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The Best Audio Interface of 2022? | Audient iD44 MKII - In Depth Walkthrough

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The Best Audio Interface in 2022? | Audient iD44 MKII - In Depth Walkthrough
The Audient iD series of interfaces have been a favorite of many engineers working out of home studios, and now Audient has made them even better!
With loads of upgrades and capabilities, it just might be time for you to make the switch!
If you’re in the market for a new interface, be sure to check out this video. I’ll go through all the features and improvements and give you a detailed overview of the iD44 mk2 interface.
What do you think?
Are you going to snag one of these for your studio?
Let me know in the comments!
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:20 Build quality
1:30 Controls
2:00 Preamp info
3:55 Back panel \ I/O
7:35 Front panel
7:55 New Features
8:35 Loopback feature explained
9:09 Converter upgrade
9:51 Live instrument examples
11:04 iD Mixer software overview
12:24 Setting cue mixes
12:44 Routing options
17:24 Routing buttons on interface (talkback)
18:54 Controlling plugins with the iD controller wheel
19:29 Conclusion
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@lylaznboi01 2 жыл бұрын

I own the original iD44. From the specs I've seen, not much has changed. I'm sure the extra headroom on the preamps are nice and having the loopback feature is cool. Besides that, nothing much has changed.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@sikwitit773 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but it drops the original id44 to $499 which great for a broke nuggah like me 😂

@hearmenow909 Жыл бұрын

They've improved the converters on the Mk2, so there is a nice improvement.

@siriusfun Жыл бұрын

Better specs on conversion, as well. Every little bit helps.

@tobiasjone Жыл бұрын

@@hearmenow909 I recently compared the ID14 to my Prism Lyra feeding the same outboard chain. Performed far, far closer than you would expect! I prefer the conversion to my Lavry DA10 Lynx Two and RME Fireface UC. The only thing is… it’s probably probably not going to last as long as the products above. But for sonics / cost… it has to be the best deal out there at the moment. They also answer the phone and help you with questions! Crazy

@Sumbibebe 7 ай бұрын

Got the ID44 MK2 in August of 2022 but only started using it today, Jan, 2024 and your video really helped me understand the software use for everything. Thank you, Sumbi

@therecordfable Жыл бұрын

Bought the id44 MK2. Used Scarlett interfaces in the past. The id44 is stellar. Dead silent noise floor compared to Focusrite. Gone are the pops and clicks that came with Focusrite. Even with my beefy system I could never achieve low latency without the pops and clicks. With the id44 at 32 samples and 96khz it's night and day. Thoroughly impressed. I'm not bashing Focusrite. They're okay. I think its an issue with their drivers. BSOD and stability issues are frustrating. Thank you for the video!

@kmalls8041 4 ай бұрын

I'm trying to figure out how to hookup my mpc key 37 to it?

@Indianabones007 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Chris, I have the id14, recommended and reviewed by yourself, very happy with it, amazing quality, sound and build :)

@Thomas0661 2 жыл бұрын

I have the ID14 MKii, combined with the RME Octamic Pre amp(over ADAT) this gear, is hands Down the best thing I have ever touched, used and owned… I L O V E I T

@elieh.studio Жыл бұрын

How's your experience with it so far? I am considering buying one but I see issues like unit failing after a year, or having to turn up volume everytime you boot up your PC

@PoundSound 2 жыл бұрын

Beard's looking majestic. Great video, nailed it.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Lol! Thanksm brither!

@austinbridge 2 жыл бұрын

I have an iD14 MKII! Absolutely love it. If I had a larger recording space, I'd would upgrade to the iD44 MKII for the additional input expansion.

@hearmenow909 Жыл бұрын

Are you recording in a shoebox??! :D

@elieh.studio Жыл бұрын

How's your experience so far? I am considering one but I see issues like unit failing after a year, or having to turn up volume everytime you boot up your PC

@austinbridge Жыл бұрын

@@elieh.studio I have loved mine. Audient has arguably the best "clean" mice pres and JFET DIs on the market. Solid unit. Fantastic UI.

@chickenmuffin 8 ай бұрын

I think it's worth it just for the sig/peak meters.

@manuelsirotti9340 9 ай бұрын

I think Audient are Really Great. I have the 14 mkII, I have I only have noticed that it boosts the highs a little, compared to Rme, have you noticed too? Thank you

@thomasschwarz1973 Жыл бұрын

Boy that music sounded really good. You have a clean soul brother.

@billwarner213 Жыл бұрын

AWESOME video! I've been using this interface for a couple of months now and it really is a great piece of gear! THANKS for the oustanding overview!

@supa-hero7184 2 жыл бұрын

Very warm and full sound.

@Kingchord2000 2 жыл бұрын

Chris you are one hell of a drummer!!👏👏👏👍👍 Sound really good! Awesome drum chops!!👏👏👏

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Lyndon :-)

@Ahmikariane 2 жыл бұрын

It's all about music Sir! Love the music on your recording demo. Live it! 😉 Hi five gentleman!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly, my friend :-)

@tonischjelderup8708 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I just bought the new Audient ID44 MK2. I also bought the WA-2MPX Dual Channel Preamp and the compressor Klark Teknik 2A-KT and Adam Audio 7TV Active Studio Monitors. And the microphone Neumann U87. I get sound with the monitors but yet to get any sound with my Neumann Mic. Any suggestion? I connected Mic INN to Preamp, OUT from Preamp INN to Compressor and OUT from compressor in to the sound interface.

@mammifero Жыл бұрын

Dear Selim, one question: the difference between the iD44 and iD14 (mkII) are only in the number of in/out ? GREAT VIDEO !!!

@giuseppeferrara6384 24 күн бұрын

Hi ! What do you recommend for rock music, The iD44 or the SSL 12 ? :)

@laserjakk3629 11 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, 1 question: Audient ID44 mkII or Motu Ultralite Mk5?

@nereo_paulus Жыл бұрын

Very good video! Currently I have an Allen & Heath Zed 428 mixer and a Motu 828mk3 audio interface and the truth is that I use at most 3 channels simultaneously and it really takes up a lot of space. I'm thinking of changing all my equipment for the Audient id44... my only doubt is if I'm going to get audio of the same quality. - how good is the sound quality of the audient id44? Thanks for sharing

@shadowtrace 10 ай бұрын

hello!!! How to set up talkback with cubase ???

@chrisbogart687 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction. I see you are still using your Roswell Mic - I got the mini K87 and Wow! what an improvement. Now - that pushed me to upgrade the audio interface - was not happy with my old ones. I really did not need the capabilities of Audient ID44 MKII - primarily used for my voiceovers and Presentation videos - but I wanted the quality of those preamps and the quality of sound. I just got a good open box deal on the ID4 MKII that the Roswell Mini K87 will feed. So keep the good stuff coming.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, on this video, I used the Roswell Mini K67x. Love Roswell Mics. Good choice with the ID4 MKII, looks perfect for your setup :-)

@chrisbogart687 2 жыл бұрын

@@mixdownonline Yes - you definitely eliminate any possibility of noise with them. They complement each other nicely. With the old Shure - you had to crank it up on the preamp and play with the noise. Not now. :) Just a nice clean sound - then you can do whatever you want with it in post.

@nekistayfruity 2 жыл бұрын

In my main studio i use a RME Fireface UFX 2 but for my homestudio setup i bought the ID4 after i watched your review and it has never disappointed me👍

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

That's so cool! Glad you like it!

@thomasschwarz1973 Жыл бұрын

Funny about loopback, I was just thinking, that would be useful for a reference track in cubase when mastering. Then you said it 😊

@joshuataitguitar6936 2 жыл бұрын

Just got mine! Thank you for the review :)

@abulka 4 ай бұрын

At 20:45 you refer to the iD16 (which doesn't exist) whilst holding up the iD14. Obviously a vocal typo. 😅

@georgewilkins4231 10 ай бұрын

I have the mk1. Loopback is main difference. According to Audient if you connect a toslink cable to the 2nd adat input and output, just link them together, that will give you LOOPBACK!!! I wouldn't swap out the mk1 for the mk2...

@radubrado5782 Жыл бұрын

hello, I have a focusrite 8i6 and I am not satisfied with the sound quality, do you think Audient id44 is much better? I am waiting for an answer, thank you very much!

@babalkp 2 жыл бұрын

WOW, Wonderful Demo Chris, Great Video Demo.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@gkillmaster 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the great in depth overview! I was on the fence between the ID14 MkII and the UA Volt 4 (I can get either for the exact same price) and this makes me lean toward the Audient, though the Volt has dc coupled outputs and MIDI In and Out. If you could get either of those 2 for the same price, would you have a preference?

@DeAudiofilosyLocos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the easy explanation. Great playing man!

@Clasam09 2 жыл бұрын

Since there's no dsp functionality, is the routing/latency strong enough to use native plugs to monitor and/or print (can your monitor and print separately?) while tracking?

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but that also depends on the amount of plugins you have in your DAW Session. Some plugins add more latency.

@michaelbonanno7476 Жыл бұрын

Hey Chris…. How would I be able to hook this up to my external compressor if I want that compressor to go on multiple channels in my DAW? I’m from the old days where on my Tascam 4 track cassette recorder I had send and returns for each channel… and all I had to do was have whatever effect go in and out of the recorder. But it had 8 separate channels/return-send levels to manipulate. I’m hoping to do the same in Studio One like I can with plug-ins. Great video as always! Thanks! :)

@DaPhunk73 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video. Just got a ID44mkII myself. Being a Cubase user, how do you set up and use the Control Room with the ID44? Can't seem to use it unless i use the DAW THRU setting. Is there any other way, or what do you do?

@chrisjamesbeats Жыл бұрын

How would you say it sounds to mix off of compared to the EVO 16?

@LaidbackSounds Жыл бұрын

soundwise for output converters which one are the best id24 or id44 ?

@CesarMalacon 9 ай бұрын

Nice track :-)

@strangesevin Жыл бұрын

Can I plug in my synth guitar vocals and digitkt and mc101 with studio sound with live phone hook up without using a computer ? I'm currently sending my harbinger pa head into spire and I'm editing my video and sound . I really want direct studio quality with multiple machines and instruments into phone as well as recordings on SD card. Can you recommend anything if this cannot ?

@joseluismarmolofficial7162 2 жыл бұрын

Genial video Chris, SIMPLE you are a MASTER.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@studiobeats7862 Жыл бұрын

do you think the audient mkii line is on the same level as the antelope zen go?

@lellobittencourt 2 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE ON THE MAN.....VERY GOOD FRIEND...and nice musician too course...kkkk

@WarrenPostma Жыл бұрын

I am reading complaints that the headphone amp doesn't drive 300 ohm headphones very well, and certainly not loud enough to work for people who are listening back while there's a lot of noise in the room (recording drums or guitar without isolation booths).

@jamesforte5379 Жыл бұрын

Do you think this is better than uad?

@Bcwilderness 2 жыл бұрын

hey chris awesome, im a usb drummer also playing ezd3 is the latency good on this for cubase monitoring and sims, i know rme are great and my prism lyra, im looking for a decent cheaper 4 in with the inserts, ad sounds great but it would seal the deal if the drivers are solid and low rtl, have you used any vst synth or sim to test, i know the pc power plays a part but any ballpark improvements with new convertor thanks j

@jabulanimahlangu6863 2 жыл бұрын

Good work Chris

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@Electricowlworks 2 жыл бұрын

Great demo and cool song! Thanks so much! -chaz

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

@skidogbill 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Sounds like a great unit but too bad no built-in reverb for monitoring.

@donatellodiclemente7527 Жыл бұрын

True. But you can use input sends to make parallel outboard processing without interrupting recording of the dry signal.

@lucasjuniorproducer 7 ай бұрын

@@donatellodiclemente7527 How we do that? External Reverb processor for example? It will not print on the daw? Can you please explain? Thanks a lot.

@donatellodiclemente7527 7 ай бұрын

@@lucasjuniorproducer If you use input 1 to record, you can use send 1 to feed the signal into reverb, and send reverb out to return 3 and 4. You can record dry signal of in1 while hearing signal in1 + stereo reverb on in3 + in 4 on headphones.

@ryanedwardmusic 2 жыл бұрын

input 3 and 4 should have been line inputs, they need a headphone mute/cut for when switching to speakers, and the high pass is way too high

@leomatthias6657 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, is there a way to insert plugins in the mixer before it reach the DAW?

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

No, it doesn't. If you're looking for this type of feature, UAD is the way to go

@larrydavis3573 2 жыл бұрын

I have the V-1 and think it's very good, really like the pad and high pass, but as an aside is that a Roswell mic in the video? Peace!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is...The Mini K67x kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJead7qFyJ_cn2g.html

@chickenmuffin 8 ай бұрын

Ugh why doesn't the iD14 have the signal and peak LEDs such a stupid omission.

@Tone76701 2 жыл бұрын

What about this new neve interface?! Its got all the same features as one of their consoles except for the eqs and such..

@lucasjuniorproducer 7 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, no DSP to record with reverb latency free? Is there a possibility to insert a reverb processor just for monitoring latency free?

@mixdownonline 7 ай бұрын

Yes, but in this case, only the reverb will have latency, which doesn't matter at all. Watch this video, I explain this around the 8min mark point kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7CTo6-JsK-ReIk.htmlsi=2SdhTL0WLK5Qfhed

@lucasjuniorproducer 7 ай бұрын

@@mixdownonline Thanks Chris!

@lucasjuniorproducer 7 ай бұрын

@@mixdownonline I have this answer from AUDIENT. " Audient If you've got a spare input channel, you can plug the send of one channel into the external reverb and then plug the output of the reverb into a different channel. The send will split the signal you'll have the dry signal on the original channel that you can record and the reverb on the second channel that you can feed via a CUE mix to the artist for monitoring with low latency.

@mixdownonline 7 ай бұрын

@@lucasjuniorproducer Yes, if you own an external Reverb unit, not a plugin :-)

@allinback441 Жыл бұрын

i would change my id44 mk1 , my choices are RME UCX II or AUDIENT ID 44 MK II , which one do you prefer?

@anishranjansarkar1969 Жыл бұрын

Please answer this question, I have same question.

@monkmusic5994 Жыл бұрын

Why do you want to change? There is not much of a difference between mk1 and 2, not soundwise.

@kevjak51 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought the EVO16 to replace my Motu 828 Mk3 Hybrid, I must say that it makes the Motu a bit of dinosaur.

@wesamden 2 жыл бұрын

hi Thanks for the explanation, but I was wondering what is the difference between id44 & id44 mkii

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

I talk about the new features at 7:45min in the video :-)

@wesamden 2 жыл бұрын

@@mixdownonline Thanx

@benjaminvmendez 2 жыл бұрын

Hello chris, question, do you think it would be nice if I combine these 2 audient id44mk2 and asp880 for drum recording?😊

@sikwitit773 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah I seen that combo a lot or Avalon VT-737sp if your a baller 😂

@LouRoppoli 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, Do you know what typical latency that unit can give you?

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

There's no latency when you monitor from the iD Software, but no fx either and when monitoring from a DAW, the fastest at 48kHz is 4.2ms at 16 samples

@artankastrati401 2 жыл бұрын

Chris, can you please send me a link to the songs made by you (of which you are the composer, arranger, sound master)? Thank you!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You can look for my band "inKontrast" and "Chris Selim" on Spotify. You can also follow this link for my portfolio soundcloud.com/mixdownonline

@CalebKBaker Жыл бұрын

Both versions of the ID44 have 2 headphone outputs

@regaudieguillaume 2 жыл бұрын

I have just seen the new EVO 16 coming out. Are the preamps in EVO any good comparing to the ID44? By the way, I love my ID14 mkII ;) Thanks Chris!!

@MarlonKingShow 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, defo looks a good improvement. Shame they still don't have Bluetooth ability for quick demo playback. I currently have the steinberg ur28m it has such great connectivity, im struggling to update, this is so close but I'm missing the 3.5mm input for 2 track playback. I'm guessing the id44 may have better dynamic range as the ur28m is 10nyears old now. Also, im not a fan of the d pre, but never used the audient pres so not sure what I would gain.

@MakingMadBeats 2 жыл бұрын

What about the EVO 16 by Audient? Seems very flexible for a great price.

@MarlonKingShow 2 жыл бұрын

@@MakingMadBeats 100% agree, it the evo looks awesome, though, my understanding is that the preamps are not the same as other audient which use the same as on the audient console. So guess it depends exactly what you are after connectivity or quality. I only have one decent preamp but still need others for DI, plus amp recording etc. So around 4 is fine for me, just the other features I mention like Bluetooth playback or 2 track play back makes for a lot more flexibility and I find I use it quite a bit in my current rig. It can all be solved with $$$, but yes probably an evo could resolve this if I dont need the character. I would need to check dynamic range also but it could well be the winner.

@MarlonKingShow 2 жыл бұрын

@@MakingMadBeats also on a side note. If I was considering the evo, I would also consider the motu mk5... looks very decent and comes top on some of the quality tests. . Again, just not a character preamp.

@MakingMadBeats 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarlonKingShow Well, I had the Audiofuse 8Pre from Arturia before. Preamps were quite nice and the line levels were loud as hell. Unfortunately, it was not flexible routing wise. So, I went with the Focusrite Clarett+ 8Pre cause I got it for a decent price. Sounds a little bit more neutral compared to the Audiofuse.

@MarlonKingShow 2 жыл бұрын

@@MakingMadBeats okay cool, that interesting to hear, I have generally been avoiding Focusrite as i've heard in general build quality is not great. but I understand Clarett is their premium model and may be built in a different factory. Ultimately as you say, routing is everything, even with minimal connections you need to be able to maximise potential for usecase scenarios.

@sound-engineer 2 жыл бұрын

Chris Selim is the boss in this game.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Lol! Thanks

@jayramsdell8410 Жыл бұрын

Audient needs to update it’d drivers for Windows 11, I get this weird glitch pop all the time now. It’s very activating. Never had this problem before with a much less powerful computer.

@bakwoludovic117 9 ай бұрын

really?