Interesting side note: You can use the Volt 276 as a standalone unit. With the provided 5V DC to USB cable you can power the interface from a USB power source without the need to connect it to PC. The direct monitoring works just fine and you can also apply the vintage and compression effect.

“We all know why you’re here!” No, you don’t. I am here because you inspire me. Because you are not just some vlogger that reads out loud some text found in the user manual. Because… I stop here. The other regulars know why we’re here. Cheers Herr Krause!

Wow, this must have been one of the best audio related tech reviews I’ve ever seen. Big respect and thank you!

Absolutely the BEST tech review in the Tube. So many facts and figures that let you understand what's in the box and precious suggestions about how to spend money (is worth or not?) on these lovely equipments. Tanx so much Julian, you are a Pro!

Fantastic video! It's great to see everything expressed in such an objective and clear way. Thank you and congratulations!

You do the best reviews. Great video and extremely informative!

Thumbs up for the great review, as always, AND for the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy reference!

audio interfaces used to be such a niche and unnecessary hard topic to understand.... until i discovered Julian. then all the numbers and specs that companies don't bother to explain in a friendly manner, opting for more complex terms and a purely aesthetic video presentations, started to make sense. i can def say that in my +15 years buying and using interfaces now i can absolutely chose my next product with ease! thanks for that Julian !

Incredible tech review! Clear and deep. Thank you!

Julian, I have come to your channel for audio interface reviews for several years now. One of the things I focus on are those pesky noise floors. You nail it by going in to the weeds on details. Based on you reviews, a while ago I bought the SSL 2. It has certainly met my needs. So, it was time for me to say "thanks" by becoming a patron. Keep up the great work, because I'm sure I'll want to move on to a new interface at some point. It's the nature of working with audio.

How have I never seen your channel!? Love it!

Man, your videos are helping a LOT, there are just so many reviews out there, but didn't find any that gave that much OBJETIVE DATA. So grateful to be able to watch you, keep the good work, you are top notch :))

Brilliant. Your work is impeccable as always.

your reviews are just amazing! thanks!

So clear and to the point, after watching over a dozen reviews on this product yours is the gold standard. Thank you!

Thank you, Julian, for another excellent review! Free of hype, and filled with facts. Your reviews are the most useful I’ve found!

Great review as always. I personally like the simplicity of the compressor having three settings. Fewer things to tweak and fiddle with.

Fantastic review as always - I love this channel. Thanks for the video.

Dude! Epic text during the test!

absolutely fantastic job as always! Thank you for putting these video together. an an engineer who plays with music production at home I really like getting the specs like this with a deeper understanding of how things work! and this is great, well done. I bought one of these that I use mainly for my acoustic guitar that I mic. sometimes I will also use the line in. I like the comp and coloration there for that purpose. It makes the act of recording while monitoring in real time a little bit better for me. I know there are more capable comps in my DAW but I like this for the playability and ease of recording. Its a little more musical to work with that way. Thanks again, fantastic job! I took screen shots of all the graphs and will reference them from time to time!

perfect review thanks julian

Thanks Julian. I am a newb, so I purchased the Native Instruments Komplete Audio 1 for use at Apple Music playing & for Garage Band lessons as I attempt to learn acoustic guitar. It's working well for both, and as you said it's plastic but very well built. I'm totally satisfied and 'enjoy it's desktop presence next to the Mac Mini. All of your reviews have been fascinating, and your bits of humor are always fun, thanks again...j

Hey dude, you're much more advanced then what I require, but I still really enjoy your videos.

You got my follow sir. thanks for actually useful information and analytical approach. reminds me of reading Paul White in SOS in my youth.

Thank you so much for your great work 🙃🤟❤️

awesome review!!!

@6:13 I've been trying to find these comparisons, so definitely keeping an eye out for the vid

excellent review!!!

Good stuff as always.

As always, great benchmark review. Thanks for your work. Danke!

Julian, thank you for the review. I've just bought the UA Volt 267 from a local shop and I was surprised to see that I know more about the interfaces he sold than he did because I watched your reviews :-) You're doing an awesome job, keep going! There are two things I'd like to add to the hardware overview part: 1. The top part is not flat and the area with the levels is slightly angled so you can easily see the levels even if you're not looking at the interface from the top. 2. If the interface is slightly in front, the gain knobs cover completely the "vintage" button, so you can't see if the "vintage" mode was activated or not Otherwise, this interface ticks all the boxes for me: very good headphone amp, great design (it's going to be on my desk all day long so I'd rather have something pretty) and microphone amps way better than what I'd normally need (video calls, maybe a podcast). I only wish the inputs were in the back instead of the MIDI connectors, but...

Finally 😭 Julian you are the man!

This was really informative. I was looking at this as a secondary mobile interface to my Apollo. I think I may just go with the 176/276. The plug-in bundle is not impressive but I can just use my UAD plugs in post. But the info on dynamic range being dropped while the 76 comp is engaged was key. Thanks!

The wooden side panels reminds me 1980/90s high end /ES series consumer hifi products. Thank you for the very informative review.

The trouble with these reviews is that they’re so detailed and helpful that it becomes impossible to purchase an interface without knowing what Julian thinks about it first! ;) I’m torn between the Arturia Audiofuse Rev 2 and the Focusrite Clarett+...I live in a constant state of paralysis until he tells me what to buy!

Nice review. It would be nice to hear a/b test audio samples as with noise floor comparison on different units 👍

explaining done right ! thank U!

Great review as always! Could you review the new Focusrite Clarett+ line? Apparently they've upgraded the headphone output and I'd love to see your tests run on their new hardware!

this is why this channel is so important

Great review, very pro, thanks!

My favourite tech vlogger!

Great and valuable review.., thank you!!👍👌

Omfg waited sooooo long for this!

Great video! I'd like to learn more about some of the Instruments you use to take measurements. Perhaps a future lab tour video.

Great video overall. You stuff so much information into it, that I need to focus on your videos really hard, to not miss any details. I love it! One little thing challenged me this time: I noticed, you said, it has a dynamic range of 118.8db(A). With that kind of dynamic range, it should be sitting within the top 3 of the chart, challenging the Clarret 2PRE and Ultralite Mk5. But on the chart the VOLT 2 and 276 sit at the same spot, well below 115. Is the chart faulty, or is it more like 111.8dB(A) of dynamic range?

Amazing video👏👏👏

Awesome review as always Julian. Can you please do a Apollo Solo review???

amazing review, very detailed and end user driven. Thanks for your time mate! Ok, one question, does they work well as a live session performance?

Julian. My go to guy. Thank you.

Great review. Unfortunately we in Australia are still waiting for our orders made in Oct to be fulfilled. Can’t wait to get one.

I loved your explanation on how the compression worked, so easy to follow! I would love if you could do something similar to the Roland Rubix line with its compressor and limiter, as Its interesting how it can be adjusted but there is nothing about exactly what it does :c. Great Video by the way, you are my one trusted source of audio information!

Thanks for another great review, Julian. Are you planning to do a review of the RME Babyface Pro FS in the near future?

The compressor and limiter features are very useful to get 'consistant audio level during live' streaming.

Lieber Julian, vielen dank für diese tolle reviews. Ganz grosse klasse. Ich bin seit länger eine treue RME nutzer, wäre toll zu sehen wie du die aktuelle generation von Soundkarten findest.

Thank you for this super informative video as always Julian! Can you please review the Focusrite Clarett+ line next?? :)))))

Not enough connectivity for me. But... another excellent tech overview from Julian. And the freakin' elephant in the room made me chuckle.

Great video

Hey Julian- amazing video. One other video mentioned noise via the headphone amp, did you notice that?

Great, pragmatic video - thank you 🙏 I was wondering who you reminded me of. Answer: Paul Muad'dib as played by Kyle MacLachlan

That's a really nice sweater

I watched a few of your videos about sound cards and it made my decision easier. Unfortunately, most of the videos either excessively praise or criticize the product, but you can be said to work completely objectively and with realistic arguments. Thanks and keep up the good work.

I got this one, because the compression is great! Going to save me time in post production. Even if they are fixed, it's still very convenient

Happy to be subscribed, Julian. Hope you'll be able to look at the PreSonus Revelator soon.

That was a really great review and input! Do you think the recording quality is better than komplete audio? Also, do you think the inbuilt compressor could be used for mastering or is it better just to get a cheap behringer one for that purpose?

13:31, I don't think I've ever seen that much expression on your face. Your comedy is getting better every video!

Hey Julian ! First of all I really appreciate your reviews and can't believe how in depth they are. My question is how compatible are the MiniFuse1 with pair of Sennheiser HD 280 Pro (64 Ω). If not what would you recommend around same price ($100).

Hello Jullian, I like your work. Especially collecting the data regarding dynamic range + noise flor for preamps. I wonder though why there is no yet one of the famous ZOOMs tools (h6/h8/p4/p8) - which can serve as audio interface. How are they comparable to the others regarding dynamic ranges and preamps. Are they so weak you are not taking them into account or just they are not falling into that standard Audio Interface category? Thanks in advance for answering :) My congratulations on such a detailed work on audio and sharing it online!

Hey my friend Julian! What a great channel you got in here! You mentioned that this ad/da converter is little bit old... What would you say compared to the Audient id14 MK2 's converter? It would have a better converter? And for in line guitar plugged in which one would have the best pre amp? Thanks for all you work! ❤

So glad I found this channel 👍👍

Damn I use a presonus audio box 96 too luckily upgrading after watching these videos

Dear Julian, I am an avid viewer of your channel as I find your reviews trustworthy. I was searching around but saw you have no videos of RME products. I am planning to buy a babyface pro fs soon and your thoughts on this would mean a lot since it's a big purchase for me. Even if you don't make a video a simple comment on what you think about it would help me a lot. Much Love, Internet Guy Who Loves Your Reviews.

Thanks for the video. As usual, great review. Hey Julian. I had a thought. It would be interesting if you could gather up some old studio grade Audio interfaces of 10 to 13 years old. To see how they differ compared to today's standards? 🤔

Great review Julian. Quick question though. When I am recording my vocals / guitar DI i have a separate channel in my DAW which i use for monitoring fx - compression / delay / reverb / amp sims etc. Would having a "pre-print" compressor have any potential benefit in my case? Personally i think it would be rather limiting (no pun intended). Thoughts?

Amazing review as always Julian. Any chance you can review the Roland Rubix24? That one also has a built-in compressor/limiter.

Thanks for the great review! Would you recommend this over the Audient EVO4? The primary use would be mobile recording of vocals with an iPad Pro.

As always, Julian - I really appreciate you video - the depth of knowledge and insight and clarity you provide is amazing. I've got an Motu M2 and am very happy happy with it. but I get very animated and can have wild volume bursts. I'm a solo streamer and run a daily zoom call with live audinece streamed out to YT and FB. The only thing the M2 is lacking is Compressor. I tried the Tascam Mixcast but too much feedback off my speaker and I wont go to Headphones. So that leaves me with a DBX 286 into the M2 or perhaps this 276. What do you think? Volt or DBX or ???? I'd really appreciate your insight Vilen Dank

Hi, would be nice to see Universal Audio Apollo in your rewiev, if you'd like to of course. Thanks for quality content! Hope I finally chose something :)

Basically just get the Arturia minifuse 1 or 2 , it has the same chip and costs a lot less, the vintage thing can be done with EQ and the compression creates noise! I would use the money I save buying an arturia to put it toward an actual compressor that might do a better job. I am pretty disappointed.

thank you

Really nice post. For many potential users, it might also be important to know that you have to store your personal data with UA for commissioning on the computer. The Volt 276 can only be commissioned online (analogue use is of course possible). Simply downloading and installing Asio drivers is not possible without UA Connect and offline. An important decision-making aid for many users.

Danke für den Einblick in das UA interface! Sehr geil gemacht! Welche Lautsprecher stehen da hinter dir :-D ?

You are by far the best audio interface reviewer in the world for my money. To be fair though 6:39 distorted guitar is already compressed so demo'ing a compressor using this instrument choice isn't an accurate barometer of its capabilities. Clean guitar played with varying dynamics would have been preferable.

Is it just me or was it a nail biter to see the charts which compare the pre amp noise and dynamic range and see the ID4 mk 2 win in both categories :D

I bought Volt 276.. my experience with this audio interface is very good. There's no latency when playing vst plug-ins through ipad pro connected to a midi keyboard. Audio quality is excellent 👌 .I had a focusrite 2i2 2nd generation. I cannot compare. Because the difference is too big. UA has launched a very good product.

Most audio gear reviews on KZfaq are highly subjective and often don't really show anything.. You are the only one who do this right! Thanks for your hard work with all measurements, not just blah blah blah into a random mic with random settings) Happy new year!

Great review. What do you think about the volt 4? Does this review apply also to that and the 476 audio interfaces?

Danke!

Hey Julian, sehr informative Videos zu den Audiointerfaces! Stehe gerade vor der Entscheidung das Volt 276 oder Motu M2 zu nehmen. Einsatz: Podcast/Streaming mit Presonus PD70 (mit Fetamp), Gitarrenamp Abnahme (SM57) und Direct Instrument Input für Neural DSP Software. Headphones sollen ebenfalls Standardmäßig (auch mal für Spotify etc) ohne zusätzlichen Headphone Amp betrieben werden. Welches Interface eignet sich deiner Meinung nach besser? Vielen Dank im Voraus, würde mir sehr helfen!

When should we expect the video comparing the “vintage mode” with focusrite’s “air mode”? Great in depth coverage!

Hi, how are you? I hope everything goes well. Your tutorial on this interface has helped me a lot. My question is, I am looking for a card to record trap / rap voices with a very good quality and that has a low latency. Which one would you recommend me? So I also mix and produce instrumentals. Thanks a greeting.

Thank you so much! I am torn between the Audient ID14 MkII and the Volt 4. I can get them for around the same price. Sounds like the ID14 is slightly higher performace so I'm leaning that way. I understand you may not want to comment but if you did, that'd be great! Thanks for all the great in depth reviews over the years!

Great review, Julian. Which headphones do you think will work best with this interface? 80 or 250ohms Beyers DT 770 Pro? Thanks again for your extremely detailed review.

After watching a few of these JK reviews on interfaces. It seems like Motu M2 is the king in the budget range and also is able to challenge expensive ones like clarett audient etc.

Thanks, Julian! Great and thorough review! I'm still waiting on the Volt 476 which I have ordered. I wonder if it has any differing results as compared to the 276? Salutations from astonishingly sunny, cold and still sorta weirdly not back to normal Ireland! ☘️☮️🤘🏽🤠👍🏽☮️☘️

This is true. I use an hd600 and he 560v4. On the hd600 it isn't as noticable, but as the he560 was planar, the headphone imbalance was very pronounced. My left earcup was louder than my right earcup

I have one of these on the way but what other interface would you recommend that checks the following: Above average DAC built in (good enough for my topping A90) Ultra low latency 24 bit-192khz capabikity 2 xlr/1/4” jacks (mic/guitar) L/R TRS speaker out (TRS->XLR to my A90) Love your content!

nice video..do you have review MoTu M4 ??

Thanks for such scrupulous review. I think it will save a lot of money for many of us :)

I noticed the sharp increase in signal when the compressor was engaged as well.

I'd be curious to see how the new Focusrite Clarett PLUS 2Pre performs. It has new ADC/DAC chips, so it is a slightly different design.