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iRig HD has a single mono input. The second 1/4” jack is for sending mono output to a guitar amp. It can either send the guitar through unprocessed or not. For stereo input, you would want something else.
I had no issues at all even when it was my main impaktor + iPhone rig that I used daily for years.
Zoom u25 is slightly bigger but has a decent sound/preamps and most of ins and outs you’d wish for. Battery powered and standalone.
It’s not usb powered, right?. I’d like something that I can just plug and play. I have an old Zoom H4 that works fine, but needing a power supply or batteries is sort of annoying.
The Behringer Euphoria UM2 seems like it’s usb powered and pretty cheap. Anyone using it?.
https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0AVV
It is usb powered if you have a usb c device. I don’t think there is a reliably working usb powered audio interface that works with lightning because iPads don’t provide enough current for the preamps. Even Behringer uca 222/202 won’t work well, I’ve tried it a couple of days ago.
I do have a pro which is usb-c. You mean the zoom u25 is bus powered if using usb-c?.
If you do mean the u-25, it seems like it’s been replaced by the u-22, I’m guessing they’re the same?
No, sorry that was a typo. U24 and U44 will power off usb c iPad including phantom power.
I see. I was looking for a cheapy, for quick careless sofa use.
Btw...
I hope you’re barefoot! 😳😜
How did you know?!
Usb c is such a life saver. I spent so many fruitless hours trying to make portable battery powered rigs. It’s so much easier now.
I have a Line 6 Sonic Port which I use frequently as my sofa guitar interface of choice for its small form factor. You can pick them up pretty cheap now. I also have a Sonic Port VX which is more versatile (stereo line in, micro usb for power through and/or CCK connection if you don’t want to use the MFi cable), but It’s that much bulkier.
I bought the sonic port for £5 partly to give me a spare cable for the VX, but as the smallest interface I have I find it very handy.
The one I want to add to the discussion is the TC Go Guitar Pro (make sure it’s the Pro, not the 3.5 mm jack non-pro). I waited a long time for one to come up cheap (£25) on eBay, but I have been pleasantly surprised. I’ve got it semi-permanently fixed onto a travel/sofa guitar now with a magnet. Works with either an included Mfi mini USB to lightning cable, or with a mini usb via CCK. Light and small, if a bit bigger than the Sonic Port.
@tahiche I also picked up a UM2 last week to fit inside my latest box of wireless wonder, it was the only thing I could find with phantom powered mic XLR that would fit in the box I wanted to use. Not the most amazing sound quality, but I wasn’t expecting that. Does the job though and means I get playing quickly, switch on the battery to the hub, connect the CCK and go. Good thing (for me) is you can still use the iPad / iPhone volume controls (as well as its own output knob). I am using it on a powered hub though, haven’t tried without.
Forgive the bad routing, always prototyping, always bodging...
Similar to directional microphones for me. Put some holes in the housing behind the diaphragm so that sounds coming from directions other than the front of the mic push the diaphragm in the reverse direction, thus "cancelling" them. It represents some physics that are way over my head but it's simple and elegant in practice.
The reviews I can find are pretty meh on this one. Plus, -5 for proprietary cables of any sort on devices that are otherwise very generic. They always break and always seems to cost a fortune.
Mono input is the downfall here. For me anyway.
Ah, I missed that you wanted stereo. I think the sonic port had an 1/8” stereo input. Maybe the irig duo would work for you.
Apogee Jam Plus too big or not suitable? It comes with 3 cable options, usbc, usba, lightning. 1/8 stereo headphone out that sounds fantastic, has direct monitor button but I rarely use it. Rotary gain knob with overdrive option. Minimum gain is quite hot but you can lower the gain in the daw. One 1/4 input for instrument, or dynamic mic if you have xlr to 1/4 impedance converter. The audio and recording quality is pristine. Also, you can use the iPad volume buttons. For a tiny single channel interface with headphone out, the quality and convenience is hard to beat. Unlike the other apogee products, jam plus is totally plug and play.
The zoom looks great. I like that it can be powered independently. I think I’ll buy it for the mobile setup that I’m planning. I‘m thinking of taking my Microfreak, Launchpad mini, nanoKeys and nanoKontrol. I already have a Ion Block Rocker speaker and a low camping desk. Can’t wait to go out with that to the park when it is warmer.
Looks like a good option (quality and size wise) but it’s mono input only.
Nice! Looking forward to a photo or even a video of this in action.
good luck with it.
Behringer UCA-2xx is definitely a contender. Still seems goofy in size once you add the CCK, a USB cable and a pair stereo RCA dongles (who needs to plug in RCA cables?) but it’s stereo, class compliant, bus powered and pretty dang small. Also affordable.
Wish it had 1/8” jacks and was manufactured by someone else but whatevs, also wish Scarlett Johansson had crush on me and that I’d written Paranoid Android.