M-Audio M-Track Duo – USB Audio Interface for Recording, Streaming and Podcasting with Dual XLR, Line & DI Inputs, plus a Software Suite Included

I got this to be able to record/monitor my drums and listen to music at the same time and it's inexpensive. Now Im not a professional musician and drumming is not gonna be my main hobby so this seemed to check off all the boxes for me. I plugged it up and it was such a huge step up from what I had. The sound through the monitor quality was so good and latency was zero. Now I plugged up my Bluetooth adapter into the 1/4" line in with a 3.5mm to 1/4" TRS adapter and the audio was absolute garbage.Again, I'm not a pro musician, I'm just a average joe while likes to bang his drums. Thinking it was the adapter, I plugged it into another adapter to hear it from my previous mixer and it sounded just fine. Great, I got a defective unit. So I got a replacement and the same "issue" was present. I realized that I didn't do my research for this and learned that not all 1/4" plugs are built the same. Turns out this only takes MONO TS plugs not STEREO TRS plugs!!So words of wisdom from the worlds okayest drummer, if you get this and want to use a device to play music through the line in, get a 3.5mm to mono TS adapter NOT a stereo TRS adapter.Other than that lesson, it's a great interface!

I honestly think this is greatIf you YouTube this it gets some hate.... But when you compare it to $200+ interfaces then naturally you're going to get more for what you pay for right? That goes without saying I'd have hoped..I'm a signed pro musician and I used this to record some ideas I had and it did the job nicely.Yes gain needs to be a little higher but so what. I had no issues on the quality of sound at all, software included was easy to install and use, it's light weight, the headphones input is on the front which is nice so design is good, has phantom power source if you need it (I don't)It isn't the best. Obviously it's like $50...you can't complain about quality of sound engineering, tech etc if you're a musician spending $50 on an interface lmao... Be real...When you compare it to its price, it's fantastic, like I honestly feel you're getting more out of this than the money you spent on it. Legit.I own a fancy 4th Gen scarlet 2 blah blah whatever it's called, but this helped me out when I was traveling record a couple great ideas which now have some great promise in production in a studio. I'm thankful for itFor beginners especially, it's ideal, learn on it, audacity etc, without breaking bank on scarlet's etcEven intermediate etc or pros who need a temp solution, it's all round greatI recommend it 100%

Immediately superior in every way to the Behringer UM2 I was using before. The drivers for the M-Audio device are far superior to the ASIO4ALL driver functionality was with the Behringer UM2 (Behringer doesn't make specific drivers for their device). I get NO snap crackles or pops with my new M-Audio device whatsoever, even with low buffer settings and real-time MIDI editing in a complex project with several high-CPU plugins on my tracks. Flawless experience so far! Love the separate monitor and headphone volume control, the fact that both inputs can support condenser mics, dynamic mics, or instruments.

Packaging - Comes with everything you need, including the cable to plug into a computer. It comes with a paper with the information about the free software you get from buying it. I haven't tried it though.Build quality - Fine, no metal. Completely plastic box.Noise - I don't hear any buzz or hiss when monitoring with my headphones, even with gain all the way up.Inputs - Good, having 2 XLR ports in this price seems pretty good compared to others. Headphone port alters sound a bit using it on my PC, so I only use it for direct monitoring. I don't use the speaker outputs on the back either, so can't comment on that.Design - Good, I like the small size. I put it underneath a little lift on my desk that my monitors are on, and it slides under nicely. But since the knobs are on top it's not very easy to adjust them, but I never need to.I only use this to plug my Shure SM57 into, and I don't hear any noise or buzz of any kind when monitoring my microphone with my headphones.I also have to have the gain all the way up for my SM57 to be loud enough, and even then I'd like it to be a little louder. But even with the gain all the way up there's no noise or buzz of any sorts.I tried plugging a guitar into it but I didn't switch it from line to guitar mode, so maybe that's why it didnt sound very good. I'm too lazy to test it again right now.When you get the gain knob to 90% and greater, the gain gets extremely sensitive. 95% - 100% is a huge jump in loudness. I've seen other people say that too, so I'm not sure why it does that.I don't require the phantom power for anything so I can't comment on that.When plugging my headphones into it to use it on my computer, it seems like it alters the sound compared to when I just plug my headphones directly into my computer, and I don't like it as much, so I don't use it for that.The direct monitoring is good though, no latency or anything. I'm not sure if the monitoring knob is sensitive like the gain because I have no reason to turn it that high.

This works extremely well. It’s high quality and doesn’t need much set up. Just simply follow the instructions in the box and you will sound great with any microphone