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Alesis iO|2

USB audio interface from Alesis belonging to the iO series

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Published on 06/19/08 at 03:58
I will not repeat here the features already mentioned we all understand
One would ask for optical digital output but hey it's a little quibble
No blabla on paper this card any card, but its classic ...

UTILIZATION

Ease of use, instalation of the simplest, recognized not many soft music, but simple manual contains everything you need to know about the case and install it.
Box very well done and very ergonomic, the presence of an XLR and a jack per channel and practical. The presence of the 48V LED is welcome and avoids any risk of error.
Catches are on the top is a bit disturbing at the beginning for those who do not use normally a mixer, I would have preferred to catch but I agree that AC does not interfere with the use.
The compact housing and inspires confidence, do not worry be provided for the fighters. the buttons seem very solid and turn without play, the lights are clear and precise. pads under the box makes it very stable on flat surfaces.
It's nice to see something so well designed!

GETTING STARTED

Stable and good drivers that latency does not get along with Nuendo, I get to about 10 ms (with asio 4 all) since I use my onboard sound card as output and input alesis.

OVERALL OPINION

I spent over an intensive week on the net to search the forums and user reviews before making my heart on this machine. I hesitated between a edirol UA25 (having been paying FA 101) and the alesis. the two characteristics of housing has quite identical and similar dimensions. I was very afraid that the preamps of the Alesis a little "light" and deal with edirol surprise Apers have completed testing on a folk guitar recording via a microphone Apex 435 in 32bit 96kHz on one and the other it appears that the alesis has a much more open and searched the FA101! Some say amazing but I kept the soundtracks for the skeptics ... The preamps are over the top as the FA101 medium which swells a bit serious and gum up the effect of making the room too "clean" and under living.

I use this box for three days non stop and I must say that this is a must (I have ready in a edirol FA-101 j'aprecie that much) and this case is not ashamed to face the biggest and dear to him. If you do not need two sound inputs for your recording, you do not record each microphone to a battery or a complete group with its set of 10 micro card it is for you. I used the multitrack poru where I record my instrument one by one and it's really ideal. Go for a sound card is gold!!