Volt 476 USB Recording Studio
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Volt 476
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D. Khasaia
Volt 476
Fantastic product with a vintage look which I love. This is a great quality budget audio interface with a style. I definitely recommend it to DIY musicians.
M. Giguere
Excellent interface
Je suis totalement ravi par cet achat et la qualité sonore globale de mes moniteurs est vraiment supérieure à celle de mon ancienne interface. La qualité des préamplis est également très bonne, avec une amélioration marquée lors des enregistrements. Que dire aussi du compresseur 1176 et du mode vintage, un gros plus ! La liste et la qualité des plugins inclus sont aussi de très bonne qualité et permettent de produire du matériel de très bon niveau.
Les seuls bémols sont que le compresseur peut induire très légèrement un bruit de fond et que l'activation des plugins est très fastidieuse, exigeant la création de plusieurs comptes avec différentes compagnies. Mais c'est malheureusement ainsi pour la majorité des interfaces audio.
Des amis et commerçants me l'avaient recommandé et je peux en faire autant pour ceux qui cherchent une nouvelle interface sans vouloir payer une fortune.
T. Leviston
I am so glad I made this purchase
I've been out of making music for a while but a friend inspired me to start. I had an MPC but it's audio interface gave me a lot of issue when I started mixing and mastering. The 476 handled my mixing and mastering needs easily and it looks amazing. It's in my study and people say, "what is that?" And the best part is it works USB without having to be plugged in. So when my wife is playing her games in our room, I can plug the Volt into my MacBook while she ignores me. (:
S. Durrani
All I wanted
This is one of my best investments in musical products so far. I heard so much bad stuff online and even in these reviews but I have been completely satisfied with the Volt. I love how much power it can provide to even a high impedance headphone like Dt 990 pro. The mic preamps and the compressors included sound amazing. 5/5.
C. Chavis
No driver
Company holds their customer hostage after spending hundreds of $ and forcing them to install unwanted trash just to be able to use what was paid for. I don't want to install your connect software, I don't want you to install pace ilok, I don't want your stupid plugins, I don't want you to force me to accept EULAs for software that I have no plan on ever using just to get a copy of the driver for the hardware that I purchased.
Just give me the hardware driver and go away. Never again. Next interface will not be UA.
h. Romagny
Rassuré sur les drivers Windows
Oui , j'avoue j'avais un peu d'inquiétude à propos de l'intégration sous Windows , de nombreux avis faisant état de problèmes d'installation ou d'utilisation . Pour moi , sous Windows 11 pro tout se passe bien et l'installation a été très simple et rapide , je n'ai pas de soucis avec le son dans aucune application . Ma configuration est pourtant un peu "hybride" puisque la carte est intégrée à l'interface Maschine Mk3 de Native Instruments ce qui n'était pas forcément gagné d'avance . la compatibilité entre les deux hardwares est parfaite sur mon PC qui est pourtant seulement un Intel core I3 ( 3.60 Ggh ) avec 16 GO de RAM . J'arrive à descendre l'Asio jusqu'à 64 samples sur les petits projets avec une latence vraiment faible sans craquements ou coupures pour le moment ! La différence avec la carte intégrée de la Mk3 est énorme à tous les points de vue et ce n'est pourtant pas une mauvaise carte en soit ( dans ma config précédente elle était épaulée par une vieille édirol FA101 pas si obsolète que ça en firewire ) . mais là respect à UAD pour cette Volt 476 , selon moi un produit très bien conçu et positionné . Je connais un peu les Apollo Twin , pour avoir enregistré avec quelques fois , et je me demandais comment la marque pourrait évoluer vers une gamme un brin moins "pro" en conservant les qualités qui ont fait sa réputation . Alors bien sur il y a des compromis , des préamps sans doute un rien moins classieux des choix orientés budget qui pourront énerver certains utilisateurs ! Oui on aurait aimé une gestion du routage logicielle et Hard plus complète des entrées sorties ADAT en plus , une seconde prise casque aussi mais franchement c'est globalement bien fait et le son est très étonnant globalement . Le reproche le plus sérieux que je lui fait en fait concerne le niveau de sortie général sous Windows plutôt un brin faible avec les vus mètres de sorties dèjà dans le rouge mais je ne suis pas sur que mes câbles de sorties soient bien cablés en symétriques il faut que je vérifie ça avant d'en être sur ! Dans le même ordre d'idée la progressivité du gros potard de sortie semble un rien étrange et pas franchement réussie . Pour le reste c'est carton plein avec les préamps très efficaces et qui rappellent vraiment leurs ainés analogiques purs , tant en terme de son que de réactivité au volume d'enregistrement . les trois options compresseur et le mode vintage sont très intéressants notamment sur guitares et basses . je n'ai pas encore testé les prises de voix mais je pense que ça va être de bon niveau vu le son des prises guitares que j'ai déjà réalisées ! Pour le moment que du bonheur pour moi , bravo .
D. Swanö
Nice Volt
My first "out-of-the-box" audio interface. Been using UAD plugins for many years and i find them excellent. The Volt is even better than i expected. Low lantency and great overall performance. Nice look and feel too. Great stuff!
D. Swanö
Nice Volt
My first "out-of-the-box" audio interface. Been using UAD plugins for many years and i find them excellent. The Volt is even better than i expected. Low lantency and great overall performance. Nice look and feel too. Great stuff!
D. Swanö
Nice Volt
My first "out-of-the-box" audio interface. Been using UAD plugins for many years and i find them excellent. The Volt is even better than i expected. Low lantency and great overall performance. Nice look and feel too. Great stuff!
.
Excellent Interface
Build quality is nice and sturdy. The sound quality is exceptional. I am very, very pleased with this purchase. Using it for home recordings. The signals were clean ion both mics and guitar and bass. I haven't figured out how the midi works with my daw yet but hopefully no issues there. Again, very pleased with the volt interface. Go UA!
I. Bouziotis
Trying to find a defect.
Top quality - top performance . I have tried two more competitors at the same price range . This is the best by far. And the support is superior! Thank you !
d. parrott
my review after using.
My main gripe is the humm that is there when the in is engaged.Even when the compressor is off.
J. Miller
Excellent Interface!
Love this piece of gear!
E. Corominas
Issue with audio quality Volt 476
From the moment I began using the product, specifically testing it on both a laptop and a desktop computer, I noticed an unusual issue with the headphone and monitor outputs. The sound produced is not up to the expected quality. To elaborate, I have compared it with an older, lower-quality audio interface and the built-in audio outputs of computers. Additionally, I've had friends and family listen to it, and we all agree that the audio output from the Volt 476 is subpar. The bass is weak, individual elements are not well-defined, there's a lack of clarity, and the stereo image seems to be lacking as well. Essentially, it sounds as if the audio is compressed.
While I am not an audio expert, this perception has been consistent among myself, my friends, and family over the past two weeks. I don't know if this could be an issue with drivers or if there might be a specific fault with this particular Volt unit but i couldn't find any customer support to ask.
h. clift
Volt 476
What a stunning, beautiful piece of hardware. The ease of use is an added bonus to the amazing tonal quality of the Volt 476. Sadly, this interface did not play well with my PC system. After months of troubleshooting, PC system optimization, I was unable to successfully track without digital artifacts. My retailer even swapped out my unit for a newer one and although the artifacts were greatly reduced, they were not completely gone. My friend has the same interface but uses a Mac based system without any issue. I'm truly heartbroken that I can not use this unit. PC users, beware.
C. Fellows
Volt476
Great Product. Great Company. Getting all the free plugins from Spitfire Audio was the icing on the cake.
J. Wilson
product came broken
Product was defective and i asked for a return which is now being "inspected" by thonam before giving me another one and its been a month i payed for it and still got nothing.
Thanks.
L. Pelchat
Almost good, but with too many Issues
I’ve had this interface for roughly a year and have used it in a countless amount of circumstances. Overall, this is close to being a very good interface but it’s issues may not be worth the price.
Pros
- Excellent sounding DI for instruments like bass and guitar, possibly class leading
- built in compressor really handy when using with apps such as zoom or discord where digital routing is not feasible or easy
Cons
- discrepancies between preamp gain levels and noise levels on each mic pre and compressor. Quality control issues make this a no-go for stereo recording
- ‘device activation’ required for the hardware is pretty ridiculous. I run this in a shared space and we are all unfortunately having to constantly deactivate/reactivate the serial number on the interface. The hassle has moved us to other interfaces and in my opinion is an unacceptable business practice on UA’s part.
- Headphone amp is lacklustre and probably the worst of any interface I’ve tried. It lacks a lot of detail and my MacBook pro’s high impedance headphone out is substantially better to the point of avoiding the interface altogether.
- Compressor has way too much noise. It’s supposed to be modelled after and 1176, but is not within the range of signal to noise quality. This is fine with 1-2 instruments, but the noise stacks up quickly and becomes unbearable at higher levels. Nice to have analog hardware but usability isn’t really there for professional recordings.
- volume and preamp pots are already scratchy after a year
Overall seems great on paper but there are more reliable interfaces at a lower cost, or ones with much better feature sets just above
A. Malys
Excellent interface - Volt 476
Only had it a couple of weeks but I can say so far it is a rock solid interface. Built very well and easy on the eyes as well, it is compact but not too compact. The 76 compressors on board are quite nice as well. Also love that the interface is found by your computer in a hot second everytime which is not something I can say about alot of other interfaces. Would love to see a bit better curated software bundle included but that does not make or break this deal at this price. I would also point out that UA should put LUNA in the bundle for those customers that do not know about it. It is a rock solid professional DAW that will make analog console fans rejoice! All in all an exceptional little interface especially so at its price point!
PS - UA, please build an I/O expander companion box for this interface (say 8 IN and 8 OUT analog and a digital in and out)
J. Nash
Super useful but noisy monitor pot.
Great bit of kit, really handy for quick capture. The 76 circuitry sounds pretty good, too. My only gripe is that the monitor pot (the big knob) is noise, i.e., you can hear crackling through the monitors when you turn it up and down.