I spent SO much time looking at AIs in the budget price range. For anyone here in the same position (looking for budget gear) almost any of the interfaces out there will most likely do the trick when you start out. Don't stress to much on the variations in sound, as when you are starting out you probably won't notice the difference anyway! Don't spend weeks reviewing the minutiae, just pick one and start making music!
What a really well-produced video. No terrible 'quirky personality', just a simple, well-explained review, which is really just what I was after. I was initially wondering what a big difference the SOLO and DUO had between them, and you showed it easily. I'm now happier in my decision and will purchase the DUO thanks to your delightful manner. Thank you Sanjay :)
Had the m track solo for ages ,now I've ordered a m track duo , love these interfaces , from what I've felt from using both m-track and focousrite I think the difference in audio quality is very small
hello colleague sorry which is better.? M.audio solo М.audio duo ?? which one do you think I should take as a professional, which one will you recommend to me ??
@@ivangeorgiev6446 It depends on how you need to record, if you need to record with wit just one input at a time the solo will do fine. for example your going to record just a vocal and then just a guitar and so on you don't need the duo. If however you want to record your guitar and voice with separate mics for each, you will need the duo. If you have some stereo effects or amps you want to use while you record, you would ned the duo. hope that helps
@@howardanderson3061 thank you very much for the information I will record vocals and I have a keyboard board but when you say jokes I write separately thank you
@@ivangeorgiev6446 Hey Ivan, I was not trying to funny but if it was that's OK I guess. Lol I was really just trying to be helpful because your question was very sincere. Good luck with all of your recordings!
I learned the hard way. Would suggest searching if the audio interface has any common driver issues. The device can be great and ruined by driver issues, so check first before buying.
@@jacocanete7539 as somebody who's been using the m-track solo for about a year now. the drivers are shit. after downloading the most recent driver update from their website, i swear my audio got WORSE.
Hi Sanjay, thank you for this short, precise and honest review. Your work is highly appreciated. A friend of mine is playing in a band and wanted to use his equipment for some small hobby voice over projects. So he asked me about a low price audio interface. I recommended the Behringer and it is doing...OKish. Good to know that there are some alternatives and competition.
Just bought and installed the M-track Solo, the result is night and day compared to the cheap XLR to 1/8 cable I was using before. It got rid of my volume problem (it was way too low) and got rid of 99.9% of the noise I was getting. Definitely recommended!
Excellent review Sanjay! The exact one I wanted. I loved the audio quality on the Focusrite and M Audio. The guitar samples sounded much better on the Focusrite. The build quality seems to be better on the M Audio when compared to the Behringer interface. Overall, the M Audio is the best interface at this price range.
They all sound similar with the vocals, but the focus focusrite sounded the best. The m audio interface wasn't that far behind. If I was in the market for a budget audio interface I would get the m track duo since because it has the trs outputs and a separate knob for the headphone volume.
@SanjayC inspirata lite is a free convolution reverb plugin available for free till 28th of Feb they are giving away the lite version it wont be available after 28th Feb it is a really versatile reverb you should check that plugin . It emulates real life location. There are tons of spaces including some famous studios .
I loved your reviews of the models, it is just what I need now as I'm looking for budget gear. Thank you for taking the time Sanjay for putting up the tracks to compare and for your comments.
Been professionally making music for 8 years and decided to get the solo today cant wait to get this out of the box 🙌 i am a hiphop artist so i feel this one is perfect for me sinse i am only using this for audio mostly. Thanks for the review you helped me feel comfortable with my purchase happy new year! Hope you have a blessed year!
Even SSL has gotten into the “low budget” audio interface game. Granted the SSL 2 is $289.99 and the SSL 2+ is $349.99 (both MSRP) but compared to their in-line consoles (which gets into home mortgage territory) and if what you get is from SSL, it’s a bargain.
@@Ndlanding Edited it for clarification (missed a key word when writing it). I was alluding both to their historical high prices (because of quality and they make everything in house) and to their brand quality (they don't give away their name to just anything).
Really appreciate this! Getting my first electric guitar in a few days and wanted something cheap and simple, but not too cheap or simple. I figured rightly or wrongly that I could provide effects with a PC, initially, rather than an effects pedal. So, yeah, M-Track Solo it is. :)
@@coltons_corner Thanks for asking! Long story short, I bought a Vox StompLab 1G multi-effects pedal instead. By the time the guitar arrived, I'd decided portability was more important than recordability to me. FWIW, the 1G has been great. I doubt I'll ever need another pedal.
Great video. I immediately bought M-Audio Duo after watching this. Guess what, it only cost USD$81 which includes shipping to Singapore. Definitely a great buy.👍🏻😄
OMG luckily I watch this video before buying AI, I suppose to buy a Behringer but I also like the M-track but the most I like is scarlet (I need less budget) now I will choose the M-track because has more recommendation or positive comment. Thanks, Sanjay C.
Hey Sanjay! So I recently purchased this interface and I think their WINDOWS 10 driver has a HUGE problem. So for this interface, on the driver control panel, you only have two choices of sample rate which are 44100 and 48000. The driver initially set my sample rate at 48000 and I left it at that. On my first days of purchase, these problems did not show, but later on, after some prolonged use, I noticed that my voice got deeper, and it made some of my recordings sound as if it has the "slow-motion" effect. I changed my settings(sample rate, buffer size, etc.) and specifically put my sample rate to 44100 and the deep+slow motion effect was removed. Later on, I noticed that my voice got lighter and higher-pitched, and made my recordings sound too fast. I already emailed their *terrible* customer support about this and I'm still waiting for a decent reply from them. edit: I'm still not sure if I got a dud, but when I'm listening to direct monitoring, I noticed that there's nothing wrong with anything that's coming in the interface.
I recently received my M-Track Duo, but unfortunately there are no Avid Pro Tools on the bundle. I tested the interface with Audacity and it seems to work but there's a problem. The playback of the recorded audio is in different tune or key compare to my guitar. My guitar is tuned in E Standard but the playback of the audio recorded is 2 steps lower. I know that it can be fixed on the audacity but there's a way to solve this problem probably that I won't keep adjusting the pitch every time I record an audio to correct the pitch or tune. I'm suspecting that the problem is in the interface because I also tried to record with bandlab and the results are the same.
This the exact compact video with all the required infos and comparison.. I'm a professional guitarist and I'm getting to learn more from your videos to have a detailing on sound... You are awesome😊👏
the Duo is so much more flexible for PC gamers/streamers, having two inputs (input #1 for mic and #2 as an aux input for your phone) with zero/low latency mono monitoring is huge IMO.
Hey Sanjay, can you please do a review of the Midiplus Studio-M series interfaces? They're around the same pricing as these M-Audio ones, so a comparison video of the two would be really helpful!
So I'm planning to get an interface purely for commentary vocals. I didn't plan on actually using these for singing because I can't (I'm working on it though). I'm really considering this one, for some reason I have more trust in this than the behringers...
Hi, I have a Shure MV7 using usb connection. The microphone was working fine till Shure update the software and reduce the gain. I use the microphone about 15" way which is not the best distance I know but worked for me. I was wondering if the M Track Solo would help me boost the gain enough with XLR input to work at 15" distance.
While singing and playing guitar at the same time in both the input channels only fist left input is working the second one at the left is not recording the guitar.. why? please let me know I have M-audio - M Track duo ...I have downloaded the driver also.
Hi Sanjay! I loved the way you explain things! I bought my first mixer/interface. It is a Yamaha AG06 and I having a little kind of robotic sound (due to a small latency) monitoring through Ableton. With 96 of buffer i got 10,1ms of general latency. Sound through direct monitoring is great thought. I dont know if it normal a minimum minimum latency using a buffer 96 using for example a Focuriste or other interface. Have you try the Yamaha AG's series?? I wanted something to play live at home using the incorporated effects, but also as an interface for dry recording. Thanks bro!
Hello , thanks for this great review I have a question , I play guitar and my little brother plays Bass , if I buy the solo version of M-Track , can we play together the same time ? we use Ableton and Multi effects (vsts . Guitar Rig)
Thanks for all your videos, I really enjoy each video, and I have learn new things about recording equipment and other things. My question is: In this video, the three interfaces have a level of noise when put to the test... is that something normal with interfaces???
Great video as usual Sanjay!! Just curious about one thing though. I guess you were using your strat for the guitar tone test thru the interfaces. I felt the M-Audio and Focusrite interfaces were receiving the guitar signal with an out of phase pickup position (pos 2 or 4) and the Behringer one was receiving the signal with the guitar set at the bridge pickup which aided to the drastic difference in the tone which I felt was there between the Behringer and the other 2 interfaces! Please correct me if I'm mistaken! Thanks for the awesome content, as always!! :)
Great - thanks, and subscribed. Just picked up an M-Audio Duo although initially I am going to try it as a two inputs into one out so that my son can do some light street gigs with a Roland Cube - the cube is flexible with a range of amp models and essential effects including reverb but doesn't include a dedicated microphone input so this is a cheap way to find out if I can set that up for him, using the monitor out from the Duo into the Cube. The sensitivity inputs available for microphone and guitar sort that aspect out (both different obviously) and the separate gain controls should allow me to balance the two volumes before they reach the Cube which will essentially act as a master volume / reverb / speaker. The point is this will all be portable and potentially run with no AC - the Roland can run off batteries. We shall see. If not it's back to lugging the Marshall AS50D about - a great two channel amp for acoustic and vocal but heavy :) and needs a power socket from a friendly store. In that case we will use the M-Audio Duo as a portable DAW for recording his own songs and demos into a laptop. We have a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 currently for the desktop DAW running FW into a refurb MacPro 8 core tower - huge power, more than needed. New SSD for the OS and new fast HDDs for data. Optical Audio. It's audio engineering on a budget but not so long back this was a tidy set up. If it works out we will likely migrate at some point to higher quality desk gear, monitors and software with one of the Apple M1 Max chips on a new Mac Mini at the core - due out this year (2022). Again, huge power beyond the needs of audio editing and the DAW hardware should take the strain of latency for playback to headphones for multichannel recordings - we will be building the tracks up one (real) instrument at a time. I am looking forwards to working through your videos and insight. Thanks again for the information on M-Audio Duo features.
I want $49 M-Audio to record stereo synth into iPhone and iPad into iOS apps and DAWs. And/or jam with guitar. My decade (decades?) old M-Audio mBox2 died just last year :) Its perfect it is light and plastic to drop into bag and have for laptop on a go as well. Its a blessing is can intake stereo synth in. No need speaker out, just phones. Does M-Audio powers good cans right? less loudness is fine, but does it sound proper when gain is equal to output of good UAD or Audiofuse?
tell me have you had any experience connecting this interface to an iPhone via a camera kit adapter? can these devices interact with the iPhone? Maybe through additional power through the USB hub and power bank
Excellent review and info for these! I’m always making instrumentals, but this year I’m looking to do some vocals with some of my tracks and M-Audio is affordable and gives the best features for under $100. I’m a Native Instruments guy mostly so if possible in the future could you make a video on how to add vocals into Maschine software using a audio interface? As always keep doing what you do and I’ll be purchasing the M-Audio Duo through your Sweetwater link below. Thanks & God bless you! 🙏
Does garage band recognize the USB interface you plug in a guitar via the M-audio unit? I want to plug my guitar into it and then input into GarageBand or Logic Pro. Thanks you in advance.
Reply to Sanjay M Audio Solo I've just got AKG P120 + M-Audio Solo + XLR Male to Female. I've kept the gain knob at 12 clock. Got pretty close to the mic and recorded a LOT of vocals for testing, and ALL of them are sounding EXTREMELY low. Installed the latest driver for M-Audio. Direct headphone check's working properly, but recording my voice is not. Just extremely low audio which I then have to gain +15db in Ableton Live. You didn't gain anything when you were showing the samples. You were farther away from the mic than I was. Yet the samples were adequately loud. How is this possible?I'm beyond confused right now. Didn't sleep the whole night.
I need a little help. I have 2 mics but i cant get the 2nd one to show up on my interface, or computer in general. Does anyone know how to get both mics to work at the same time? Thank you
Hello, Sir thank you for this video however I just recently bought one last week however I can't seem to figure it out on how to use for a live podcast? Hopefully this message get seen. Thanks again
Thank you Sanjay for extremely valuable information. My need is to be able to feed a condenser mic with XLS input and an external device feed like iPad, Tablets or mobile phones using 3.5mm or RCA. Does this device support such? Is there any other pre-amp equipment do you recommend? Thank you in advance.
Sanjay, I saw your 7 best interfaces for 100$, but what i'm wondering is if you have a 1ST best interface, for under 300$. Would it be the MOTU M2, The SSL or SSL 2+, The Audient ID4 MKII, or another? Do you have a clear winner?
Ok I just ordered the solo m track interface and i know I can use it for a guitar recording but what about in my old yamaha m-e 50 keyboard can i use it there as well
Can I use the duo to context a mic and a keyboard, connect to my laptop and go ahead a stream on zoom right away after selecting audio options on zoom for the usb selection, without using the software. And if I can will the sound come out mono and will have to use the software to equalize? Or will a mixer be better?
@Sanjay C I have the BOSS RC-600 looper and I also use it as an Audio Interface, but since I never used other ones I couldn't say if it in comparison is any good. Could you be interested in doing such a comparison?
Just a simple question. What kind of external device do i need to plug in into my AKAI PROFESSIONAL MPK mini plus to get the sound out without using a computer/ software?
After watching this video I'm struggling to pick one between M-Audio Solo and Scarlett 2i2, I have the budget to go for the 2i2 but I would be left with pretty much nothing in my bank lol. Would you think 16-bit is enough to make great sounding covers? I'm planning to do vocals + acoustic guitar/piano covers.
Hi Sanjay, recently I just keep watching the reviews and anything. I found out that behringer UMC202HD it's quite similar to this model. It's hard to make the decision between this two. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you very much.
I have always used really good USB mics for my VO work, but am always criticized for not using xlr mics. I am thinking of switching over and using M-Audio as an interface...but will I have to download a driver??
Nice, will saving for the M-Track Duo! Well, even though I admit the Focusrite solo is better, but the price gap quite large in my country, and since the M-Track Duo can do pretty good job on the thing I do, then why not? and with it I can divide the budget for studio monitor. lol
Hey Sanjay C. Great video. They’re very affordable. Seem like a great value for money. I think better than anything Behringer offers. Question: can you hook up an external hardware synthesizer with the Hi-Z input on an audio interface. Also, where can you get the vocal shield seen in the video? Keep up making these awesome videos and stay safe!! Cheers.
I spent SO much time looking at AIs in the budget price range. For anyone here in the same position (looking for budget gear) almost any of the interfaces out there will most likely do the trick when you start out. Don't stress to much on the variations in sound, as when you are starting out you probably won't notice the difference anyway! Don't spend weeks reviewing the minutiae, just pick one and start making music!
Best advice!! Start making music now!
And btw, Sanjay's videos helped my pick! So thanks, man!
true! thanks
@@bkir1221 Thank you Sir, this is Best Advice right here!
@@BobbyOrding for sure! It’s tough to focus sometimes and get started, but the faster you make stuff the better you get.
What a really well-produced video. No terrible 'quirky personality', just a simple, well-explained review, which is really just what I was after.
I was initially wondering what a big difference the SOLO and DUO had between them, and you showed it easily. I'm now happier in my decision and will purchase the DUO thanks to your delightful manner.
Thank you Sanjay :)
Had the m track solo for ages ,now I've ordered a m track duo , love these interfaces , from what I've felt from using both m-track and focousrite I think the difference in audio quality is very small
Thanks Sanjay, I'm helping a student get started in home recording and this really helped.
M-audio solo is the call. Thanks!
Glad to help. :-)
hello colleague sorry which is better.? M.audio solo М.audio duo ?? which one do you think I should take as a professional, which one will you recommend to me ??
@@ivangeorgiev6446 It depends on how you need to record, if you need to record with wit just one input at a time the solo will do fine.
for example your going to record just a vocal and then just a guitar and so on you don't need the duo. If however you want to record your guitar and voice with separate mics for each, you will need the duo. If you have some stereo effects or amps you want to use while you record, you would ned the duo.
hope that helps
@@howardanderson3061 thank you very much for the information I will record vocals and I have a keyboard board but when you say jokes I write separately thank you
@@ivangeorgiev6446 Hey Ivan, I was not trying to funny but if it was that's OK I guess. Lol
I was really just trying to be helpful because your question was very sincere. Good luck with all of your recordings!
I have a 2I2 3rd generation you're the reason I brought a focusrite interface mate, your the reason half the gear in my studio is in my studio Sanjay
I learned the hard way. Would suggest searching if the audio interface has any common driver issues. The device can be great and ruined by driver issues, so check first before buying.
so in other words the drivers/software are lousy for this aud. interf. product?
which interfaces?
you could just download the drivers lol
@@jacocanete7539 as somebody who's been using the m-track solo for about a year now. the drivers are shit. after downloading the most recent driver update from their website, i swear my audio got WORSE.
Audio comparison
M-Audio : 4:41
Behringer : 4:56
Focusrite : 5:11
6:37 - 6:42 M-AUDIO
6:43 - 6:46 BEHRINGER
6:47 - SCARLETT
Hi Sanjay, thank you for this short, precise and honest review. Your work is highly appreciated. A friend of mine is playing in a band and wanted to use his equipment for some small hobby voice over projects. So he asked me about a low price audio interface. I recommended the Behringer and it is doing...OKish. Good to know that there are some alternatives and competition.
Just bought and installed the M-track Solo, the result is night and day compared to the cheap XLR to 1/8 cable I was using before. It got rid of my volume problem (it was way too low) and got rid of 99.9% of the noise I was getting. Definitely recommended!
Any issues? Someone commented that the recording quality goes down fast .. you still finding it usable?
I feel the Scarlet Solo sounded the best to me. It had more range, and I think it would give more to work with.
It's kind of common sense. It's a top brand and more expensive.
Where i live its more than twice the price
with the right ears and knowledge, those issues could be fix easily with EQ and other FX.
Excellent review Sanjay! The exact one I wanted. I loved the audio quality on the Focusrite and M Audio. The guitar samples sounded much better on the Focusrite. The build quality seems to be better on the M Audio when compared to the Behringer interface. Overall, the M Audio is the best interface at this price range.
They all sound similar with the vocals, but the focus focusrite sounded the best. The m audio interface wasn't that far behind. If I was in the market for a budget audio interface I would get the m track duo since because it has the trs outputs and a separate knob for the headphone volume.
I felt the same way.
@@SanjayC you should make a video on peripherals like USB hubs and power strips and conditioners.
Focuseite designs the sound. ID 4 MKii is even more better.
Your voice is so calm!
@SanjayC inspirata lite is a free convolution reverb plugin available for free till 28th of Feb they are giving away the lite version it wont be available after 28th Feb it is a really versatile reverb you should check that plugin . It emulates real life location. There are tons of spaces including some famous studios .
I loved your reviews of the models, it is just what I need now as I'm looking for budget gear. Thank you for taking the time Sanjay for putting up the tracks to compare and for your comments.
This is the exact video I needed with the m-audio and focusrite comparison. Thanks :)
Thanks for the review Sanjay, I'm gearing towards the M-Audio M-Track Duo since I'm a beginner to music prod.
Good choice!
Been professionally making music for 8 years and decided to get the solo today cant wait to get this out of the box 🙌 i am a hiphop artist so i feel this one is perfect for me sinse i am only using this for audio mostly. Thanks for the review you helped me feel comfortable with my purchase happy new year! Hope you have a blessed year!
I had the Amazon page open already, but your review was so good that I closed it and opened again using your affiliate link. Good job and thanks!
Hieeee Sanjay, I am getting the m-audio interface right now. Thanks for the content.
God bless the work of your hands
Even SSL has gotten into the “low budget” audio interface game. Granted the SSL 2 is $289.99 and the SSL 2+ is $349.99 (both MSRP) but compared to their in-line consoles (which gets into home mortgage territory) and if what you get is from SSL, it’s a bargain.
Eh? "and if what you get from SSL" makes no sense, to me at least.
@@Ndlanding Edited it for clarification (missed a key word when writing it). I was alluding both to their historical high prices (because of quality and they make everything in house) and to their brand quality (they don't give away their name to just anything).
@@DerekPower Cheers!
Really appreciate this! Getting my first electric guitar in a few days and wanted something cheap and simple, but not too cheap or simple. I figured rightly or wrongly that I could provide effects with a PC, initially, rather than an effects pedal. So, yeah, M-Track Solo it is. :)
Im about to do the same. How has the M-Track worked out?
@@coltons_corner Thanks for asking! Long story short, I bought a Vox StompLab 1G multi-effects pedal instead. By the time the guitar arrived, I'd decided portability was more important than recordability to me. FWIW, the 1G has been great. I doubt I'll ever need another pedal.
6:37 M-audio ; 6:47 Focusrite /// Voice : 4:41 M-audio ; 5:11 Focusrite
Great video. I immediately bought M-Audio Duo after watching this. Guess what, it only cost USD$81 which includes shipping to Singapore. Definitely a great buy.👍🏻😄
As Julian Krause pointed in his review of these interfaces, they are marketed as 24 bit, but have 16 bit converters.
This is legal? Products and false information? Can I sell my own brand of these products and put “192khz” on the box?
What a great review, Sanjay C. I love your voice. Waiting for your next song.
sanjay, your singing is excellent. everything. the phrasing, in particular. I'll look out for your music.
Thanks so much
Exactly The video i was looking for ! Thank you so much!
Thank you Sanjay C .Very helpful ,informative, and as usual, reliable, comments .
Not that interested in Audio interfaces while I wait for my studio to get set up. But I watch it just for the music that you make:)
Thanks Andrew! I know I can always get your support
Man you are so underrated! Great content!
OMG luckily I watch this video before buying AI, I suppose to buy a Behringer but I also like the M-track but the most I like is scarlet (I need less budget) now I will choose the M-track because has more recommendation or positive comment. Thanks, Sanjay C.
This foam shell around your vocal mic might be the best idea I have seen in years!
concise and clear, great review, thanks Sanjay!
Thank you Sanjay. Great review. You made my mind up. Just ordered the M-Track. 👍
Just got a M-Audio Duo and I'm very satisfied with the performance. It sounds very good with my microphones
Hey Sanjay! So I recently purchased this interface and I think their WINDOWS 10 driver has a HUGE problem. So for this interface, on the driver control panel, you only have two choices of sample rate which are 44100 and 48000. The driver initially set my sample rate at 48000 and I left it at that. On my first days of purchase, these problems did not show, but later on, after some prolonged use, I noticed that my voice got deeper, and it made some of my recordings sound as if it has the "slow-motion" effect. I changed my settings(sample rate, buffer size, etc.) and specifically put my sample rate to 44100 and the deep+slow motion effect was removed. Later on, I noticed that my voice got lighter and higher-pitched, and made my recordings sound too fast. I already emailed their *terrible* customer support about this and I'm still waiting for a decent reply from them.
edit: I'm still not sure if I got a dud, but when I'm listening to direct monitoring, I noticed that there's nothing wrong with anything that's coming in the interface.
Have you solve that problem? what did the customer told you?
I was about to buy this. what's your thought on that? Thank you.
@@Ben-ll3iy just don't download the drivers
I never had this problem here. I think they fixed it
which interface are you talking about?
Thanks, I waited for this video since they were announced! You are really helping me out
I recently received my M-Track Duo, but unfortunately there are no Avid Pro Tools on the bundle.
I tested the interface with Audacity and it seems to work but there's a problem. The playback of the recorded audio is in different tune or key compare to my guitar. My guitar is tuned in E Standard but the playback of the audio recorded is 2 steps lower. I know that it can be fixed on the audacity but there's a way to solve this problem probably that I won't keep adjusting the pitch every time I record an audio to correct the pitch or tune. I'm suspecting that the problem is in the interface because I also tried to record with bandlab and the results are the same.
thank you for making this!
This the exact compact video with all the required infos and comparison.. I'm a professional guitarist and I'm getting to learn more from your videos to have a detailing on sound... You are awesome😊👏
So glad you found the video useful. Thanks, Desh!
I'm glad they placed the knobs at the top. Makes it easier to adjust.
Also, great review Sanjay.
Yeah I always like that too. Thanks Seonn
the Duo is so much more flexible for PC gamers/streamers, having two inputs (input #1 for mic and #2 as an aux input for your phone) with zero/low latency mono monitoring is huge IMO.
And stereo USB return. It's perfect for streaming and radio works
Love your content so good and clear informative ❤😊. Thank you
I appreciate the pointedness of your video. Your comparrison was nice.
Hey Sanjay, can you please do a review of the Midiplus Studio-M series interfaces? They're around the same pricing as these M-Audio ones, so a comparison video of the two would be really helpful!
Sure I'll look into it
I use the Duo for my output ONLY, and a Focusrite solo for my mic input. Works great.
So I'm planning to get an interface purely for commentary vocals. I didn't plan on actually using these for singing because I can't (I'm working on it though).
I'm really considering this one, for some reason I have more trust in this than the behringers...
Hi, I have a Shure MV7 using usb connection. The microphone was working fine till Shure update the software and reduce the gain. I use the microphone about 15" way which is not the best distance I know but worked for me. I was wondering if the M Track Solo would help me boost the gain enough with XLR input to work at 15" distance.
May be worth giving it a try.
@@SanjayC I order M Track Solo.
While singing and playing guitar at the same time in both the input channels only fist left input is working the second one at the left is not recording the guitar.. why? please let me know I have M-audio - M Track duo ...I have downloaded the driver also.
This is a very helpful review! Thanks so much. I just bought my very won m audio duo and Im about to try it out.
M-Audio M-Track Solo or Behringer UMC22??
M-Track Solo
M-Audio
M-track of course! UMC22 didn't update their drivers
Can i connect my yamaha hs5 with 6.3mm on the m track solo, or are the outputs on the backsite 3.5mm?
Looking for exactly this comparison, thanks for the answers!
It is clear that M-Audio's is best around $50 , great for those who want to kickstart their business.
Yes for sure. Can’t beat this price
Hi Sanjay! I loved the way you explain things! I bought my first mixer/interface. It is a Yamaha AG06 and I having a little kind of robotic sound (due to a small latency) monitoring through Ableton. With 96 of buffer i got 10,1ms of general latency. Sound through direct monitoring is great thought. I dont know if it normal a minimum minimum latency using a buffer 96 using for example a Focuriste or other interface. Have you try the Yamaha AG's series?? I wanted something to play live at home using the incorporated effects, but also as an interface for dry recording. Thanks bro!
Excellent review on audio interfaces!
Great video, to help those who are on a budget, for I’m sold on the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2! Thanks Sanjay!
This was great Sanjay.
Very Informative
Thanks
I use some cheap JBL lsr305 and still can perfectly manage to listen how focusrite sounds just better on the pre-amp job
If I just want an interface just to connect electric guitar to computer, does it really matter? or should I just go with the cheapest one?
helped me a lot ....... love from India brother
Much love to India!
Hello , thanks for this great review I have a question , I play guitar and my little brother plays Bass , if I buy the solo version of M-Track , can we play together the same time ? we use Ableton and Multi effects (vsts . Guitar Rig)
Thanks for all your videos, I really enjoy each video, and I have learn new things about recording equipment and other things. My question is: In this video, the three interfaces have a level of noise when put to the test... is that something normal with interfaces???
Great video as usual Sanjay!! Just curious about one thing though. I guess you were using your strat for the guitar tone test thru the interfaces. I felt the M-Audio and Focusrite interfaces were receiving the guitar signal with an out of phase pickup position (pos 2 or 4) and the Behringer one was receiving the signal with the guitar set at the bridge pickup which aided to the drastic difference in the tone which I felt was there between the Behringer and the other 2 interfaces! Please correct me if I'm mistaken! Thanks for the awesome content, as always!! :)
So the RCA outputs on the M Audio SOLO, can they go into a regular home amp? (or POWERED speakers?).
Great - thanks, and subscribed. Just picked up an M-Audio Duo although initially I am going to try it as a two inputs into one out so that my son can do some light street gigs with a Roland Cube - the cube is flexible with a range of amp models and essential effects including reverb but doesn't include a dedicated microphone input so this is a cheap way to find out if I can set that up for him, using the monitor out from the Duo into the Cube.
The sensitivity inputs available for microphone and guitar sort that aspect out (both different obviously) and the separate gain controls should allow me to balance the two volumes before they reach the Cube which will essentially act as a master volume / reverb / speaker. The point is this will all be portable and potentially run with no AC - the Roland can run off batteries.
We shall see. If not it's back to lugging the Marshall AS50D about - a great two channel amp for acoustic and vocal but heavy :) and needs a power socket from a friendly store. In that case we will use the M-Audio Duo as a portable DAW for recording his own songs and demos into a laptop.
We have a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 currently for the desktop DAW running FW into a refurb MacPro 8 core tower - huge power, more than needed. New SSD for the OS and new fast HDDs for data. Optical Audio. It's audio engineering on a budget but not so long back this was a tidy set up. If it works out we will likely migrate at some point to higher quality desk gear, monitors and software with one of the Apple M1 Max chips on a new Mac Mini at the core - due out this year (2022). Again, huge power beyond the needs of audio editing and the DAW hardware should take the strain of latency for playback to headphones for multichannel recordings - we will be building the tracks up one (real) instrument at a time.
I am looking forwards to working through your videos and insight. Thanks again for the information on M-Audio Duo features.
I want $49 M-Audio to record stereo synth into iPhone and iPad into iOS apps and DAWs. And/or jam with guitar. My decade (decades?) old M-Audio mBox2 died just last year :) Its perfect it is light and plastic to drop into bag and have for laptop on a go as well. Its a blessing is can intake stereo synth in. No need speaker out, just phones. Does M-Audio powers good cans right? less loudness is fine, but does it sound proper when gain is equal to output of good UAD or Audiofuse?
tell me have you had any experience connecting this interface to an iPhone via a camera kit adapter? can these devices interact with the iPhone? Maybe through additional power through the USB hub and power bank
Excellent review and info for these! I’m always making instrumentals, but this year I’m looking to do some vocals with some of my tracks and M-Audio is affordable and gives the best features for under $100. I’m a Native Instruments guy mostly so if possible in the future could you make a video on how to add vocals into Maschine software using a audio interface? As always keep doing what you do and I’ll be purchasing the M-Audio Duo through your Sweetwater link below. Thanks & God bless you! 🙏
Can you use a XLR to jack for the microphone with the m audio solo
Does garage band recognize the USB interface you plug in a guitar via the M-audio unit? I want to plug my guitar into it and then input into GarageBand or Logic Pro. Thanks you in advance.
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I've just got AKG P120 + M-Audio Solo + XLR Male to Female. I've kept the gain knob at 12 clock. Got pretty close to the mic and recorded a LOT of vocals for testing, and ALL of them are sounding EXTREMELY low. Installed the latest driver for M-Audio. Direct headphone check's working properly, but recording my voice is not. Just extremely low audio which I then have to gain +15db in Ableton Live.
You didn't gain anything when you were showing the samples. You were farther away from the mic than I was. Yet the samples were adequately loud. How is this possible?I'm beyond confused right now. Didn't sleep the whole night.
Does this m audio m track solo has preamp ? Or air mode like focusrite scarlet solo 3rd gen?
your studio looks so great, were can i hear your music?
I added some links to the description of my videos or you can visit my soundcloud soundcloud.com/sanjayc
This is perfect I'm looking for a cheap interface for streaming when gaming just bought one 👍
I need a little help. I have 2 mics but i cant get the 2nd one to show up on my interface, or computer in general. Does anyone know how to get both mics to work at the same time? Thank you
Hello, Sir thank you for this video however I just recently bought one last week however I can't seem to figure it out on how to use for a live podcast? Hopefully this message get seen. Thanks again
Thank you Sanjay for extremely valuable information. My need is to be able to feed a condenser mic with XLS input and an external device feed like iPad, Tablets or mobile phones using 3.5mm or RCA. Does this device support such? Is there any other pre-amp equipment do you recommend? Thank you in advance.
That focusrite sounded so clear and crisp but I like a little mud in my recording
Very good presentation, already subscribed.
Thank you for another great review. May I ask what that foam mic accessory is? It's not listed in your gear list.
Sanjay, I saw your 7 best interfaces for 100$, but what i'm wondering is if you have a 1ST best interface, for under 300$. Would it be the MOTU M2, The SSL or SSL 2+, The Audient ID4 MKII, or another? Do you have a clear winner?
One of the best review...🔥🔥🔥
Ok I just ordered the solo m track interface and i know I can use it for a guitar recording but what about in my old yamaha m-e 50 keyboard can i use it there as well
Can I use the duo to context a mic and a keyboard, connect to my laptop and go ahead a stream on zoom right away after selecting audio options on zoom for the usb selection, without using the software. And if I can will the sound come out mono and will have to use the software to equalize? Or will a mixer be better?
4:40 por qué se escucha ese horrible ruido de fondo? Algo está mal echo en esa grabación
Is the M audio interface works with piano keyboards 🎹 such as casio CT s1 ?
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I have the BOSS RC-600 looper and I also use it as an Audio Interface, but since I never used other ones I couldn't say if it in comparison is any good.
Could you be interested in doing such a comparison?
for a guitarist would you buy m-audio or cuvave cube baby which also acts as an audio interface
Im probably getting the m audio interface and a LD microphone to start with vocals, hope this will be enough for the beginning
How to connect the 'Solo version' of this interface with Yamaha HS8? It has only got RCA outputs, whereas the HS8 accepts only TRS/XLR.
*Great post* for a Pc what would be your best suggestion for a mixing and recording program? Thank you
Just a simple question. What kind of external device do i need to plug in into my AKAI PROFESSIONAL MPK mini plus to get the sound out without using a computer/ software?
In something if we agree, it is the best review of audio interfaces
After watching this video I'm struggling to pick one between M-Audio Solo and Scarlett 2i2, I have the budget to go for the 2i2 but I would be left with pretty much nothing in my bank lol. Would you think 16-bit is enough to make great sounding covers? I'm planning to do vocals + acoustic guitar/piano covers.
Hi Sanjay, recently I just keep watching the reviews and anything. I found out that behringer UMC202HD it's quite similar to this model. It's hard to make the decision between this two. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you very much.
Thanks Sanjay - really helpful.... M-Audio it is for me!!
I have always used really good USB mics for my VO work, but am always criticized for not using xlr mics. I am thinking of switching over and using M-Audio as an interface...but will I have to download a driver??
Nice, will saving for the M-Track Duo! Well, even though I admit the Focusrite solo is better, but the price gap quite large in my country, and since the M-Track Duo can do pretty good job on the thing I do, then why not? and with it I can divide the budget for studio monitor. lol
Hey Sanjay C. Great video. They’re very affordable. Seem like a great value for money. I think better than anything Behringer offers. Question: can you hook up an external hardware synthesizer with the Hi-Z input on an audio interface. Also, where can you get the vocal shield seen in the video? Keep up making these awesome videos and stay safe!! Cheers.