All user reviews of 4/5 for the Audient MICO

The Audient MICO is a 2 channel mic preamp that is compact and has some really solid features for the price. This would be one of my first options to go with if I was starting my career all over again and wanted a smaller desktop style interface. The sound you can get when recording with the MICO is great, mainly because of the preamps. The preamps are very warm and clean; they are also quiet and will give you about as good of a quality you can get from home (as long as you have a good condenser).

UTILIZATION

There is phantom power on the MICO but it is switchable, meaning you can turn it on or off depending on if your microphone needs it or not. It also has a -20 dB pad switch and switchable filters for high pass. This interface is built pretty well and seems to be very solid. The knobs and buttons on the front are very well made and it seems to be made out of solid steel.

SOUND QUALITY

Getting started with this interface is pretty simple, but if you are a beginner it could be difficult to understand just looking at it for the first time because of all of the buttons for phantom power and filter cuts. But if you glance at the manual you will understand how to use this interface easily and you will start working with both channels quickly (channel 1 and channel 2).

OVERALL OPINION

This interface is better than a lot of M Audio desktop interfaces because of the preamps and the overall build of the interface. It is made very well and it is compact. The recording quality is amazing for a interface that is this small. This is the first Audient interface that I have ever used, I am very impressed and I am looking forward to seeing more products from them.

Double transistor preamp, iil has a Hi-Z input on channel 1 and entry combo XLR / Jack.

Two line outputs, digital outputs 24-bit AES, S / PDIF coaxial and optical, the sampling frequency can be chosen at the rear 44.1 / 48 or 96kHz, it can also be set via an external clock 'wordclock input and in this case the frequency 88.2 kHz is available.

On each tract there is a low-cut positions 3, 40, 80 or 120Hz, phantom power, phase reversal and a pad, the gain ranges from 6 to 66dB.

On the way HMX is a focntion simulate the microphone input of a series of product is Hearer can adjust the amount of color via the dedicated button. On channel 2 Variphase function allows the signal exactly out of phase which is very convenient for taking with two microphones.

The only downside I find to say is the lack of food and switch with external power.

UTILIZATION

The manual is brief but adequate controls are few and fairly common for most of the standard equipment of this kind.

The buttons light up when he is engaged, the front is easy to read a very good point.

A damper on even the food that is cut, mine whistles terribly extreme high, after contacting the seller it seems that it is a faulty because it assured me that I was the first to m complain and that he had already sold some. I ended up wrapping it with foam and the problem is solved.

SOUND QUALITY

This preamp is quite transparent without surgery, it is precise but not with his "tough." HMX function is not a toy because it really brings a touch darker with a less sharp "bright".

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year and a half now, at work I use a Focusrite ISA828, a OctoPre LE, a Symetrix 528E I and I worked with consoles Allen & Heath GL series and WZ3, TAC and scorpio the yamaha digital 01v/02r/03d, LS9, M7CL. I also owned a Presonus card FIREPOD and ECHO.

For me it is clearly a superior clean preamp with a soft but still accurate enough while remaining broadly neutral, it is much less typical than the ISA preamp or ACT and much less dry than the yamaha preamp.

For me it is a good choice despite a quality / price ratio remains through nine because the quality is to go. On occasion this is a bargain.

See Previous notice, in which everything is well explained!

UTILIZATION

Using very simple, limit the manual is nothing!
Only regret at missing potentiomtres touch of hardness, weight, in the sense o they are sensitive and that their rglage t would be easier if they did not turn as easily (j 'EXAGRES a bit to give the idea).
Major weakness: no on / off button! ! ! So 8 for the note.

SOUND QUALITY

I was looking for a double converter prampli intgr the right qualities: i fell on exactly what I needed! ! !
The sound is very good quality with natural transients very well restored. It has an impression of neutrality of its gross or even a bit cold we can say that this prampli dlivre especially the "Basic Contents" with everything you need to color a bit by thereafter.
I have yet to really exploit the special functions of the device, namely the distortion and phase rotation but I find intressant, especially LATEST taken for its 2 microphones.

OVERALL OPINION

Very good camera and good value qualitprix.
The rating drops for the on / off switch is missing.

For the same needs and the same budget, yes I would do with this purchase and even fun! !

EDIT 26/05/2009: APRS a little more exprience:
+: The quality of converters and Pramper intgrs, really be regulated.
+: 3 low cut on each channel, it's comfortable!
+: The option phase rotation on Channel 2.
+: Portable.
-: A knob is loose, fortunately we can tighten it. APRS is nickel.
-: Option HMX is a little gadget, not very well rgler simple, very puffy the ct of distortion makes it very type which limits its range of action .
-: The little "clicks" when dclenche switches.
-: I'm going rpter but sorely lack: an on / off button! !

I mostly used this box for recordings of percussion (very very good!) And various sound effects with an AT4050. RESULT pro guaranteed.