M-AudioM-Track Solo – USB Audio Interface for Recording, Streaming and Podcasting with XLR, Line and DI Inputs, Plus a Software Suite Included

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Purchased 7 different Audio Interfaces including the Scarlett Solo and several other big-named brands to test using Addictive Drums both as a standalone and a VST with my Titan50 Electric Drum kit. This is the best interface mostly because it has a really great proprietary ASIO driver that produces ZERO latency. ALL the others had serious latency issues, especially when using Windows Audio Driver. The only drawback, is that the M-Audio Solo doesn't allow Loopback, meaning you CANNOT record both your drum track AND audio at the same time or anything through the sound card, essentially making this audio interface exclusive vs shared. This is frustrating when you play along with a song and you want to record both at the same time. The only workaround is to record the drums while the song is playing, then save both tracks (track 1 music, track 2 drums) as a new MP3 or WAV file. Not a deal breaker, but also kinda silly from the engineers at M-Audio.

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%

The hardware worked with no issues so far. Driver install was simple.The "included" software is actually a download that you have to sign up for.After reviewing the hoops I had to jump through, chose Amplitude instead.Amplitude is unbelievably awesome!Windows is able to play the input from this device directly through the PC speakers. So I dont need to use the output jacks on the back (yet).I had only one disconnection issue that turned out to be a faulty USB port, so I switched from a 2.0 to a 3.0 port and got it working again.

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!

Really, for the price, it's a good interface. For a budget-friendly device, it's not professional-grade, but it does a great job of recording. At least in my case, I use it to record my electric guitar and use distortion, overdrive, high-gain amp effects, and other things. You can get a 10ms latency with the default block size. I even have a 5ms latency on my system! That's true, by lowering the block size. I've seen a lot of people say it records very quietly, and the truth is, I don't have any problems with that. In fact, the input where my guitar is connected has the gain at 0; I haven't even turned it up. I just turn up the volume in Amplitube 5 and then add more in Reaper if I want, and it feels like a real amp.Clearly, the configurations, setup, and installation aren't for a novice, and if you're a novice, you should be very patient and read a lot. You can rely on artificial intelligence to guide you through the installation and configuration of everything. Perhaps poor user practices cause this interface to break down very quickly. Don't activate phantom power if you're not powering anything that requires it, don't turn up the input volume all the way. You can listen without using the rear outputs or the front output, just through USB via the PC's audio.I hope my interface lasts a long time.

I bought it to play rock smith and it works great and the software was easy to install.