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Alesis iO|2

USB audio interface from Alesis belonging to the iO series

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Published on 01/13/10 at 13:19
Value For Money : Excellent
What characteristics have motivated your choice?

The robust appearance, small size, self-power supply by USB.

What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk ,...)?

XP Pro SP3 on Dell Latitude D531, 2GB RAM, AMD 2GHz

For what purpose?

Registration (all kinds), connect a MIDI keyboard.

With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) and you use the connection with what? ...

All types of microphones, guitars, keyboards, ... I use only analog inputs.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable?

Medium.

Some cracks in registry renewal, and occasionally reading done all crash!

They are often updated?

Never

What software do you use most often?

Cubase SX3, sequoia 7, reason, max msp

How many tracks do you manage to record / playback simultaneously? ...

2-track recording, normal because there are only 2 entries (although a generic asio driver windows allowed me to do 4 tracks with the internal card to the PC!)
In reading much, at least 16, but I doubt that the sound card limit on that side.

What latency you get?

Up to 50ms, which is much too broadly and to the rere.

GETTING STARTED

The installation is done it without problems?

Windows finds a driver has about as stable as those offered on the site. Ie moderately stable!

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?

No

The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

Yes

OVERALL OPINION

For how long have you been using it?

2 ½ years

Did you try many other models before getting this one?

No, just a sound blaster 16 (internal), very good (for the time), which was the only issue not to be compatible over win98.

What is so special that you like best?

The small size, the strength of the casing and buttons

the least?

The drivers, preamps but they are still correct.

What is your opinion about the value for the price?

Well, in these prices, there is not much of the same quality!

Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? ...

No, I'm now looking for better quality QQC Solicitating level preamps, and with more inputs
But I advise those who are new to the sound.