Introducing The Audient iD44, 20-In 24-Out Audio Interface With USB-C

Hollin Jones on Thu, May 31st 0 comments

Audient's latest pro audio interface brings a wealth of features and that legendary build quality for a surprisingly affordable price. Here's the details.

Hampshire, May 2018 – Audient is pleased to announce that the highly anticipated iD44, our most powerful audio interface yet, is now shipping worldwide and will be available at all Audient dealers in June.

Launched to much acclaim at NAMM this year, iD44 offers four Audient Class-A console mic pres delivering 60dB of gain, all new Dual Converter Technology, the option to expand up to 20 channels via ADAT/SPDIF, new mix-focused software with significant performance improvements for the Windows drivers and more, all over USB 2.0 with USB-C connectivity.

Marketing manager Andy Allen explains how listening to customers’ feedback has been the inspiration for the latest release. “iD44 is the natural expansion of Audient’s high performance audio interface range,” he said. “We’ve built on award-winning features, utilised high grade components and innovative ideas to enhance its design. We’re really looking forward to getting it out to our customers and hearing what they have to say about it. We’re confident that it will blow them away!”

Features

20-in, 24-out Desktop Interface
4 x Class-A Audient Console Mic Preamplifiers
Class Leading AD/DA Converters
2 x ADAT Inputs & Outputs for Digital Expansion
2 x Discrete JFET Instrument Inputs
2 x Fully Balanced Inserts
2 x Independent Stereo Headphone Outputs
Main and Alt Speaker Outputs
ScrollControl
3 x User Defined Function Keys
Dedicated Talkback, Dim and Cut Controls
Power Switch
Low Latency DSP Mixer
Word Clock Output
USB2.0 Compliant
24bit/96khz
All-Metal Enclosure & hand-milled aluminium knobs
Over £500 worth of plugins and software free with ARC

Price: £499.99 inc VAT, €569 inc Local VAT and $699 MAP

Web: https://audient.com/products/audio-interfaces/id44

Hollin Jones

Hollin Jones was classically trained as a piano player but found the lure of blues and jazz too much to resist. Graduating from bands to composition then production, he relishes the chance to play anything with keys. A sometime lecturer in videographics, music production and photography post production, Hollin has been a freelance writer on music technology and Apple topics for well over a decade, along the way publishing several books on audio software. He has been lead writer at a number of prominent music and technology publications. As well as consultancy, full-time journalism, video production and professional photography, he occasionally plays Hammond, Rhodes and other keys for people who ask nicely. Hollin is Contributing Editor at Ask.Audio.