Thanks Matt! :)

Thank you so much!! 🧡

Thanks so much Matt! :)

Thank you so much! :D

Thanks so much Chris! :)

Thanks Daniel! :)

Thanks Lain! :)

I look forward to hearing how you find it in your workflow. It’s so useful. 👌🏽

Thank you my man! :) it’s a wicked unit for sure. 👌🏽

Thanks Evie! :) working on it!

Thanks Jason! :) it’s a great unit for sure. Crazy what’s available at this price these days.

Thank you Gabriel! :) it’s a great unit for sure! 👌🏽

Congratulations on you purchase! :)

Thank you so much! :)

Thank you so much! :)

Thank you so much Tutubos! :)

You’ve made a solid choice Toni! Hope you enjoy the unit when it arrives. :)

Will called me just the other day to tell me mine is on the way!🤘

Thank you so much! :)

Thank you so much George! :)

Thanks very much for the kind words. :)

Thank you so much Elijah. :)

Thank you so much Dimitar. :D

Thanks! :)

Busy working on the video for it today actually! :)

Thank you so much!

Ahh! That’s a great gift to yourself on your birthday. Enjoy it!

Working on it! :)

Thank you so much! :D

Hey Nkozi! It’s a super handy box for sure. I think the twins have an ADAT in don’t they? So you could get an ADAT set of pre’s for more inputs on your Apollo if you wan to still use unison.

Thanks so much Joe! :) I’ll see what I can do for the iD44 MKii. When you say AB review, is that for the Audient against something else?

@@alecbrits AB for “Alec Brits”!

@@joemirus8006 ahh sure! :D

It’s so solid! :) both the JZ and the Audient.

Pardon my ignorance... xD?

It’s not a paid partnership. :) thanks for the feedback Willis.

@@alecbrits thanks for the reply, I’m really looking into buying one but couldn’t tell if it was just so good no one had any negatives about it or if it was too good to be true. Is the latency good on the Evo 16? Thanks.

I would say the noise did not get in the way of what I was recording, it’s of course not as clean as some of the higher end interfaces I have tested, however if you like what you are hearing in the review, then it may be close to what you are looking for :)

@@alecbrits Thanks for the reply, mate! I appreciate it :)

Thank you Massimo! :) that does sound like a cool video, I just gotta figure out the best way to be able to properly compare them.

Hey Helman! :) that sounds like a SUPER dreamy review session. I’m so curious about the Coil audio stuff.

Really enjoying the JZ so far, I’ve been putting it through its paces over the last couple weeks. In my review video I’ll be sure to get a couple comparisons to the 67 re-issue and see the differences. I’m a big fan of the EVO, it’s a great value proposition with the ability to have a full blown setup at a really low price.

Thanks Stephen! :) an album is in the works, just gotta find the time to make it. Agreed!

Thanks for the feedback! :) I’ll hopefully be doing more budget friendly stuff in the future too. I really enjoy recording with these bits of kit, because it shows that you can get solid sounding material with just about anything. Most of the sound of a recording comes from arrangement and melody. :) your setup sounds really solid. 👌🏽

Thanks Ben! It’s coming! Just been snowed under with production work currently. :)

Thanks so much Blake! I have not tried the Beyer DT1990s yet. The Neumanns are easy to work on, but I’m still learning how to mix on them! :) the EVO 16 video was done on them. I don’t have enough time on them yet to give you any solid feedback.

That’s a lovely combo! :)

Thanks so much James!! :D

It’s a great unit! :) I’m sure there are a couple units with midi ports that will line up with your use case.

No MIDI ports on any Audient interface. Their loss. Would sell more units if it was included. Still important to many in the studio environment.

@@rjb7569 I really agree, I wouldn't have purchased it if I had known it didn't have MIDI and would have ended up with a Scarlett instead. I actually just assumed it would have MIDI given it's size. However the software is the best I've ever used and Smart Gain really is no gimmick, it's fantastic especially for full band scenarios, but I've found that over the last 6 months I miss physical knobs, as the input gains occasionally and unpredictably reset to 0db and the output does every time the unit is powered off. Not a big deal at all, just a minor inconvenience. Like all things, it can't be perfect.

Thanks Damion, Depends on what you are recording really, if it’s delicate sources you might find the gain a little limiting, but in my tests I was pretty happy with how the pre’s performed. If you check out the the EVO 4 review I used a very different set of mics with the same ore’s. :)

The conversation feels really solid, I work on an Apollo X16 every day here. I was not missing them during the tracking of this video at all. I think the biggest difference is pre-amp head room with regards to the Apollo’s, as well as the headphone amps in the Apollo’s have a little more juice on them. It is hard to compare given the massive price difference between the units. :)

Think that is possible to do, it would likely take a really long time. There are other factors, like conversion to take into account. I think what I have learnt through doing these reviews is that great gear does always help, but it does not come near good performance and arrangement. That always wins. I’ve recorded with so many artists who come in with a garage band track recorded in their kitchen that has more vibe and performance than what we try to re-create here with all of the great equipment. (That was very humbling moment when I realised an SM57 into a Focusrite interface was a better fit than my U67/1073/1176/LA2A chain.) Shootouts are fun, but arrangement and practise are likely bigger things to focus on from my side. :) Hope that makes sense!

@@alecbrits It makes total sense, and I can see that this probably takes more time than it may be worth. I have seen a lot of comparison type video, but noe one really doing this where they show differences in a final mix, only soloed instruments. Differences are often smaller and more subtle than one might think. Makes me wonder if you can even tell in a final mix. Thanks though for your thought out answer. 👍🏻

Thanks Abr! :) I’m not too sure about whether or not the line inputs bypass the pre’s.

The pres are not bypassed.

@@rjb7569 Damn iD44 it is lol

I have not used the Arturia hardware before, so I can’t really say how they would compare. :)

It can accept line level inputs. It may be best to shoot EVO an email and ask if the pre’s are bypassed during line level use. :)

@@alecbrits I ended up going with a Clarett+, but thank you for your response!

I explained why later in the video. :)

@@alecbrits I got to that part and I still felt the burn haha. I'm not completely sure why, but it end up feeling like it dwarfs the reasons for buying a budget interface, or a certain irrelevancy in terms of listening environment or capture quality for people who are shopping for a $500 interface. Maybe it's that for someone who does have that kind of mic cabinet, your problems of tracking are going to be very different than what a $500 interface has to offer, beyond preamp quality. It's just a real psychological mismatch. Are you going to keep and use the Audient Evo 16?

@@LightWthoutTheStatic I totally understand. That’s why I linked Warrens video too. Yes, I will be keeping it indeed. Will be my mobile workhorse. :)

Thanks Toy! :) I’m a big fan of the Austrian Audio mics. A pair of them or a pair of TLM 107’s would always be a big win.

It is indeed! :) really enjoying using it currently. Sure, I’ll do a video on it in both a voice over and musical sense. :)

@@alecbrits That Would be so epic :) Thank you!

They have just released a new unit that does this perfectly. :)

Yes. The XLR inputs all have 48v phantom power. :)

@@alecbrits Thanks Alec. When I run a condenser mic through an XLR on pres 1 & 2, I get some bad high frequency feedback. Am I doing something wrong?

@@Stephen-vvsnot too sure! Might be worth reaching out to EVO and asking their customer support.

If it’s possible, I’d recommend getting the EVO 16 before selling the carbon. Then you can see how you feel about the two converters back to back. :)

@@alecbrits EVO has been ordered. Part of my decision is needing the additional funds for more microphones now that I'm starting to record drums. I have 2x Apogee Rosetta 800's as my other 16 channels of conversion, so the switch to the EVO will only affect 1/3 of my channels. This is a hobby for me, so I have to make some compromises here and there. I expect the biggest drop off in sound quality to be with the D/A for monitoring. My long-term plan is to get a Trinnov ST-2 Pro to handle room correction and monitoring conversion.

I’ve not used the Midas yet! :) so I can’t give you an honest answer there.

Hey Oscar! :) the EVO 16 has 8 channels, that’s more than enough to track drums.

@@alecbrits Thanks! :)

Yup! Could have been more clear there. Thanks for the feedback. :)

I believe so, but if you need more clarification, check the manual or contact the manufacturer. Hope this helps!

I think it’s really solid. Really quite good when the price is taken into account. :)

I’m not too sure, might be best emailing their customer support and asking. :)

You can’t run two of them together, a dedicated 8 channel mic pre with ADAT is the best way to go. :)

Thanks Asraf! :) I’m not too sure about the exact latency specs. But running at 96khz 64 buffer size, I had no issues with latency at all. :)

@@alecbrits thankyou very much

These are fully independent. :)

I’m not too sure, might be worth reaching out to the EVO team, or checking the Manual.

@@alecbrits thanks for your response. I couldn't find anything in the literature but asking them is a good idea. :)

Thanks for the feedback midi man! :) Hopefully the good folks at EVO will be able to answer your specific questions for your workflow.

@@alecbrits Actually no company I have found out will give you latency results including EVO. They will say you results will vary. That is the whole point of me asking you. I think EVO to me at a least should have done like MOTU and added thunderbolt to the unit along with USB. It would have only added $100 or so to the unit and I know the latency would be very low with thunderbolt. So in the beginning of this video you state EVO has no control over your content yet you can not answer a latency question? Sound like your videos are not free to give your honest opinion to me. Now a few years back I had tested a USB 2 versus my current fire wire inter phase and the USB was worse in latency than my old unit. So again I will ask can you post your latency results or see if EVO will let you? I am looking for a new inter-phase and looking at the Presonus 2626 versus this EVO. The youtube reviews are stating the Presonus 2626 has extremely low latency less than .5 round trip at 192.

I did not run into problems, but that depends on the plugins. :)

I believe different pre’s and conversion style. :) might be worth reaching out to EVO and asking them.

I don’t think it does. :)

I know they have slightly different mic pre’s, but I have not spent time with the iD44 yet. :)

There will be a change in tone for sure, if you have the chance to get one to test, I would recommend that. Change is not always better. :)

Thank you so much! :) it’s a great unit for sure!

Hey Robert, it’s not on this unit. :) but thankfully there some really good standalone midi/usb boxes out there for people who need the midi in/out

@@alecbrits and standalone preamps, and standalone mic amps and standalone eqs and standalone mixers and ... ;)

I’m not to sure! Might be worth sending EVO an email to check. :)

@@alecbrits Thanks, yeah it looks about the same size as your macbook.

@@spacedaddy5517 it’s almost exactly the same width, maybe 50mm tall. :)

Its 14 inches wide

Haha, they have different teams on each brand. But the overall company is Audient.

Thanks for the windows insight!

Thankfully there are some options to explore. :)

Good to know! :) thanks for the update.