iConnectivity PlayAUDIO12 Review
Dual-USB Audio and MIDI Interface for Live
- 12-out USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interface designed for live use
- Excellent-sounding 24-bit/96kHz AD/DA conversion
- Great for control and playback of your virtual instruments, backing tracks, and more
- Connect up two computers at once, with both manual and automatic switching modes
- USB MIDI host port offers up to eight ports worth of USB MIDI connectivity for your controllers and modules
- Onboard Ethernet MIDI is ideal for rugged long-distance MIDI connections
- Convenient capacitive touchscreen, clear metering, and straightforward front-panel operation
- 2-button Control In footswitch input for manual computer switching and/or user-assignable controls
- Control Out connection allows you to slave additional PlayAUDIO12 units
- Great software starter bundle with Ableton Live 9 Lite and top-quality samples from Big Fish Audio
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Great product, could be better
iConnectivity PlayAUDIO12 USB Audio and MIDI Interface
Reviewed by Beaucage on B&H Photo Video
This box is a great idea ! And it works really well, here are the downsides for theatrical mixing: you only get +13dBu maximum output gain. profesional ADDA converters (max output +22dBu) are usually calibrated for -18dBFS in the DAW to output +4dBu leaving 18dBs of headroom. That means that if you mix with wide dynamics, and average your mix at -18dBFS in the mixing studio, then play it back with the PlayAUDIO12 your average will fall 18dBs below the +13 allowed by the box = -5dBu. You will have to crank the line preamps by 9dBs to regain what you lost, hence putting more noise in the signal chain. Secondly, it would be awesome for the USB midi controller input to accept other devices than a midi compliant device, a computer keyboard for example. Modern production with redundant systems require other devices than a midi controller but you can only plug a midi class-compliant controller, and fill it with tape and sharpie labeled keys... ... More
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