that track sounded fucking dope as shit! That sound made me want to bop my head out of pure enjoyment.

Thanks for the excellent review. Would you pick up the Evo 4 over the 'Arturia MiniFuse 2'?

Hilariious headphone mess J cut! I am glad I cought this just minutes after it came out. Made my day

Dude I came back to this video just to listen to the song haha it was amazing!!!, reminds me of MGMT (which is a psychedelic rockish band I've been hooked on for years now haha so that explains a lot)

Using the Audient ID4 MKII with a Rode Procaster, Audient really manufactures quality products, I love it ! Completed the setup with a dbx 286s, but the audio interface alone was sufficient. It also drives my HD 600s when needed

How does this thing work with M1 macbook (latency)?

Cool visuals. Pls, Review a maono mic bro.

My EVO 4 picked up my cell phone signal like crazy, just by being in the same room, otherwise its a great interface. I have not had this issue with Focusrite Solo's, or the Audient iD4 (my favourite desktop interface).

came for the review, stayed for the song 😮‍💨

Fire content

Oh did you get an 85mm lense or something? Love the new look

😳fuc**ng amazing song!

I bought this together with the SM58. And unfortunately I’m having nothing but problems… Keep in mind I don’t know anything about audio… So first of all when listening through the Evo4 I hear crackling and popping, it’s quiet, but still very annoying. Secondly, It’s so damn quiet… I have gain set to max, and it’s still quiet, people on discord have to set me to 180% and just complain that they can’t hear me. Do I have to get a cloudlifter of something? I’m really confused to be honest…

This song just came in LIKE THAT? You need to make a video on composition one day

Elgato Wave sounds very different than Behringer UMC22. And I liked more Behringer. :)

Nice Sundaras!

I had an evo 8 it was not a bad interface, except that one day it stuck on loading or something. And customer service took a month to reply.

i got the same interface but currently i just use it to listen to stuff. Dorm is too noisy to record :(

Thank you a lot for the great review! It’s not without its flaws, but what video ever is? Still, you triggered nerdy me once more. I feel like preamps still matter, even without tubes that otherwise would color the sound. Because, when I upgraded from my Steinberg UR22 Mk II to a Behringer UMC202HD and then to a MOTU M4, I heard a difference each time. That being said, it wasn’t a big difference. A better microphone is ridiculously influential. Way more than any preamp could ever be. But I heard a difference nonetheless. On the Behringer, it was a downgrade in tonal quality in exchange for a vastly better noise performance. On the MOTU it was an upgrade in sound and equal noise performance with a ridiculously good ADC. But aside from that, we need to clarify a problem with the results in noise that you’ve shown. The noise that you’ve demonstrated, is ambiance noise. This is important to state, because the difference in noise came from the room, not the preamp. This is pretty much assured, because usually ambiance noise is much higher than self noise of the preamp. And the low end fuss sounded a lot like a vibration caused by something in the house. And then there is the question: Which microphone did you use? A condenser microphone produces so much noise relative to the signal, that not many preamps can actually drown the noise floor of even an ultra low noise condenser microphone. And even on a dynamic microphone, it’s not the same thing for all of them. With the RE20 the noise floor at the same signal strength is much lower, because of its high output, compared to the SM7B. You cannot really test noise performance with a microphone connected, because of that. But at the same time you cannot measure noise with no microphone connected, because with a microphone impedance of infinite, the noise a preamp creates is dramatically higher. Your solution here is soldering a resistor to a XLR plug with no cable. That resistor needs to have an impedance equal to the microphone in use. Either that, or you buy yourself a DMX termination plug. the letter is at least just 1db quieter than a 150 ohm resistor and thus pretty much identical to a Shure SM7B - but without any sound from the room. This is the only way to show preamp noise.

Badass song!

nobody tell you if youn can turn studio speakers up and down on it and how

Your mic sounds much better than famous SM7B

My ATR2100x-USB works better on USB, has more gain than through EVO4+XLR. I've decided to return the EVO 4 to the shop.

siick track!!

The gain is good enough for low sensitivity

I got an evo 8 but the 1st input had a crackling 8-bit sound, still love the evo, just gotta get it replaced good thing audient has great warranties

Fall from the table, when looking at it.

Auto gain is handy because setting gain level while you are playing something with two hands can be annoying. :) Also for vocal mic, I can’t reach the interface when the mic is on the mic stand, so auto gain is quite a handy feature even for ones who know how to set gain properly. :)

This guy's hair reminds me of one of the triplets from "Brave". 😅 just saying

1:00 true

I'm using the evo8 and it is sick as well!!! got that with £10x and can't see why people's still going for scarletti 2i2 that this price point other than history xd

audio interface...Julian Krause is the name

Cmon there must be a cheaper one I want to record my Pocket Operator

only downsides to evo 4 is that it gets dirty pretty quick and that cables overweighting it lol

Sorry, but your great instruments is what makes all the difference. Audio interfaces are not the big deal nowdays. Even cheap aliexpress interfaces can do the job very well.

6minutes in, still rambling about anything but the device

“Sent for free” = fraud. Go away.

How do the evo preamps compare to the vocaster?

I love the EVO 4!!

Cool visuals. Pls, Review a maono mic bro.