Focusrite
Verdict
For Great, clean sound
Single dial makes it simple to operate
You’ll like the Monitor Mix solution
Sturdy build
Against No angled front
Two of the very best compact audio
interfaces around
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Audient
Evo 4 & 8 £89 to £144
The compact Evo range was launched
at the NAMM Show back in 2020 to
much acclaim.
You’ll ind two combi mic/line inputs
around the back of EVO 4, and one
instrument level input at the front for
connecting guitar or bass (which then
overrides the irst input around the
back). The more expensive EVO 8
doubles the inputs to four.
Two speaker outs complete the
connections and a central main dial
controls the level of that output plus a
number of other levels determined
largely by which buttons on the top of
the panel you press, these being 1 and 2
(for the input levels), and output (bottom
right) plus a inal button that means the
dial adjusts the mix between the input
and DAW. Using the headphone socket
means the main dial controls this level.
EVO 8 allows two people to monitor
with headphones.
The one-dial solution is beautifully
implemented and designed to help
make both EVO 4 and 8 clever, compact
desktop solutions that sounds great…
audient.com
CONNECTIVITY: USB 2.0 | AUDIO RESOLUTION: 24-bit/96kHz | ANALOGUE INPUTS: 2 x XLR1/4” combo (mic/line); 4 x for EVO 8 | ANALOGUE OUTPUTS: 2 x 1/4” TRS,
headphone (2 on EVO8) | DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY: None | MIDI I/O: No | SOFTWARE BUNDLE HIGHLIGHTS: Steinberg Cubase, Cubasis LE and Retrologue, GForce
M-tron Select plus a course, Loopcloud subscription, e ects and more
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