Est. delivery Mon, 11 Aug - Mon, 25 AugEstimated delivery Mon, 11 Aug - Mon, 25 Aug
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The ART USB Dual Pre interface/preamp makes it easy and affordable to plug your mic or audio source into your computer. The USB Dual Pre packs a fully-featured dual preamp and a USB interface into a very compact, tough housing. This unit can use your computer for bus power, or you can use a 9-volt battery or an external 12-volt power supply (sold separately). It features two combination XLR/1/4" TRS inputs, phantom power for up to two mics at a time, a mini headphone jack, and two balanced 1/4" outputs (these can be used to go to your speakers or as preamp outputs). Independent channel gain, monitoring, and mix controls are also included on the USB Dual Pre.
I'm using a stereo setup with an AT2021 SDC and AT2020 condenser to record an acoustic piano. This interface is perfect: no noise, great control over each channel's gain, and most importantly two XLR inputs (with up to 2 phantom power supplies) to run them both! I couldn't find many other stereo-XLR interfaces/preamps in this price range. I use Audacity and it's great.
WINDOWS 7 USERS: You need to consult a manual or their website to optimize the device. Namely, you need to go to sound settings. Under properties for the USB codec that the DUAL uses, change the level to very low (between 4 and 8 instead of 100) and change the quality to DVD quality. Some programs (including Audacity) can let you change the level from inside the program.
Cannot get a better interface for the money.