I just saw this from one of our local e-commerce sites. Thanks for the review, man!

@ObscureMics

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Welcome! Thanks for watching!

Pretty cool interface overall. With some cool features and a nice screen. Its great if they implement your pointers at their next product.

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed

Almost there. Hopefully they'll address the shortcomings for ver 2, I could see this being a quite nice device for streamers.

@ObscureMics

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I love it.... But can't fully love it 😔

It would have been interesting to see what the gate did on the condenser mic. Auto ducking is pretty cool. The way I have my desk set up I much prefer the level meters to be on the front. The MOTU M2 works well for me. Anything with blink lights and level meters makes me happy but I need to actually see them when in use. My interface sits under a shelf so anything with knobs and meters on top isn't going to make it to my desk.

@ObscureMics

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That's a common thing too

I'm guessing it's TRRS for the output so that it can go into a phone as a mic input. The diagram on Amazon shows phone input for both the normal output and in I/O TRRS jack. Makes sense, but yeah, a bit confusing. I can't believe they didn't notice the monitoring levels aren't visually accurate - odd mistake to make. And you're right, all these types of multiple I/O interfaces have that built-in reverb ability, which I believe is because they get a lot of use from people who do singing/karaoke type stuff on phone apps that you would be simple to use with these types of devices. Great, thorough review!

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

I think you nailed it. Thanks for watching Charlie

Pretty decent debut interface. As you said the gate and verb are pretty unusable. I noticed it's not the quietest interface either. Still, I hope they can address the issues in a future version. For a lotta people 24-bit and 48k is just fine. Another excellent walkthrough!

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it And yeah... Thay are good about evolving... So I bet the next attempt is much better

Not something that I would need, but I do like the layout. Good to see more manufacturers getting into the game!

@AskMrScience

Жыл бұрын

Looking more closely at the specs, I hadn't noticed that this was a 24 bit device, compared to 16 bit for the Zoom PodTrak. I think you've been using the latter, correct?

@ObscureMics

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I use it occasionally. Lately my main interfa e has been the Tascam 1x2hr

In just saw this drop on the online shopping app I use. I'm intrigued.

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

It definitely has its upsides

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Also.... Thank you brother carlos

@itscarlosreally

Жыл бұрын

@@ObscureMics Anytime, Brother Bark!

Looking forward to the Comica x Obscure Mics OMI - 01! (OMI = Obscure Mic Interface) ;)

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

How amazing would that be

Individual phantom switches is a major plus.

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Definitely is but considering the phantom power is barely usable I'm not sure how much of a plus

JB! Does the "instrument switch" toggle the 1/4 inch jack between Instrument level and line level? Or maybe some other combination? On some pro gear XLR and 1/4" can be mic/line/or digital sources. peace

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

That's my assumption but I did not test

@redcabinacoustic-official

Жыл бұрын

@@ObscureMics Thanks - Maybe I'll download the manual - not that I need another interface LOL.

OK so a couple of things that I need to say as an audio engineer, because yes this devices have a lot of cons but I don't think everything you said is fair : -1) You're looking at a VU meter, *not* a full-scale meter. This means that this meter is *not* saying you're clipping, it's telling the dynamic of your voice, and reporting when you're going above average loudness. A professional VU meter *will* indicated clipping at whatever calibrated point on a full-scale meter (what you're looking at in your DAW) you set it to, but that just means you're going above the threshold *you* decided, not that you're clipping (for example, most VU meters in modern studios would be set-up to indicate clipping at anything above -18dB full scale or dBFS). The full-scale meter clips at anything above 0. Having said that, the fact there is no scale make it unfortunately useless, and the clipping is too reactive, but the idea of a VU meter built into the interface itself is brilliant! - 2) You cannot get anything out of an output connected to a phone input without a TRRS jack. Otherwise, the phone thinks you're using headphones. This have been the case for awhile now. This seems to be designed for streaming only, and as such, some of the decisions aren't as weird as they might mean. In my experience, people tend to set their gain way too quiet for streaming and crank up their headphones. Shame however you can't dial in the gain properly :(

@ObscureMics

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It has a toggle for streaming or multi track. I dunno, its just wonky. I have used MANY devices with digital meters...and this one just doesn't make sense to me. BUT...I by no means will pretend I am an audio engineer. As a user of tons of gear...this one was just off to me, BUT I still have it, as it is actually quite nice as a portable unit that can be used to stream music into shows on the go. Appreciate the thoughts and the view. Would love to hear more thoughts if you can get your hands on this thing...or if you have one already?

Do you think the robotic/reverby effect was because of a tiny latency? I noticed that too when I bought a cheap generic soundcard that has some built in effects. It was too annoying for me and made it unusable.

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Yep... Absolutely a bit of latency. Always the mark of some shortcuts being made.

@tonio95music

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@@ObscureMics btw I'm looking for an interface with a built in DSP for monitoring and saw the Yamaha AG03. Haven't bought it yet because it's a bit out of my budget but I might consider it. The built in DSP looks powerful. It has EQ/compression/reverb configurable via desktop app. Just thought you might be interested. Love your channel and your attitude ✌️🤟

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Ya know.... I've always wanted one of those and for some reason never pulled the trigger. I'm really happy with the focusrite vocaster at the moment tho I guess. Appreciate you.

@tonio95music

Жыл бұрын

@@ObscureMics cool! will look at that as well

Interesting with just a little tweaking on the next version.

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

First attempt is flawed but promising

TO BE HONEST this one LOOKS better compare to your studio HEHEHEHEH

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Gut punch

The eq and effects are horrid. Totally useless. They did a nice job on the gain control, though. 😂

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Whew..... So many missed opportunities on what was an ambitious first attempt. If they can correct it tho.....

rubbish for musicians podcast interface

@ObscureMics

Жыл бұрын

Deabtably rubbish for anyone... But I've found my use case I guess