Audient iD44 MkII - The best just got better

[@anthonypassaro215]

Came for the product demo. Stayed for The Decemberists cover. Great job, man. Even more excited to use mine now

[@williamnorris9803]

Great demo and great tune Adam. Sounds fantastic and easy to understand. Many thanks.

[@ChrisAdkins1985]

Came here to research the id44, found a fantastic song with it. Great job!

[@hariprasanth2607]

Great video Adam, especially the song gives good vibe while you have recorded it on the same id44 unit with room mics. Thanks for the video Adam

[@johngerardmusic7761]

Oh wow! I didn’t know you sang! Sounds great!

[@timfletchermusic]

I came here to see the id44mkii. I was blown away by the vocals though!

[@MarlonKingShow]

Cracking demo dude. My upgrade will either be this or the evo 16. Maybe this for the better preamp. Just missing a 2 track in or Bluetooth playback feature (all sound interfaces miss this current ly) its a shame as used all the time for demo tracks from someone's phone

[@_stellasolitaria_]

Hi Adam and thx for your video. Two questions: 1. how much gain do you used to record condenser mics? In my iD44 I have to set the knobs at 03:00 hours (and more) in order to have a "defined" and "airy" sound. 2. I noticed that listening to the recorded microphones, bass and guitar (but also "live", during the recording), passing through the channels DAW 1+2 id Mixer application, I feel like a sort of very light artifact effect like chorus/flanger + very little reverb that is not present if I listen directly from the microphone channels during the recording (always in the id Mixer). I repeat, it is very light but present. Is it normal? I hope I have explained well. Thx a lot.

[@adamsteelproducer]

Hi! 1) As much as needed. Depends on the sensitivity of the mic and the loudness/proximity of the source. If it sounds right, don’t overthink it. 2) sounds like you’re getting the audio through the iD mixer and your DAW at the same time- be sure to turn one off to fix this issue!

[@_stellasolitaria_]

@@adamsteelproducer thanks a lot for your reply... everything is clear!

[@thehahahaha88]

does evo 8 has the same sound quality with id44 mk2? thank you

[@cushty-uk]

Crackin this Adam deffo more of this good vibes

[@Mark3xtrm]

Nice review, nice cover, you're really skilled

[@adamsteelproducer]

So the EVO16 has some competition! Which one would you get and why?

[@MartyV666]

That is a tough choice. I use an EVO 8 now. I was looking at the EVO 16 because It would help my setup at home. I regularly have to change cables to set up for instruments and that would be mostly resolved with the 8 channels in the box. I do like the incredible pre amps the ID44 II offers. However, when it comes down to using those to their fullest potential I would have to upgrade the sound proofing of the room first if I wanted to record on sensitive mics there. So for me it would be the EVO 16 right now. Upgrade if and when I find a house with a recording bunker :)

[@pablokoelo4549]

One thing... evo is plastic and light weight and ID is full metal and heavy - build like a tank :)

[@tylercrews9025]

how would you compare the preamps on the evo16 to something like the id44 or the asp800?

[@musiccreation1198]

iD44 mkII for me. Having the ability to run my outboard hardware directly into the ADC's is very appealing despite not being able to hear the diff :). I wish Audient would allow a few choices for the HPF freq. 100hz is a tad higher than I'd like.

[@mageprometheus]

Thanks, Adam. The iD44 looks great but I have one Lewett mic into a new iD14 so it would be overkill for my small setup. The old evo4 is in the laptop bag ready for outdoor foley recordings. The iD14 is perfect for driving my 250-ohm cans so I won't be needing an external amp. And the song was good (including your vocals)

[@JesusArmasOficial]

My man, you got voice!! I'd be down to listen a record from you. Commenting this while binging the review!

[@yellowdudewithedibleshorts]

I'm definitely getting this

[@bighousemusic628]

Sound good mi bredda jamaican here at least audient is fair to its customers and not ripping off like neve for just the neve logo

[@TheMrCull]

Song is great, I'm pretty sure any modern interface could sound this good. Again song is great!!!! Peace and love!

[@lifepath7741]

Appreciation! I urgently need some advice. Between SSL12 and Audient ID44 MK2. Between Rode NT1 (4th!!!!) and Sennheiser MK4. Thanks.

[@OleRiffMill]

Thanks bro!!

[@dr6849]

DEVIN TOWNSEND! 🤘🏻

[@tomasliden1394]

Tanks! Best rew

[@DanielRodrigues-ir7qb]

You shall fetch me your universe's ultimate cup of coffee... black. You have five Earth minutes. Make it perfect!

[@zackersquackers]

I'm only familiar with DT in passing, but this cracked me up. Learned about the album a couple years ago when watching him demo I think stuff for Toontrack.

[@vamalla35]

@@zackersquackers DT is a god. Love SYL and was depressed when they went their separate ways. But it was for the best.

[@aifrmedia]

clicked for the review, subscribed for Ziltoid.

[@nbhbass]

Hi Adam! Great video as usual! If I have a pair of Focusrite Octopres and I was wondering what would you go with them: the ID44 mkII or the Evo 16? Are the "better" preamps of the ID44 mkII worth the price difference? Any reason other than price that would justify your pick? Thanks!!

[@larryroyovitz7829]

Depends on your budget. The ID series are VERY clean, and great sounding. Doesn't mean the Evo isn't. Both will accept your octopres. Its really going to come down to your budget, but both would be a win. I haven't tried the Evo, but I can assume, given it's Audient that it's pretty good. One caveat is, I find Audient to have someone shaky quality control. But that's reliability related, not sound related.

[@lucasjuniorproducer]

I wish they could at least put a little DSP for reverb to the singer performer.. Latency free..Would be so nice.

[@adamsteelproducer]

You don’t just do “a little dsp” if you’re designing a product though

[@lucasjuniorproducer]

@@adamsteelproducer Right, you catch what i mean.

[@strangesevin]

Just looking for a device I can plug multiple instruments and a mic at once then record a video with the quality of studio for social media

[@teashea1]

Very good song

[@giuseppeferrara6384]

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

[@adamsteelproducer]

Well since I now work for Audient I’d say the iD44!

[@pohlpiano]

Hi, I just bought the id44 few months ago. I am just a lame beginner in the production, recording my own acoustic classical piano music stuff, etc. I guess no need to upgrade?

[@adamsteelproducer]

No need to upgrade! You bought a great unit, the differences are very small

[@JaFoste_Studio]

You are gonna release that track right? ........Right?

[@mikeciresi3697]

I have an iD44, I find that on the inputs for microphones the gain needs to be set to 8 to 10 to get a level even close to -6b to -3db, whether it's a dynamic or condenser mics i.e AKG-C214 or SE v7, using Mogami Gold cables. Would you say this is common? Would the new MKII be better?

[@adamsteelproducer]

Cables don’t matter, 8 to 10 is a relative number and you don’t need your levels that high at all depending on what you’re doing. Quiet acoustic guitar? Might hit -12 or less with the right gain structure. Screaming vocals from 1 inch away? You won’t need as much gain. All sounds perfectly normal to me.

[@Lordofmrak]

This interface has a high output impedance (22), would it work correctly with Slate VSX since they are low impedance? Does anyone have experience with those headphones?

[@adamsteelproducer]

22 ohms is not particularly high, and I have a pair of VSX which work perfectly well here

[@Lordofmrak]

Thanks for your response, I am glad if that is the case, ordered id44 mk2 and VSX and got worried, thought there would be some frequency response problems because of that x8 rule for output impedance/headphone impedance ratio in favor of headphone impedance@@adamsteelproducer

[@vikramjitbanerjeetuki]

But does it have MIDI?

[@oscarmorales-cn3hz]

NOP

[@vikramjitbanerjeetuki]

@@b3forme the short answer is no it does not have onboard midi din jacks.

[@uncleted3961]

@@vikramjitbanerjeetuki what would the long answer be?

[@willesposito9165]

Just got an ID44 original. Been having big issues running at 64 samples. Can't use more than one amp sim without it clicking and popping. Any advice on how to fix this?

[@donrich3927]

Contact audient bro they’ll help

[@CircusNormal]

Why the fuck do need to run it at 64 samples lol?? It's obviously going to click and pop running it that low. 256 is sufficient!!

[@bighousemusic628]

M1 macs my ass AMD ryzen processors was design to handle audio and high demanding cpu plugins just emagine acoustica audio

[@adamsteelproducer]

I can imagine it, I have most of the acustica plugins. They run just fine on both my 5950x desktop and my m2 MacBook. No need to get fanboy defensive

[@bighousemusic628]

@@adamsteelproducer snd intel too the 9th gen up to 13th is a beast