Hey it's Harry, today we are going to look at how
easy it is to get set up with your iD44 MKII audio interface.
In the Box you’ll find the following items: Your iD44
a Quick Start Guide a USB C-C cable
a USB C-A cable and a Power Adapter
Firstly we need to connect iD44 to your computer.
So start by selecting the correct regional power supply and connect it to the Power Adapter.
Next, plug it directly into your wall power supply and connect the other end to iD44.
Now connect either the USB-C or USB-A cable, depending on the ports available on your computer.
You can now turn iD44 on using the power switch on the rear on the back
iD44 will work on both Mac and Windows computers, but first you will need to download the driver
from the website, this gives you access to the iD Mixer and also allows you to control iD44 MKII.
If you’re using a Mac, open the downloaded file and then drag the iD app into your applications.
When you open it, a little iD icon will appear in the menu bar
and give you access to various settings.
To set iD44 as your Mac sound device, simply open up your system preferences, go to Sound
and Select iD44 as your Input and Output Device. If you’re on Windows, open the downloaded driver
file and simply follow the steps in the installer. Once installed, you can then
open the Windows Settings app, go to sound and select iD44 as your input and output device.
On older versions of Windows, this can be done from the sound menu in the Control Panel.
When you open the iD app, an iD icon will appear in the System Tray which
you can right click on to gain access to various features and settings on iD44.
Now you have your iD44 connected to your computer, it’s time to get some audio going.
Firstly plug in your speakers using one or both sets of outputs on the rear of the unit,
or connect a set of headphones to one of the outputs on the front. The volume of these can
be adjusted by using the main knob on the top of the unit, or the individual headphone controls.
Provided you have set iD44 as your sound device, if you play any audio
from of your computer, whether from some audio software, or music application,
you should see signal appearing in the meters, and you should hear audio.
To start recording, use either the XLR inputs on the back for a microphone
or the Instrument input on the front for guitars or basses. The instrument inputs will come in
on channels 1 and 2 and will replace anything that is plugged in to the XLR inputs 1 and 2.
If you’re using a microphone that uses Phantom Power, make sure you flick the +48v toggle
switch on the channel you are using. You can also make use of the other input conditioning
features such as High pass filter to reduce rumble or pads for especially loud signals.
You can quickly set your input levels using the gain knobs on the top of iD44. To check your
input levels, you can either look in your audio software, or you can open up the iD Mixer. Simply
go to the menu bar on a Mac or the System Tray on PC, open up the iD menu and select show Mixer.
Now you can see the level of the input channels in the iD mixer. We recommend turning up the
inputs until the loudest peak is at around -12dB. If you want to make use of the ultra-low latency
monitoring, you can turn up any of the input faders and you will hear an ultra low latency copy
of your inputs in your speakers or headphones. And in the same way you can reduce or mute your
computer audio using these DAW channels as well. For more information on how to use the iD Mixer,
please watch the iD Mixer Overview video. Now simply create a new channel in your audio
software and set the correct inputs, and you are ready to start recording!
Make sure you subscribe to this channel for more videos and tutorials on recording with iD44,
and if you need any help getting set up, head over to the help pages on our website,
or get in touch and we would be more than happy to help you out.