48V phantom power enables you to use condenser mics and active DI boxes, whilst 15 status LEDs provide visual feedback for all signals and indicate clipping.
New chips, new audio drivers and new circuitry ensure that latency is low, and the direct monitoring option provides 100 percent latency-free monitoring for recording guitars, vocals, or other live sources.
Completely USB-powered, Komplete Audio 6 also has a headphone output with independent level control and source switch. Taking the award-winning sound quality of the Audio Kontrol 1 to a new level, Komplete Audio 6 boasts a streamlined circuit design, hand-picked components and a distinct analog volume knob on top of the unit.
With 4 balanced analog inputs and 4 balanced analog outputs to match, plus MIDI and digital stereo I/Os, Komplete never sounded so good. Designed to be flexible, Komplete Audio 6 has plenty of options for connecting mics, guitars, MIDI instruments or outboard gear.
With included software such as Komplete Elements, Traktor LE 2 and Cubase LE 6, you're ready to produce complete tracks and songs in any style, right from the word go. Komplete Audio 6 provides you with the hardware to match. If you're already a user of Maschine or Komplete Instruments and Effects, you're armed with an array of sounds in the highest possible audio fidelity.
It has 4 balanced\unbalanced out and one stereo digital out.Full Description View Full Description Flexible Audio InterfaceĮxperience every facet of your sound, whether you're playing virtual instruments or recording audio. The komplete Audio has 6 in 6 out 2 mic/instrument, 2 balanced/unbalanced line in and one stereo digital in. Obvs, a decent Focusrite Thunderbolt card will cost close to £500 in the UK (about $750), and when I brought the NI, it was a few years back, they were not making prosumer thunderbolt then. You've not really answered the question on the mics-pres though, rather, you've given you opinions on USB, and recommended one of the worst manufacturers out there (Behringer), as an alternative, even though I didn't ask for product recommendations, merely a better understanding of preamps, the preamps in the NI, and related specifications in general. Preamps are just strong enough to run a ribbon mic. I can track stereo guitar, stereo drum machine and vocal at the same time and still have an extra channel for bass. 4 mic preamps and two line/instrument inputs. Bought two of them bran new for $89 each before they ended production. I use Tascam US-1200 for doing solo work. Behringer uses Midas preamps, and the Tascam uses Burr Brown. Both Tascam and Behringer make a 4 channel in that range and you shouldn't have any issues with the phantom or the preamps. you can at least plug in the wall wart to power a mic that needs more current.įor the price range you're looking at you could buy a 4 channel interface. If its one of the kind that the power is optional, USB or wall wart, that's OK. Therefore my best advice is skip buying all USB only powered interfaces. I think some mics that will run as low as 12V may work but any mic needing a full 48V and strong current will shut the USB port down, especially on something like a laptop that has all kinds of power savings turned on.
I see people posting in forums all the time who complain their mics work with these USB powered interfaces. Then you have to step up what's left to 48V to run a phantom powered condenser mic. If you have other devices like a mouse Keyboard, Thumb drives they eat up some of that voltage and current. I wouldn't touch any USB powered interface myself. $229 for a 2 channel interface? They better be kick ass for that kind of money.