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# [Audient ID4: Rock solid USB audio interface](https://www.redsharknews.com/audio/item/4059-audient-id4-rock-solid-usb-audio-interface)

 Written by [David Shapton](https://www.redsharknews.com/author/david-shapton) | Jul 13, 2016 12:00:00 AM

Audient ID4

**A new computer audio interface from Audient scores with features and construction that separate it from the crowd.**

UK audio company Audient has just announced its new USB computer audio interface. There's an awful lot of these devices around now, but this one stands out from the crowd with an excellent Mic Pre Amp and an  additional input for instruments.

The iD4 Compact Audio Interface has a great sounding Mic Pre amp (it's the one found in its ASP 8024 Heritage Edition mixing console), as well as a high quality analogue-to-digital converter.

A significant bonus is a JFET input stage for DI-ing guitars, basses and keyboards. (JFET amplifier stages mimic valve/tube amps with their rich harmonics.)

The main control knob doubles as a 'ScrollControl', essentially a rotary encoder that can be assigned to control virtually anything in a DAW.

The iD4 has a Class A/B headphone amplifier with dual headphone sockets.

It's built to last, with all metal construction, and comes in at a very reasonable $199.

Here's the main feature list:

1 x Class-A Audient Console Mic Preamplifier  
High Performance AD/DA Converters  
iD ScrollControl Mode  
1 x Discrete JFET Instrument Input  
Main Speaker Output  
Independent Class-AB Headphone Output (dual outputs)  
Monitor Control Functionality  
USB2.0 Bus Powered  
24bit/96khz  
All-Metal Enclosure

You can find out more at [www.audient.com.](http://www.audient.com)

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