Audient iD2 MK3

The Audient iD2 MK3 (formerly the iD14) is a 10-in / 6-out desktop audio interface for the home producer stepping up, built around two things most in its class can't offer: built-in RoomTune™ Monitor Correction and two tone-shaping Console Mic Preamps with real analogue saturation. It adds hardware-accelerated DSP FX, 32-bit conversion and ADAT expansion, and is bus-powered over USB-C for Mac and Windows.

Audient Console Mic Preamp. All 2 preamps use the same fully analogue design found in the flagship ASP8024-HE console: Class-A circuitry and 75 dB of clean gain, enough to drive an SM7B or any dynamic mic without a booster, with a signal path quiet enough for whispered vocals and soft acoustic parts.

Smartgain. Press the button, play your loudest part and the iD2 sets the level in seconds, with no clipping and optimised headroom for quiet verses and big choruses alike. In stereo pair mode both channels are matched automatically.

Analogue Tone Suite. Real analogue saturation that shapes the sound of the preamp before it reaches your DAW, so recordings arrive sounding like a record, not a demo.

RoomTune™ Monitor Correction, built in. It corrects your room response inside the interface, with zero CPU cost and always on from the moment your monitors power up, so your mixes translate everywhere. Guided setup takes under twenty minutes it stores two profiles (one per pair of monitors) and works system-wide: in your DAW, in Spotify or in any app. Requires the Audient RM1™ Reference Microphone, sold separately.

Digital expansion. The optical ADAT input adds eight inputs through any external 8-channel preamp: ten in total, enough for a full band or a drum kit with overheads and room mics. Your studio grows without trading in the interface.

Hardware-accelerated DSP FX. EQ, compression and reverb processed on the interface itself, with zero latency and no CPU cost: fix a dull vocal or a boomy guitar on the way in and add reverb to the headphones for a more inspiring take.

Front-panel JFET instrument input. Modelled on the input stage of a classic valve amp, it gives amp sims the rich, responsive signal they need, and is clean enough to re-amp later.

32-bit conversion at up to 192 kHz with 128 dB of dynamic range: a lower noise floor, more headroom and monitoring you can trust when mixing.

Monitoring. Two monitor outputs to check your mix on two pairs of speakers, dual headphone jacks (6.3 mm and 3.5 mm) so you and a collaborator can listen without an adapter, and a direct monitor button: the main encoder blends your input and backing track with near-zero latency.

iD Control. Your whole session in one window: input gain, Analogue Tone Suite, DSP FX, routing and monitoring, with total recall, two artist headphone mixes, pro monitor controls (Alt Speaker, Mute, Dim, Mono, Reference Level and M/S mode), talkback using your computer's mic, loop-back for streaming and podcasting and a standalone mode that keeps your settings without a computer. Compatible with macOS and Windows.

Metal chassis, stepped encoder and back-lit meters and switches.

In the box:

• Audient iD2 interface
• 1 m USB-C to USB-C cable

Specifications:

• Mic preamp: gain 0 to 75 dB, EIN -128 dB (A), SNR 101 dB (A), THD+N 0.0011%, maximum level 12 dBu
• Line input: gain -10 to 65 dB, maximum level 22 dBu
• JFET instrument (DI) input: 500 kΩ impedance
• Phantom power: +48 V, 10 mA per channel
• A/D converter: dynamic range 121 dB (A)
• Line outputs: 128 dB (A) dynamic range, 18 dBu maximum level
• Headphone output: 125 dB (A) dynamic range; 456 mW into 30 Ω, 434 mW into 60 Ω, 43 mW into 600 Ω
• Digital: optical S/PDIF / ADAT input
• Sample rates: 44.1 / 48 / 88.2 / 96 / 176.4 / 192 kHz
• Connectivity: USB-C
• Power: USB-C bus power or 7.5 W external USB-C supply
• Dimensions: 6.3 x 17.3 x 12 cm
• Weight: 0.628 kg
• Manufacturer warranty: 3 years