these are the newest audio interfaces by Native Instruments Komplete audio one
and the complete audio to the complete audio one is just over a hundred dollars
but this company makes the most popular $100 audio interface out there so
Canadian instruments compete let's find out
if you're in the market for an audio interface you're probably going to
Google audio interface and there's one name you're gonna find the best-selling
one input audio interface on Amazon is the focusrite scarlett solo the
best-selling two input audio interface on sweetwater and Guitar Center is the
focusrite scarlett 2i2 now right here I've got the focus right to I for I got
this a few years ago because it was cheap Focusrite has a great reputation
and it was easy to move around for most home or traveling musicians or producers
one or two inputs is going to be enough so to the new audio interfaces by Native
Instruments bring something unique I mean they better especially for a
two-channel because both Presonus and bérenger make to channel interfaces for
$100 why would you pay native instruments the extra $40 for a complete
audio - here's a quick overview of what we've got I've got the complete audio
one on the left and complete audio - over here on the top both of them have
got a volume knob complete audio one has one XLR input with a gain knob right
next to it and an instrument input then gain for the instrument input switching
between line and instrument here this is the knob to balance either the input or
the host audio and this is the volume knob for your headphones the complete
audio - has to combo XLR slash quarter-inch inputs and you can switch
between line and instrument here gain knob for input 1 and input 2 you've got
the USB input on the complete audio one you've got RCA outputs and on the
complete audio - you've got quarter inch Jack outputs I want to compare just the
complete audio - to my focus right - I for now the focus right - I four is very
similar to the two I - or the Focusrite solo the only real difference is the
number of inputs and outputs native instruments audio interface feels
plasticky but it's light but it still feels pretty solid the knobs feel pretty
solid nothing is shaky or wobbly this takes
very little space on your studio desk or wherever you're making music the
Focusrite is made of metal and feels like a tank bérenger also
makes an interface for about $100 that has a metal body as well these also feel
pretty solid really no complaints with this and this is after about seven or
eight years of using it the front focused right knobs are rubbery except
for the volume knob and the same with the Native Instruments audio interface
the Focusrite feels very durable compared to the Native Instruments one
the Native Instruments audio interface is so much lighter but with this plastic
body I feel like it have to be a lot more gentle with it now I'm going to
plug a microphone into both of these and we're gonna hear this sound difference
all right I've got the gain knob set to about three o'clock so right now you're
hearing the audio that's being recorded into the complete audio 2 interface I'm
using a shure sm7b microphone got my headphones connected into here it sounds
pretty good but I have the headphone volume turned up all the way that's
partly due to the fact that I'm using beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 250 ohm
headphones other headphones are typically louder than this one but I do
even want to compare that to the focus right in just a second so this is what
the complete audio to sounds like what if we were to sing something I don't
know what to sing doremi faso Lotito now let's try the Focusrite alright now
you're listening to the audio from the Focusrite 2i4 and here's the settings
that I'm using now I've got the gain knob a little bit over three o'clock now
one thing that's really evident right off the bat is that it's much louder in
my headphones but again these are 250 ohms if you're using normal headphones
either of these should be just fine there are two things I don't like about
the Focusrite the only way that you can monitor how hot your input signal is is
looking at the light at the front whether it's going green or if it's
going red red you know it's gonna clip I love the meters on the top of the
complete audio - it's so much easier to adjust your gain with these meters also
you've got the volume knob right at the top the issue I have with the focus
right is that every time I reach for the volume knob I'm always bumping into
other things doremi faso Lotito that's over all right so now you've
heard both of the audio interfaces what do you think I kind of felt that the
Focusrite was a little crisper on the high end frequencies and the complete
audio too was a little warmer but that's just my ears what did you hear now if
you're recording something like a podcast with just vocals the difference
between these two might be really important to you but if you're mixing
vocals into a song what's the audios in to your mix it's gonna be hard to really
tell the difference between both of these so what about the included
software now this is where things get really interesting Focusrite Scarlett
audio interfaces like the 2i2 come with an excellent audio piano
virtual instrument as well as Focusrite effects plugins EQ reverb delay and a
few others by Focusrite and soft tube the Focusrite also comes with Ableton
Live light and the Pro Tools creative pack whatever that is about the native
instruments audio interfaces come with Maschine essentials which is a beef
making production software 3 Native Instruments effects the delay compressor
and a phaser and you get monarch a synth virtual instrument these also come with
Ableton Live light just like a Focusrite Native Instruments is also advertising
that it's complete start production sweet of sounds and virtual instruments
sounds is gonna be free but it's actually free for anyone whether you buy
this or not now when it comes to software I do like
the software included with the Native Instruments audio interfaces more than
the Focusrite ones the Focusrite effects plugins are excellent but if you're just
getting started you do get some extra instruments and the machine software
which is really nice that said if you are buying one of these audio interfaces
just to get access to some of the Native Instruments software
I suggest you actually go for something else like the complete control m32
keyboard let me just put it this way if you need to travel a lot if you're going
to be banging around your audio interface playing it on stage you're
gonna want something that is very heavy-duty and durable and the Focusrite
feels like it is although I haven't tested it in those situations now if
you're just using an audio interface at home I prefer the Native Instruments one
it's small and I love the layout of the controls if you're interested in buying
any one of these audio interfaces I'll put links in the description of the
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