Subject
Versatile and Funtional
By: DGFreeman from NMB SC US
Submitted: 10/28/2012
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
The preamps are great, especially in this price range and the included Universal Control software has been a dream come true for me. It allows up to 3 completely seperate mixes (Main Out, Headphone Out, and SPDIF Out). I am part of a 3 piece band, so this is great for allowing us each an individual monitoring mix. The software is more capable than I make use of as signals can be routed in/out of your DAW to different channels in the virtual mixers.
Ease of Use
How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be?
Pretty freaking easy to use. Plug in one FW cable and you're good, Dont forget to start Universal Control though.
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
This unit has impressed me and I have since been looking into various other Presonus products because this unit is very good quality and has always just worked.
I do wish there was a manual for Universal Control as I would really like to dive in a bit deeper there, but it is quite useable without one.
Value
Was this item an overall good value?
At this price, seems difficult to find a better value.
Subject
Seems to be Working Well
By: Tom Best from Salisbury, CT, USA
Submitted: 7/16/2012
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
My band is using the presonus to allow us to quantize our live performance with ableton. We send one output with a click track to the drummer's headphones, and send a main output without a metronome to the house. It has worked great so far. It also allows our keyboard player to stop relying on his computer's headphone jack as an output!
Ease of Use
How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be?
Not too much of a learning curve. We are still troubleshooting a few issues- occasional popping sounds through our PA... Sometimes our computer has trouble running two DAWs simultaneously (Mainstage + Ableton). But, aside from these two issues, we have basically been able to plug in and play.
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
a reasonably priced versatile recording and live performance solution.
Value
Was this item an overall good value?
yes
Subject
Have had problems since day one!
By: JT from Atlanta, GA, odark-one@excite.com
Submitted: 8/29/2011
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
I thought with the inputs it would be great...
Ease of Use
How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be?
It doesn't work..it worked for a few months, then it just started crashing!
Value
Was this item an overall good value?
Right now, it's not worth a dayum....
Subject
Simply Awesome
By: iwatakeshi from Farmington
Submitted: 4/28/2011
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
I can use it as my default audio instead of having to use my green audio jack. I hate switching my headphones from one jack to another just to use an audio interface.
Also the multi-track recording is awesome.!
Ease of Use
How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be?
Pretty easy. I didn't use the Presonus Artist, I used my Cubase Essential 5 and it works great like a charm! Also the Presonus Universal Control software is easy to set up. When you set up the box make sure to use the software to chain the headphone output from mono to stereo if you want to use pan
Value
Was this item an overall good value?
It's a decent value, wished it was cheaper since this has been around for a long time. 50 bucks off is not enough. Should have been $199.
Subject
Mobile Studio!
By: Buddy from Cabot, Arkansas
Submitted: 2/10/2011
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
Firewire 400. I run my firewire drive off the second fw output. Multiple inputs. I normally just use the XLR's as I'm just playing guitar parts through it.
Ease of Use
How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be?
Easy to use. Digital Performer 7 with a 13 inch Macbook Pro, no issues. Set your gain level and your monitor levels and your good.
Value
Was this item an overall good value?
Awesome value. I would've liked to owned some of the higher end interfaces, but for my current situation of being away from home a lot, this is great.
Subject
Read This Review! It Is Well Worth the $!!!
By: Sowseed777 from Denver, CO. USA, Sowseed777@yahoo.com
Submitted: 1/8/2011
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
Sound is great. I have used a lot of low-mid end interfaces and this beats em. I can dial in the the same settings on the pres for the mic easy!
Ease of Use
How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be?
Straight forward to use. If your new to recording its not to difficult to figure out. I dont use the software that comes with it because I use others!
Value
Was this item an overall good value?
This is a great value for the low $ and would recommend it to anyone! I would by from AMS any day! I rated it a 4 because initially I tried to get it working on the friday night (no luck). The weekend on Saturday I happened to get ahold of ams tech support the which was available out of the ordinary on a saturday afternoon which was very helpful. We got it resolved. Thank You!