Universal Audio Volt 276

Build quality, look and UX are great on this thing. Very idiot-proof and simple to use. Compared to my Steinberg UR22mk2 it has more power to drive the headphones, though less goes to studio monitors. The sound is more vivid, a little less smooth, with less bass and more piercing highs. Stage has less depth but it's definitely wider. While it may sound negative, thanks to the great perceived separation of tracks, I'm able to hear much more details in recordings. I can precisely hear what this supporting background vocal buried in the background actually does, and what notes are played on the bass even in busier moments. Quality of instrument input is like day and night (again, I'm comparing to the UR22mk2, I don't have much experience with other interfaces or DI boxes). Comp in "guitar" setting brings bite and attack, and some tube-ish quality, especially evident in soloing. Adds some extra meat to the bass guitar as well. It can be noisy though, so you may have to adjust your noise gate settings. Direct monitoring is always a nice feature, but latency is so low, that there is no need to turn it on when tracking. And I'm using 10 years old Mac mini. I didn't yet try the mic preamp, as I don't record vocals and only sporadically work on acoustic gtr. I will try to add this info later if possible. Overall - for guitar direct recording, and for analytic listening/mixing, this piece of gear is well worth the money. And it feels and looks damn classy.

This is just beautiful...eats competition (in this price range) for diner. UA is known for pro audio since pro audio exists and they for sure did not disappoint this time. Easy to use, great great sound + vintage and compressor buttons are doing magic!

Uzasny pristroj, velmi kvalitne a odolne prevedenie. Ponuka jednoduche upravy zvuku uz na analogovej urovni. Funguje ako ma.

Muziker je odličan. Korektnost, brzina