@@auramac if its good enough for "professional grade" music its good enough for professional grade voiceover... both work the same you need clean dry vocals for you to be able to shape your voice if you need to in your daw.
I prefer Audient ID14. If I want color in my recording, I have the microphone color or a preamplifier or a plugins for it. For MIDI I can find a USB cable. Better is to have a neutral and clear signal and do anything you want. This is my opinion...
I bought the ID14 first gen half A year ago and I am more than happy with it. The Motu was and still is bad available. The software is perhaps not to everyones liking, but with the additional 8 channels hard to beat. A beginning sound engineer can record everything with it, including a complete drumkit, if you have the additional channels. Something else for the Audient and SSL and against the Motu, if it is on your desk I really like the controls on top and not on the front. The micports at the back instead of the front are also better with cable handling. The Audient is in between my monitor and keyboard. As always, a nice review, thanks!
Man, you literally have some of the cleanest sound I have ever heard. So impressed with the audio quality, even with what you get on some of your cheaper interfaces and mics. :D
I sometimes wonder if the companies that send Bandrew gear have pre-screened the boxes to remove stickers... there's been a distinct lack of sticker rage the past while.
Coming from the iD4 MKI to the iD14 MKII and it has been an absolute pleasure to own, pre-amps are beyond clean and I love being able to have 2 mic inputs. I run my Lewitt LCT 440 Pure in channel 1 and my SM58 in channel 2. I turned my encoder button into a mute button for my Lewitt on channel 1, and then my SM58 has a on/off switch to mute itself physically as well. Being able to mute both my microphones quickly is a blessing bro. The guitar input is clean, and my DT770 80ohm headphones sound very clear. This is just an amazing interface, do not sleep on it. I really wish I had it back when I owned a SM7B...... Also, DIscord works just fine for me with the iD14 MKII!
Hie i am in similar situation like you i bought id4mk1 2 years ago and planning to upgrade to id14mk2 can you tell me if it's worth considering sound quality n extra mic input i will record guitar ,vocals,bass and amp also i'll stream games and music on twitch
Thank you for the review! The only thing that would really annoy me (and it’s coming back from previous gen.) is volume reset after each power off. The solution could be the preset in the software , but nope - volume level doesn’t save with preset. It’s really unfortunate that despite all this technical mumbo jumbo Audient keep forgetting about the basic QoL features.
True, but considering that my Prism Sound Lyra 2 costs £2300 new, and the iD14 costs about £185 - I really, really, really can forgive this detail, considering the perplexing level of quality on offer!
I use the Audient iD14 in my voiceover studio. I have used this with Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro (250 ohm) and Sony MDR-7520 (24 ohm) headphones. Have to turn it all the way up to get an ok signal level w the DT770, making it problematic for fine editing, whereas there is plenty of headroom with the 7520 to make your ears bleed if you like that sort of thing. The low roll off at the lower impedance is an interesting issue but with spoken word, I have not encountered an issue, especially as the 7520s perform at 8-50k frequency response, so Sony said. (Alas, my favorite headphones ever can no longer be gotten.) HUGE CAVEAT to the iD14: the firmware is funky in working w Protools. There is a STATE file that you have to find in your library and trash on a regular basis because frequently, you'll open a session, or even continue a session and find you have NO headphone monitoring. The meters are moving in the DAW but no sound in the interface. Super painful because the fix is trashing the STATE file, then pulling the plugs on the id14, rebooting the Mac, and plugging the iD14 back in. But the good news is usually you only have to do that once per occurrence. Usually. Sometimes it takes two restarts, which is really a serious loss of time and a major annoyance. That is what has cooled my jets on recommending the iD14 any more. Audient is at a loss to explain the problem and because it comes from the UK, the whole servicing methodology and time frame was too much of a pain to do (I'd have to buy an equal backup interface to keep working, and why do I want to do that?) that I continue to live with the issue.
This is a great interface and I've been using it for a couple of months now, but there's one problem. The Rode NTG3 suddenly has a massive self noise problem when I connect directly to the interface, but not when I run it through the golden age MKII JR outboard preamp. None of my other microphones do this. It's weird.
I have a Scarlett Solo 2nd gen, but I was considering giving that to my roommate and this was an interface I'm considering. Thanks for the reviews as always and keep up the good work. :)
Absolutely love my iD14 first gen. Building a new setup soon and hyped to get this one. I’ve had no issues at all with discord so it could be a Mac thing
Thanks for the video. This seem legit as far as quality goes. I think it's important to know that it requires USB 3.0, so won't work on older, USB 2.0-only machines, or it could be a problem if all your USB 3.0 and 3.1 ports are occupied.
@@5133937 Okay, thanks for the clarification. I didn't know that you could use a USB 3.0 device in a USB 2.0 port, but apparently you can as USB 3.0 is backward compatible. Obviously, you'd be limited to 2.0 speeds, but you won't hit the speed limit with only such a low-channel-count interface.
@@lance134679 USB 3.0 is about the power available and hooking up to a 2.0 jack means less power regardless of the connector... You MUST use a 3.0 jack for proper power...
@@DWHarper62 I knew there was a reason and I guess it wasn't compatibility, but providing the necessary power to run the unit and phantom power, if required. Thanks.
I'm picking up the id44 here pretty soon. These interfaces seem exactly like what Ive been looking for. I want the four channels for simple drum recording until I expand it down the road to do more channels. Great review!
one more thing. id14 mk2 fixes the orientation of the LR speakers output. now when it is facing you, L is on the left, and R is on the right. previously it was reversed
hey man im dying to get this question answered by somone one who actually uses this , does the volume knob resets to zero when you turn ur pc into sleep mode and waking it up. or this only happens when u turn off and on the computer ? thank u !
I keep wanting to replace my ancient Edirol UA-5, but it supports two xlr/1/4” inputs, monitor them separately, has RCA stereo input at the back for a small analog mixer, digital out, headphone jack. Don’t need midi. I’m sure the audio is crap compared to the Audient but serves my purpose even though I’m itching to buy something new.
SSL has tiny little better conversion. This being said all of the audio interface (SSL2, ID14 and M2) are great. Could. be interesting to review Apollo twin MKII or X as well as Antilope Zen Go... Audio interface with real-time effect. Great video tho :D
Not exactly on topic but something funny is going on with the NT1. The ability to buy it without any accessories for less money has been discontinued and as far as I can tell they're phasing out the package that comes with the shock mount like you have and are replacing it with a package that comes with the same shock mount system as the NT1A but they're not reducing the price.
So it looks like the software on the id14 replaces the monitor mix knob on the ID4. This is a major improvement in my opinion. Thanks for showing that crucial piece of information. I hate the mix knob on the ID4. Think I made my decision to upgrade for that alone, and the 4 outputs. Awesome feature to A/B 2 sets of monitors with a monitor controller. 👍
The BLA Revolution and the Motu M4 sound much better in the lower frequencies but I am also aware that they may well be coloured in order to sell better.
Thank you for another great review. Love you channel. Two suggestions for a review: Yamaha AG03/06 USB mixer that was my go to for the corona times and IK MUltimedia iRig Pro Duo I/O that is a bit less budget, but a bit more road traveler. Would be really nice to see your take on those and a comparison or two.
iD14 - It's very close to my perfect next audio interface. I can only pick on: lack of another pair of line inputs or inserts, also digital output, and inputs VU or just led for clipping. Otherwise very good thing for price.
Great review! I was curious which audio interface you recommend for having multiple programs such as Cubase, Izotope, Pro Tools and Sibelius opened at the same time? Right now it crashes, or there is no sound on 3/4 of them. Any recommendation would be much appreciated!
How would you stack this up against the Yamaha AG06? Also how does the dac quality compare?? Just want to be able to have an xlr mic input for my pc to use as a regular mic for gaming and powerful enough to drive the DT 990 pros. BUT I also want a quality dac for a decent hifi speaker listening experience.
Hey. After going through a bunch of your videos for helping make my decision on Mics and Headset Mics, I now find that you are doing Audio Interface reviews as well - which is my next buy. :-) Thanks a lot for all these videos. One things I hadn't crossed my mind and that came out in some comment is that many Audio Interfaces do not seem to have latency free direct monitoring via the TRS outs. They have direct monitoring only via the headphone jack. Can you perhaps touch upon that in your reviews? I might want to use the AI as a mixer when jamming with a couple friends instead of purchasing another device and in this case having this monitor out directly to the speaker monitors would be nice to have and latency free.
Is there any noticeable difference between the D.I. inputs on the interfaces you mentioned at the end. I'm really debating between them and I think the Instrument input will be the most important thing between them as well as latency since I'm primarily a guitar player. Thanks for your reviews!
Man, I´ve bought this interface ID14 mkII and I cannot stand with the output that goes to my monitors, it looks that emphasises the lows and highs, in a way that I cannot mix it properly... plus the highs they get harsh and after 30m of mixing i feel my inner ears start to hurt. This didn't happen with my previous interfaces, and the monitors are the same, everything is the same. Can you make a more profound study about this subject around this interface? I have to admit that I got a bit influenced by all the reviews around here and there. So it would be helpful that someone could back this about the output of this interface. Because it seems that I am not the first person to complain about it. And you know how is it, you always doubt about reviews until it happens to you. I remember to see a graph about the output showing its flat, but it is impossible to be flat...
I have bought id14 yesterday, It's good but my new id14 release so much heat, before I use focusrite 2i2 it was not release that much heat. Please guide me sir.🙏
I haven't tried it in discord in a while, but I end up having to use loopback with most interfaces nowadays: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0w676uvHyus.html
Great review as usual and thanks. I have one question, do you tend to compromise between software imput level and the dial knob? I tend to use this to get signal coming from another interface, my knob dials they usually at 2 o clock and the one on software at 0db. What you guys do?
Hi thanks for great video. I have two questions. First: Did you connect the el.guitar to the Di input or to the back line input? When I turn on my Gibson Explorer with passive magnets, the signal clips even when the input gain is turned off. Second: Does Daw report to you that the signal is passing even when your input gain is at zero (turn off)? When I connect the mic At4050 and Bass Guitar with passive magnets, the signal passes up to -24dbFS in DAW and on LED meters.
Recieved this device from amazon this device is not rcognizing after restarting mac and windows,and the volume peaks rises high and get hanged on red dots! Tried all types of cables drivers update firmware 😔,even changed al usb sockets and ports
My Audient iD14 mkii USB has a gain issue...when I'm connected via the "analogue" XLR preamps, the gain has a hard limit of 6dB. It's really frustrating, nothing I've tried has solved it including adjusting the trim settings in the software. Has anyone else experienced this input hard limiter effect?
@@TheTalemaster Do you have 3.0 jacks is the question... the physical connector doesn't matter as much as the power output of the USB with the 3.0 being higher output...
Great review! I need a bit of advice if you don’t mind. I’m looking for an external usb powered dac to enjoy music with one mic input for online meetings. But the high quality dac for music listening is priority. Do you think it’s worth getting the id14mkii just for that as I’m not a musician therefore I do not need instrument input. The price is incredible for what it does. And I do love having the volume knob instead of fiddling with some tiny up and down buttons. Any dac only device at the similar price point that would do a better job for my use case? thank you in advance
Got Audient iD4MKII recently: both ADC and DAC sections are great DR and THDN wise, preamps are veeery low noise, loopback working right, volume knob is digital encoder, so no channel disbalance at all, HP amp is capable of driving high impedance headphones just fine. Power level meter is basic though, input monitoring needs turning mix knob to input-only, it also needs a full power USB 3/3.1/C port (type C type C is preferred). So to those of you who were thinking about getting MOTU M2/M4 but meh-ed about IMD hump and price being too much - go get Audient ID4/ID14 instead.
since volume knob is digital , does it resets to zero even when u turn ur pc into sleep mode ? or only happens when u turn off ur pc . re adjust volume every time u restart is going to be annoying i belive
@@arash5550 It does reset on power cycle, it is a bit annoying. On my stationary PC it keeps the volume in sleep mode since I set it to keep power on USB ports when it goes to sleep.
@@maidpretty So, which one is better regardless of price Motu 2 or Audient iD14 MK2 or Elgato wave xlr? Also for Shure sm7b, so I need extra Cloudfilter?
@@kaankucuk1612 It depends on your usage purpose. I don't have much first-hand experience with Elgato wave, but I've seen it has some streaming-oriented perks that might be useful for your task. For all other use cases Motu M2 and Audient ID4/14 MKII have better converters and more robust hardware in general. As for SM7B and other low sensitivity mics - all these interfaces are capable of driving it without a FetHead or Cloudlifter.
Happy to see the MKII iD4 and iD14 updated to current tech. I prefer analog knobs and better build quality over EVO4. Also should keep sound advantage over Focusrites. Manual volume, gain, and mix monitor knobs are very handy. MKII improves on the weak spots of iD4 first gen a little more gain and better headphone output. Expect high ohm headphones to sound better on the MKII. I prefer mix knob on iD4 vs. software but would also like separate control of speaker and headphones and ability to bypass ampand use a channel strip like iD44. Increased gain is nice too using with Rode Procaster at 85 or 90 percent gain I can hit -6 to -8 db if I'm on top of the mic. With a fethead I got down to 55-60 percent gain and have more room to adjust gain. Above 85-90 percent gain it sounds terrible. 76 db gain RME babyface is in another league but also 3x the cost.
I use to have the babyface mk2 a few years ago, and then switched to audient id22, i totally prefer the sound of audient, the converters on audient sound the best and i used to have from rme to spl crimson , apollo etc...Ppl often mistake the extra super stability of drivers in rme and their rock solid devices with the converts quality that are just ok/good, but not very good compared to audient for example which reminded me the way consoles sound when i was in big studios.
Hey what Amazing review like always ! Review about the BLACK LION REVOLUTION 2x2 !! SOUNDS amazing but I want to listen your opinion !! and no too many reviewers have this review
Not looking good so far. Amir @ ASR found mediocre D/A and A/D dynamic range, and Julian Krause was starting to think his review sample was a dud when he found mic input EIN even higher than the Steinberg UR22s'. This seems to be a company that believes in optimizing things purely "by ear", which has a tendency to backfire horribly. As it stands, this interface seems to be a botched implementation of something usually selling for half the price at best.
Do you think this interface has enough power to power an at2020 mic and biodynamic 990 pro 250 ohm headphones? Or do you recommend something a little cheaper if this interface is to strong for both of them?
can i use the interface without connecting to a DAW ? if i want to connect a line-in through the optical AND connect some analog inputs via XLR, can i hear everything mixed together through the headphone jacks or even through the analog outputs all at the same time ?
I purchased a TC electronics Clarity unit which I have not been able to use with my older interface. Do you think this Audient interface will allow the Clarity to be used?
can anyone answer this problem i have with the Audient ID14 MKII Audio Interface ? I find that the gain on the microphone is about a quarter of what I get on my previous interface. I have to have the mic full volume to just about be heard. I've tried it on 2 different computers with 2 different microphones and is the same. I am using good quality lavalier Tram mic. I spoke to audient about this and they said that the unit was faulty and to send it back. So I did that I've got a new unit and have exactly the same problem, there is nearly no gain/volume on the microphone. Any ideas any solutions any comparisons I would love to know about. If it is true this is a huge and stupid drawback to this unit. The other interface I have which I get plenty of volume on the Mic is a Rubix 22.
To clarify, if you cant run an instrument into the hi-Z input and a mic into channel 1 XLR at the same time, can you run a mic into channel 2 and record both voice and instrument that way?
How does this compare to the universal audio arrow / Apollo solo. I can get them for about the same price but I’m worried about the longevity of the Apollo as it is not class compliant, whereas I believe the audient is class compliant.
The Motu M2 is under $200, and the M4 is $239. Just mentioning because you mentioned the M2 was the same price as this, but it's actually over $100 cheaper.
Hello, can I ask, which one is better, Motu M2 or Audient iD14 MK2 for Shure sm7b? Also do you know if the answer is Audient iD14 MK2, does it require additional Cloudfilter?
hi im with focusrite scarlet 2i2 3rd gen now. Im planning to upgrading my AI/Pre after finally i got my neumann KM184 :) is it better to upgrade my scarlet to clarett+ or Stay with scarlet 3rd gen 2i2 and buy a pre (maybe about 200-300)? Thanks!