Description
The Audient iD4 High-Performance USB Audio Interface was designed with musicians in mind to simplify the recording process while providing the artist with one of the company’s renowned Class-A console-grade microphone preamplifiers. Housed in a desktop-style chassis, it delivers the audio performance of a large-format console in a compact and elegant desktop package. The unit provides a world-class Audient console mic pre, high performance convertor technology, console-style monitor control, JFET D.I., and the revolutionary ScrollControl. The iD4 is USB bus-powered and compatible with Mac OS X, Windows, and iOS.
Key Features
- 1 x Class-A Audient console mic preamplifier
- 1 x Discrete JFET instrument input
- High-performance convertors
- iD ScrollControl mode
- Zero-latency monitoring with monitor mix and pan
- Main speaker output
- Independent Class-AB headphone output (dual inputs)
- Monitor control functionality
- USB 2.0 bus powered
- 24-bit/96kHz
- All-metal enclosure
- Windows, Mac OS X, and iOS compatible
Microphone Preamps
- Use a class-A microphone design developed by legend David Dearden and optimised over 18 years of refinement
- Clean, punchy and musical character
- Flexible topology – design optimised gain range between 0 – 70 dB gain
- Low Noise Floor: 30,000 times quieter than the signal level
- Wide Bandwidth: Preserving your transient detail
- Transformer-less, RF-immune input stage for detailed resolution
Convertors
iD4 provides you with high-performance AD-DA convertors. Quality in the analogue stages of design comes from years of experience as analogue console designers, and when coupled with outstanding convertor technology it enables you to hear audio as it’s supposed to sound
ScrollControl
With a touch of a button iD4’s volume encoder becomes a virtual scroll wheel, enabling you to adjust DAW hosts, plug-in parameters and even scroll through your iTunes library, just like you’re adjusting a piece of hardware. Wherever your mouse pointer hovers, the iD knob can scroll to control, and when you’re not using ScrollControl, pressing iD4’s volume encoder activates DIM, enabling you to quickly reduce the playback volume
Plug and Play
iD4 has a harmonically rich JFET D.I input. Designed to replicate the input stage of a classic valve amplifier, you can plug your guitar, bass, keyboard, or drum machine straight in and start recording instantly
Monitor Pan
iD4’s Monitor Pan feature enables you to pan both the mic pre input and D.I input from left to right, making it easy for you to create a balanced headphone mix that suits you
Monitor Mix
iD4’s Monitor Mix feature lets you monitor a blend of both iD4’s inputs and your DAW playback, providing near-zero-latency monitoring while recording. Designed with creativity in mind, Monitor Mix allows you to quickly blend in your DAW playback and start recording along to your multitrack instantly, enabling you to focus on the music and lay down your track effortlessly
Dual Headphone Outputs
Featuring a dual headphone output, iD4 enables you to collaborate with your friends and other artists. Whether you’re recording a guitar and a vocal, or just listening to music together, iD4 lets you plug in two sets of headphones, making it the perfect tool for jamming with your friends and capturing creativity as it happens. The dual headphone output also has both a jack and mini jack output, so no more need to carry around a headphone adapter
Built to Last
iD4 has been designed to last, from its all-metal construction, hand-finished aluminium knobs and high-grade component selection, iD4 will stand up to countless late nights in the studio and days on the road
Specifications
| System Requirements | |
| Mac Requirements | OS X: 10.7.5 (Lion) or later Mac: Intel CPU, 1 GB RAM minimum |
| Windows Requirements | Windows 7 or later (32- or 64-bit) Intel Core 2 @ 1.6 GHz, or AMD equivalent 1 GB RAM minimum |
| iOS | Device running iOS 6 or later Apple Lightning to USB camera adapter USB 2.0 powered hub |
| Input | |
| Gain | Microphone: 0 to 66 dB (inc. +10 dB software boost) Line Level: -10 to 56 dB (-10 dB hardwired line pad) D.I.: -5 to 45 dB (inc. +10 dB software boost) |
| Phantom Power | 48 V ±4 V at 10 mA/channel (12 VDC only) |
| EIN | < -126.0 dBu |
| CMRR | > 75 dB at 1 kHz |
| Maximum Input Level | Mic: +12 dBu (0 dBFS digital Maximum) DI: +8 dBu (0.6% THD typical) |
| Input Impedance | Mic: 2.8 kOhms Balanced Line: > 8 kOhms Balanced D.I.: > 500 kOhms Unbalanced |
| Frequency Response | Mic/Line: ±0.1 dB, 20 Hz to 22 kHz @ min. gain, ±1.0 dB, 20 Hz to 22 kHz @ max. gain D.I.: ±0.1 dB, 20 Hz to 22 kHz |
| Crosstalk | < -91 dBu |
| THD+N | Mic: 0.0015% (-96.5 dBu) D.I.: < 0.1% all musical 2nd and 3rd harmonics, typically 0.05% at 0 dBu |
| SNR | Mic: 96 dB un-weighted, 99 dB A-weighted D.I.: 87 dB un-weighted, 90 dB A-weighted |
| XLR / Phone Jack | Combo XLR-1/4″ / 6.35 mm XLR: Pin 2 (Hot), Pin 3 (Cold) & Pin 1 (Shield) 1/4″: Tip (Hot), Ring (Cold) & Sleeve (Shield) |
| Phono (1/4″) | DI: 1/4″ / 6.35 mm Tip (Hot) & Sleeve (Shield) |
| A/D – D/A Conversions | |
| Maximum | A/D: +12 dBu (0 dBFS digital maximum) D/A: +12 dBu (0 dBFS digital maximum) |
| Reference | A/D: +12 dBu = 0 dBFS D/A: +12 dBu = 0 dBFS |
| Frequency Response | A/D: ±0.1 dB, 10 Hz to Fs/2 D/A: ±0.1 dB, 10 Hz to Fs/2 (flat to Nyquist) |
| Impedance | D/A: < 100 Ohms |
| Crosstalk | A/D: -100 dBu at 1 kHz and 10 kHz D/A: < -104 dBu at 1 kHz and 10kHz |
| THD+N | A/D at -1 dBFS (1 kHz): < 0.001% (-100dB) A/D at -6 dBFS (1 kHz): < 0.0011% (-99.1 dB) D/A THD+N @ -1 dBFS (1 kHz): < 0.0015% (-96.5 dB) |
| Dynamic Range | A/D: 112 dB un-weighted, 114 dB A-weighted D/A: 112 dB un-weighted, 115 dB A-weighted |
| Jack | DA: 2x 1/4″ / 6.35 mm, Tip (Hot), Ring (Cold) & Sleeve (Shield) |
| Headphones | |
| Maximum Output Level | +12 dBu (0dBFS digital maximum) |
| Reference Level | +12 dBu = 0 dBFS |
| Voltage Gain | +6 dB (optimised for loudness) |
| Output Impedance | < 30 Ohms Unbalanced |
| Frequency Response | ±1.0 dB, 10 Hz to Fs/2 (load dependant) |
| Crosstalk | -98 dBu at 1 kHz & 10 kHz |
| THD + N | THD+N @ -1 dBFS (1 kHz): < 0.0012% (-98.4 dB) |
| Dynamic Range | 106 dB un-weighted 108 dB A-weighted |
| Maximum Level | Max Level into 30 Ohms: +3 dBu, 0.008% THD+N, Power: 80 mW Max Level into 60 Ohms: +6 dBu, 0.005% THD+N, Power: 80 mW Max Level into 600 Ohms: +12 dBu, 0.0025% THD+N, Power: 31 mW |
| Jack | TRS Jack: 1/4″ / 6.35 mm Tip (Left), Ring (Right) & Sleeve (Shield) Mini Jack: 1/8″ / 3.5 mm Tip (Left), Ring (Right) & Sleeve (Shield) |
| USB | |
| Bus Power | 500 mA @ 5 V system limit 420 mA @ 5 V maximum (no 48 V) |
| Input Channels | 2 x Analogue |
| Output Channels | 2 x Analogue |
| DSP | DSP Mixer Latency: Round Trip (in-to-out) 44.1 kHz 1.583 ms 48.0 kHz 1.458 ms 88.2 kHz 0.792 ms 96.0 kHz 0.729 ms |
| Power Supply | |
| Power | USB 2.0 Powered (2.5 W Maximum) |
| General | |
| Dimensions | 133.0 x 120.0 x 40.7 mm |
| Weight | 1.0 kg |
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