Motu m2 review

It was widely used at the time, before they began branching out into other popular software and hardware solutions. Since the success of the motu m2 review, MOTU have been launching a wide range of midi interfaces, for all levels of of music production.

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Motu m2 review

Both units are wrapped in cold hard metal and feel plenty weighty enough for this sort of interface. They have decent feet to prevent them from being pulled off the desk by the weight of your cables and the knobs have a good feel to them with grippy surfaces. What you are drawn to is the displays — they're rather nice. Installation requires a driver from the MOTU website, where you'll also find a bundle of software and loops including a lite version of their own Digital Performer software. It's a small point, but there are so few bad things I can say about these interfaces that I have to make a meal of the ones I find. They also have their own Monitor button to enable direct monitoring. So you could monitor vocals directly through the interface on input 1 while running your guitar through virtual amp modelling software on input 2. I can't think of any other entry-level audio interface that offers these two features independently on each channel. A knob that mixes between direct and software output is present on the M4, but not on the M2. The M4 also has another single button to turn on direct monitoring for inputs 3 and 4. Rounding off the front panel are nicely large monitor knobs and single quarter-inch headphone sockets with volume control. Oh, and the displays, which I'll come onto in a minute. Another noteworthy feature are the decent rocker-style power switches so, unlike many other interfaces in this class, you can turn the thing off without having to unplug it. The rear panels of the M4 and M2 are identical except for the number of audio connections. The audio resolution on offer is up to kHz.

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Motu m2 review

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The preamps are good and the gain levels are about average for that price class. Joined Feb 9, Messages Likes Dec 25, jrussell I previously reviewed Motu M4 which is its larger brother. It also comes with a sizeable package of software including 6Gb of loops and sounds from Big Fish Audio and Loopmasters. Login You may login with either your assigned username or your e-mail address. So you could monitor vocals directly through the interface on input 1 while running your guitar through virtual amp modelling software on input 2. Switching up to kHz they gave us options down to 64 samples which I measured at a convincing 2. Do the same to return to mono, where channel 1 and channel 2 will be heard at the centre of the mix. I control which one I listen to by using the separate volume controls. You must log in or register to reply here. Like the M2, the M4 still just has 2 preamps, but also two line-ins, where you could connect external preamps or other audio gear. Also read.

Both units are wrapped in cold hard metal and feel plenty weighty enough for this sort of interface.

Trell Major Contributor. Should I be concerned with these things, or should I just order it and don't think? The M series are the first foray into the home recording market. Replies 12 Views 2K. The MOTU M2 is a professional quality audio interface, suitable for the audio engineer, podcaster, live-streamer, or home recordist looking for high end sound. Search Advanced search…. Solid preamps. The Motu M2 takes up very little space, and can squeeze into the little corners of your desk. Dec 9, b Joined May 13, Messages 2, Likes 3, Some praise it as being the best-built audio interface in the price range, others say there are numerous quality issues, like volume knob imbalance over time, button problems etc. High-quality, low-noise preamps. This used to be a very complicated process, but can now be achieved with minimal effort through the MOTU M2. The reported latencies are great and the reality isn't too far off either.