The Neumann MT48 can do EVERYTHING!? 

If you want to hear the performance of the Neumann MT-48. “Providence Sound and Vidion” did a great A-B test! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C2r7XVcxZfk.html

This is not developed or made by Neumann this is the Anubis from Merging Technology.

YES! I've been aware of the interface for some time and plan to have one soon. Thanks for the more in depth look at it. I've seen a number of reviews on it but none quite as inclusive as yours. Thanks again.

I got mine just 4 days ago and it's been wonderful for voice over. The preamps and conversion are noticeably better than my UA Apollo interface and actually makes my Neumann TLM103 (what many consider to be an at times harsh microphone) smoother sounding while retaining its clarity which is excellent for voice over. I also don't need to de-ess nearly as much. The built in effects are excellent. I'm stunned at how good the noise gate sounds (though I really wish it was an expander) and the compressor and EQ are extremely transparent, which is ideal for voice over. All of the extra features are a bonus, I only really got this because I wanted the best audio quality in an 2x XLR interface money could buy with built-in DSP, and I think it delivers on that front.

You talked about everything, but here is the real question, HOW does it sound? Mic preamps? AD/DA? How does it compare to more expensive/trusted brands like RME/Lynx/Avid/Apogee/Prism etc. How does it compare to your setup? When you buy an audio interface, the features and quirks are nice but the sound is the main part, I personally own this model and that's why I feel like you didn't talk a a lot about the sound, considering how impressive it is :)

I would be very interested in a comparison with the RME Fireface UCX II, which is probably in the same league.

Definitely an interface designed for everywhere but some really neat routing opportunities in larger facilities. Especially as an In-ear box that you can send audio back with some really good converters and preamps you can trust. Would I personally get this over the avioms or behringer p16s? hell no lol but something to upgrade too in the feature with some neat features is always nice to see

I love following your videos bruh, really helps me understand mastering and the basic concepts of gain....weight gain.

Great video, as always. We like the fashion choice. 😏

Can you share your opinion about DA conversion quality between This and RME Adi-2 pro ?

İm loving my mt 48 136 dynamic range incomparable to anything. The pre are wow & headphone amp is mastering grade. The down side would be gets very hot but you can adjust the fan i leave it on medium.

Was keen to hear your thoughts on this, so thanks for doing this video, but the one think you didn’t seem to mention is how does it sound? What is the conversion like say in comparison to the RME and how do the pre amps fair? Thanks

Great review. How does it compare to the Babyface Pro FS which I find extremely strong?

Im a fan of high gain preamps , and this Neumann gives 78db of clean gain ♥️

I love to see an interface like that on a stand beside my drums. But the problem is that I want to have 16 microphones. I love to see when the A/D converter is in the mic itself before going into the interface.

Any thoughts on sound quality vs ADI-2 Pro? I use ADI’s balanced headphone mode is the only concern I have in switching over….

Question: so you can use this as mixer and DI Box on stage for a Duo?

This is a merging audio Anubis rebranded as Neumann after the acquisition of the brand it was a Swiss company making audio device mostly for classical music registration with great preamp and fantastic DA converters

Are we able to use a virtual loopback to send audio to computer for applications such as OBS for streaming with this interface? Thank you so much for the very informative video

Also your sweetwater link isnt linking correctly

Does any one know about audio interface similar to iconnectivity audio4c? I wanna send signal from my mac to ipad.

hey!! do you have any feedback about autotune live ? I really want to buy this new Neumann mt48, but I struggle, I hesitate with Apollo because I know the Apollo got autotune dsp , with zero latence ... if you have any informations or advices I'm listen to you !!

Was just in Long&McQuade Looking at this... Mt48 vs RME Fireface 🤔

I would love to know if this thing is better than RME you reviewed.

Not seeing the “Join” button for channel membership. Disabled??

How does sound quality compare with ADI-2 Pro? I got that thanks to your earlier video. Didnt regret it!

Really nice interface. The only thing caught my eye the display looks not so responsive. It would annoy me sometimes I think. Other than that great interface. Can you control all settings from a computer for example without using the touch screen?

Ive always wondered how this compares with my Apogee Symphony Desktop for converter and preamp quality

I also wonder what your opinion is on the comparison between your RME and this device? I am about to buy RME so for me relevant:) or is this comparing appels with peren

Please do a comparison with the two hardwares in about 10 years. ❤

you being a big hardware guy...I'm surprised you didn't touch on how it is to work with outboard gear. It seems like a real PITA. You want to use a compressor as a mixing insert? Good luck with that routing!

I was looking at this a couple months back. I ended up going with the SSL 12 instead. I don't regret it one bit either, the 2k+ price tag makes me skeptical of this thing.

But how does it sound?!!! What is the quality of the preamps and convertors? I don't have so much hardware that i need to route tracks all over the place. What does it actually sound like? Would the money further towards your sound investing in products that directly affect your sound?

I have started doing mastering and have come up with a monitoring plan that is one of the ones on my radar. Do you believe it is capable as a mastering unit or would I be better off with a avocet or rme or something else?

A comparison with the apogee symphony desktop is missing on the internet

Are you planning on building an atmos rig any time soon? I can have just ordered the MT 48 but I haven't decided ;)

It’s a Merging clone I think, build in collaboration So great DA/AD Cool presentation Thanks for your work 🤘👍

And the best feature of all. Eye-watering price.

Why did you not review the preamps, converters etc? I have the MT48, and I think the converters and preamps are a big step up from Universal Apollos, which I have been using for over 10 years.

Software looks impressive but the interface is clearly not made for synths. The choice of midi connectors on this unit is rather baffling to me. TRS midi jacks are usually found on compact synths (where they make sense for their small connector size) but on an expensive top of the range audio interface I would have expected to see full size DIN connectors. A pretty strange choice. Must have been a design oversight or a late minute addition. The problem with TRS midi is that there are different wiring variants, most common are 3.5mm A or B wiring but it depends on the manufacture’s preference which one they use. To make matters worse, there are even 2.5mm versions around as well. If they hade made the enclosure slightly bigger they could have fitted DIN connectors in there.

Does anyone have any knowledge on the AES67 - Dante cross compatibility ? I know the two platforms are somewhat compatible with each other and both Neumann and Ravenna have some guides on that but I found it rather confusing. Any help would be appreciated

Mannn how did U learn that so fast to know where everything is for a demo mode

White Sea Studio, I recently bought a MT48 used and it crashed completely on a firmware update, would you give me your opinion on trying the mt48 again buying it brand new or choosing a high end RME interface, I would really appreciate your feedback (for use on PC not MAC)

for that price YOU have to use all the features :P

Cool to learn more about Neumann's entry into interfaces from you, Wytse. I have an RME Fireface UC interface that I got about 14 years ago that still works great and still is supported by RME. I got it after years of switching from one interface to another every couple years as M-Audio and Mackie (for example) kept abandoning their products as new desktop OS versions came out. What I suspected then was that the high cost of RME would pay for itself given their reputation for stellar long-term support. I know longer suspect it; RME has demonstrated such exceptional support. I'll probably update it in the next year or so, and I'm heavily leaning toward RME. The MT48 is attractive, but at this high price, my top concern after audio quality is the company's commitment to long-term support. In my mind, it's an open question, given how new Neumann is to this space. I'd be interested to hear if they've made any statements about their investment and vision for Neumann digital audio, and if there is any public info about the experience of their developers. -Tom

Looks great overall but the user interface is so laggy it looks like it's running at 15 frames per second. That's really a shame considering the price of this product and the fact most 60$ phones theses days have a good enough SOC to run a full HD screen at 60fps

This is why I watched your channel. Very cool indeed.

Ha HA your running the same OS on your mac that I am, that makes me feel like I'm doing something right :) my mixing not so much..

Is there a difference between this and the Merging Anubis ?

I'm sure the preamps in the interface are great, but at this price point I think I'd rather just buy a digital mixer and use it as my interface (since this is pretty much a digital mixer). That way you'd have more I/O. The Yamaha DM3 is a couple hundred bucks more than this one and it has 22 channels, and the M32 compact is around $2500 and has up to 32 channels and great preamps.

It would be perfect if you could connect 16 o 24 more channels through ADAT

I am waiting on a UCX III

A built-in talkback mic ! That is something I would like to have in the Babyface Pro FS, great idea !

are you sure it supports PoE (power over ethernet)? I'm pretty sure it didn't some time ago and not sure if they changed anything recently...

Why would you ever need to make custom monitor-mixes for multiple headphones, when there's only 2 inputs? In case you record a live band with 2 mics? 😅

Please make a rack version Neumann

this might be the perfect interface for travelling

Neumann : one of the best high end audio company. Each product = quality.

" The Neumann MT48 can do EVERYTHING!? " I would certainly hope so considering the price tag lol

Neumann aren't really Neumann anymore though are they?

It's cool, but the touchpad is a no go for me, way too slow for me. I'm faster with the software of a Apollo or a Motu.

Kinda sad Merging doesn't get any credit in this video. I guess big eats small.

isn't it a rebadged merging technology, ANUBIS ?? Is there a difference

£1600... I think I'll stick with my SSL12 and 360 software which for £500 now seems a bargain! 😎

The laggy, low refresh rate screen looks horrible to use. Especially at that price.

This isnt actual made by them tho. They basically bought it from a difforent company but i will say it was a amazing product

If you don’t use Ravenna it is not worth it. Problems i have 8 input channels over usb so you can not use 8 ADAT in and the internal channels. They deliver the worst usb-C cables with it. It does not understand the difference between 48kHz and 96kHz over ADAT you have to manually switch or you will get jitter. Boottime is very long…

There really is no reason for that screen to have such a low refresh rate and lag time. Phones have had responsive 120 hz screens for years now and this thing is so spendy that seems like it would be an obvious first step. Add smooth software, responsive screen, high refresh rate... the current screen looks like its from 2005. Even though everything else is wonderful that would always irk me.

What’s with the fingernails? It’s like a corporate looking dude wearing a Mohawk. An orchestral piece with a techno kick. A bowl of oatmeal with a dash of paprika. I’ve got more analogies…

Not one word of Merging Technolgy?

this was posted 8 mins ago, but has 2 day old comments EDIT: im assuming members get early vids

Yes, it's true, it can make the best spaghetti and meatballs.

£1700! LOL

Hey would you be willing to let me have that mt 48 😅

What it looks like is a cassette recorder.

"MT" Kinda sounds like empty, which is ironic bc its full of stuff xd

2000 euros. Ouch

Looks very similar to the Antelope Go

I'll forgive the bit of Neumann fanboy, I would be as well. They make great products. The interface is deceiving in its looks. There's a lot more to it than an interface. Its features sound interesting.

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you have punky brewster nails 🤣

Nah.. Maybe the AD/DA Converters are better, but I dont like the UI of this interface at all. I will stick with my Apollos.

Mate, that nails ...

Antelope Zen Tour mk1 did all that back in 2013 and clearly was copied by Neumann and Merging..

A plastic gimmicky 2x2 for €1,700. Are you [insert expletive] kidding? I'm REALLY surprised by your review Wytse. Those features may be great on a pro 24x24, but on 2x2? I'd rather have a 16x16 with a tiny or no OLED for nearly €2K. What is more important in a studio interface, channels, or a tiny touch screen? Utter rip off piece of plastic brand exploiting [insert expletive] .

this fan make it L

Yeah no it can't.

Dude why dont you review interesting fx/multi fx vst plugins instead of this boring stuff…

u getting soft man

Oh yeah honey. Neumann, made an audio console. Back in, 1972. I was familiar with it. Though I never saw one in person. And I guess you got an EQ module from that. Very nice. Very, Neve, looking. But from across the channel in Germany. A lot of people don't know this one. What is George Neumann, best known for? If you said, microphones. That's wrong. If you set audio consoles? That's wrong. What then? He created one of the greatest contributions to, Science and Space Exploration. He is the creator. Of the first, Rechargeable, Chemical Battery. That could work in the vacuum of space. The, Nichol Cadmium Battery.. That is what George Neumann is best known for. It changed all of our lives. It was needed for the, V-2, ICBM. As it went into space. And back down again. A dry cell battery and a lead acid battery. Won't work in the vacuum of space. At that some history about George Neumann. Not popularly known. He must've been a hell of a, Brainiac. Hitler certainly liked him. And Warner von Braun. From vastly different times. 100 years ago. And Dr. Robert Goddard and his efforts. With liquid rocket fuel. Neumann Co., no longer really exists. As they were bought up by, Sennheiser. Who also made nice microphones. Along with BEYER. And AKG in Austria. Kind of like Germany but not Germany. Home of Mozart who was not German. I went to see his birthplace in, Salzburg, Austria. In a row house. Today. With a McDonald's across the cobblestone street. Sacrilege! What the? Who the? Blasphemy! I had a bevy. Of some of George Neumann's, wonderful microphones. Both vacuum tube and transistor types. I owned them for over 40 years. I recently sold them all off. I will dearly miss them all. But I wasn't using those on, cheap, low-budget, rock 'n' roll recordings. Where, $100 US, SM-57 & 58's, sound just great! No real need for a $10,000 microphone. Nor a, $3300 microphone. Nor a, $2000 microphone. Today it's all, Status Bullshit. Oh sure they made a difference. Back in the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Until we got Linear Digital Recording. Then they became largely, superfluous. To be able to cut through the, mushy, Analog Tape, grunge. Those microphones made a big difference. But today we don't have that, Analog Tape Grunge. Now it is crystal clear, linear PCM encoding. Not the best format but it works. It was the first of its kind. I'm getting too old for this.. RemyRAD

Though the more affluent and financially better off. Will still want that, old world, old school, Old Studio, Experience. And they will pay dearly for that. At somebody else's studio. That caters only to the rich and wealthy. Or they just build their own and their mansion at home. Like Shaquille O'Neal, did. Who knew? I thought he was a basketball player? But no. Now he can afford to be a wealthy recording artist! Because it only takes money to do it. And he has lots and lots and lots. Of, lots. His studio doesn't have to make money. It just makes fun times. That he paid for. Like proper adults do. To constructively fund. Their own good times. At not have to worry whether they are going to breakeven. So nearly $2000 for this Neumann,, audio interface will be great for Shakeel O'Neil to have poolside.. And if it falls into the pool? And gets destroyed. His insurance will pay for the replacement. But we don't have any insurance. At once dropped in the pool. It's bye-bye. Don't take it to the pool next time. Take the Behringer interface that only cost $40, instead. And it will still get a recording. Nobody will hear the difference of. And nobody will care as to the difference. As he also purchased stock in Behringer. Of course that is not totally accurate. But the $1850 price is. For a 2 channel Milliman thingy to plug into your computer. That cost, 1/4. What the Neumann, MT-48, interface costs. So it's really only designed to plug into a high-end MacBook Pro. And not that $250 Lenovo special. As you would have to be a dork. To have a $250 laptop plugged into a $1800 + audio interface. Right? Right. Of course it's got extra, Whizbang features to it. Beyond its input and output capabilities. Some of those whizbang's look like fun and useful. After all its $1850 worth of whizbang. Because what's doing the actual converting of input and output. Basically just a couple of chips. Not costing more than $50 total. The other $1800. Is testament to their fine reputation. To let everybody know. You have much more money than they do. And why does Bob Clearmountain only need a cheap old, computer audio gizmo? It's because Bob Clearmountain doesn't need, entry-level, beginner, Whizbang Features. He definitely does not. And so all the extra gobbledygook is just kid stuff to play with. And knowing they spent, Beaucoup Dinero. To be able to feel and act important! Don't you know I purchased a Neumann gizmo!??! You ignorant fool! And you have to get arrogant like that if you purchase this $1800 gizmo. And you're that stupid? It really shouldn't have cost more than $500 may be $800? Something practical that people can actually afford. I mean for $1850 I'd rather purchase a decent used motorcycle I can go fast on. Even at 68 years of age. So as much as I would love to have one of these myself. As I would have no qualms owning one. I cannot justify the price. I know it's inside this thing. A couple of Asian made chips. What do those cost? Nothing! They cost virtually nothing. They are the same that everybody else is using. It's only a couple of transistors at the input. And a couple of transistors at the output. They get to, display. Their circuit designing prowess. Oh boy what genius! Classic design from, 70+ years ago! That took a lot of thought! And no college degree necessary. I think it's all rather funny. Neumann obviously on the verge of out of business. Absorbed by the Sennheiser company. Some years back. So they went bankrupt already. They already closed and went out of business. Sennheiser took pity upon them. Grab the name and kept on churning out, the old-fashioned microphones. But I got angry at Neumann one day. Yes I did. They had introduced the TLM-67. I had a pair of original, U-67's. But I found out the brand-new TLM-67 was 1000+ dollars less. Than the U-87. And I said to them. You just destroyed the value of my classic collectible U-67's! What the hell were you guys thinking? If you want to re-release the 67? Then, release a proper, Reissue, U-67. Not this cheaper, Transformer less, thingy. That was at the Nashville Mix Magazine Audio Convention. In 2012. 12 years ago. And obviously. What I said to them made sense. As they then did a, Reissue U-67. List price 5000+ dollars. New. So now they were making sense again. Yet I believe they still kept the TLM-67 available also? I think yes? They told me the reason for making that TLM-67 $1000 less than the U-87. They told me, the output transformers are expensive to make. And that's the high hideous cost of the U-87's, today. Mostly in its interbody microphone output transformers. So those must be wound with, goldplated wire or something? With 1000 turns on each bobbin? Then yes. The microphone output transformers would get a little costly, I would imagine? $3000 worth I guess? And is this making any sense? Anymore? For a microphone purchase? And who will be singing on it? Frank Sinatra? I don't think so. He's dead and gone. So is John Lennon. So will go the way of, Sir Paul McCartney. And he won't be singing anymore after he's dead. So who are these microphones for? A very retired Cyndi Lauper? I don't think so? Dave Grohl? Maybe? But you know what they say to performers? Break a leg. And he did in front of his audience one day. He took it very seriously. He broke his leg. Falling off the stage. He probably didn't feel much. To be certain he was well stoned. But he finished the show. With the ambulance driver holding his broken leg in place. What an incredible Performer Trooper Dave Grohl is. Who would do that? But a loon? I met and recorded him once. He was about the funniest person I had ever met. And I wondered what he was doing playing drums for a living? He should have his own TV show! Like the Tonight Show. I think he would be better than Seth Meyers? And Dave Grohl is not even a professional comic. He's just naturally goofy. He's from Springfield Virginia. That's why! He lived, like me. 2 miles from the Pentagon! And we both used to go to the Springfield Shopping Mall. I think one of the last in the country that still exists filled with, country bumpkins from Virginia. Yes! That's how it goes in the real world. Of microphones. RemyRAD

Well? While I loved my, original, Neumann pair of, U-67's, KM-56, U-87's, KM-86's, KML. And I drooled over a, Neumann, recording console. 50 years ago. Back in the early 1970s. I don't think this new, Neumann gizmo. Is, worth its exorbitant price. I think it's definitely overpriced. Way, overpriced. I mean let's get real here. What's inside this thing? Chinese made integrated circuit chips. That everybody else or using, also. So it really only comes down to the, very input and very output, circuitry. Certainly none of it revolutionary. And no input transformers either. As Neumann definitely knows how to make, expensive microphone transformers. I would not turn one of these units down. Over other offerings. It's from a name we can trust. Based upon their superlative reputation of quality, manufacturing. But the cost of this thing does not There is just nothing inside this thing to warrant, this kind of excessively high exorbitant, status style, expenditure. Okay so it says Neumann. It's not worth this much. Of course there are plenty of loons.. That also purchase, Universal Audio, overpriced components. Very, overpriced, components. And again. It's a Status Symbol Product. At least one should be able to expect, reasonably good performance. From quality input and output circuitry. And how many transistors does that take? How much does each transistor cost? So it's got about, $25 worth of transistors in it. Oh wow! 25 big dollars US style. For a few transistors. There's only one inside the 3300+ dollar Neumann U-87. The same transistor you could get at Radio Shaft. The exact same part number transistor at Radio Shaft for just $0.98 US. The same model number transistor in the famed U-87 that cost over $3300. So obviously not for that transistor. It was for the output transformers mostly. Norman told me the output transformers for the U-87, were expensive to make. That's why they came out with the TL M1 03. It's a Transformer less, front capsule cardioid only, U-87. But it sure doesn't sound like a U-87. It's transformer less. It sounds, transformer less. And so it sounds, Cheap. But has the Neumann name on it. To make you feel good. About your purchase. The favorite MIC, of Hitler. As a Jew would always gave me a warm feeling inside my body. Purchasing that Neumann quality sound. And if you listen carefully in the background. You can hear millions of Jews screaming. Supplied with every microphone. But hey they sound great! And George Neumann has not killed anybody for over 80 years now so? I guess it's safe to purchase his stuff? But I am not a traitor to my own kind. After more than 40 years of ownership of my Neumann microphones. I recently sold them all off. All, off. I had to. It was time. I'm done. I'm retired. Everybody has to die. My turn coming up. So no more need for beautiful microphones and rock 'n' roll recordings. Through my not Neumann console. And have already sold off, both of my 36 input, 1972, vintage Neve, consoles. So sorry to see them go. I've been using them since 1984. 40 years ago. And you get attached to these things. You've lived with them, your entire adult life long. Then you sell your child off. In this horrible, horrible, one piece at a time! What a horrible ending! Ugh! So honestly I was going to purchase one of these things.. Until I saw the price. WTF with that? I mean I expected, something like, $800? But no. They got greedy. Way overinflated price. They'll just never learn. Times have changed. Why do you think they came out with the, TLM-103 and TLM-102? As you can afford a stereo pair of those. For the same price you only get one. Of the U, series. And so nearly $2000 US for a 2 channel interface? Beyond nonsense! As, Apogee. Is the favorite of another engineer I love, Bob Clearmountain. And I absolutely love his recordings. When I spoke to him about, what small interfaces he used with his laptop when he's out and about? And he told me the 1st Release, single-channel gizmo. That he liked the earliest one better than the leader new or improved, version. And I was horrified by that. I said to Bob. Bob do you know what you're saying about your wife's company? He grinned and chuckled and said yes I know. But I like the earliest unit best. And we don't make it anymore. Well I just thought that was one of the funniest things, I had ever heard. From someone who is pretty much the next most famous, Audio Engineer to that of Geoff Emerick, George Massenburg, Bruce Swedien. They were all just the world's best. I just wanted to be them. And I was. In a slightly different and skewed, manner. When your career takes something of a detour and you roll with it. So I didn't cut any hit records per se. I just mixed a lot of those artists, for live broadcast. Which was still an incredible thrill, to do. Even though I had no real, interaction with them. Nobody was telling me how to mix them for live broadcast. Really only once was I given a requested directive. Of an engineering request. For a broadcast of the Counting Crows. When they were a thing, 30 years to cope. And that was a fun job. Adam Duritz, got a bit, bitchy. As he was one of the few I was able to have a brief, preproduction meeting and mix, sound check. Before the broadcast. And so I asked Adam, did he have any particular, engineering mix requests from me. He said yes. And he told me,, he stated, I want no reverb. I want it completely dry. I don't want any reverb. I said Roger that Adam,, Wilco. And he goes out to play his, 10 minute sound check for me. And I push up a nice mix. He came back into the control room to take a listen. To my playback. And he got real bitchy. I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY REVERB! Well, Adam. As per your directive. You can plainly see. All of my Digital Reverbs in my control room are all turned off. I haven't added any. Your hearing the natural reverb. Coming off the stage of the Meriwether Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. You were raised in the area. You've been here many times. You've never heard the reverb on the stage? No he had not. He was flummoxed. I told him this is the reverb on the stage. He was dumbfounded by that. He said oh? Okay then? Like I could do anything about that? I thought that was very funny. People are idiots even rock stars. Particularly, rock stars. Like the ones that wanted no, green M&Ms was it? Or brown M&Ms? I forget? I would never work with anybody like that. I would throw the M&Ms at them. Pick out your own M&Ms! Contract, Riders, my ass! I do not put up with utter total nonsense! Not even for a price. I do not cater to weirdos. I cater to other Professionals. Not children with too much money and fame. Sorry no. So, it all depends on how you roll the dice. You don't know what numbers are coming up? You might win or you might crap out? Most of the time you crap out. Because it actually costs money to stay the course. And there are more downtimes than high times. It's really no longer profitable to be in the Studio Business of any kind. (More Hitler audio in following post)

So, it's like an expensive Behringer XAIR