Native Instruments KOMPLETE AUDIO 6

Used this in the studio and noticed that the sound quality was great/low latency. Not using the USB cable it came with and getting a better quality USB cable fixes the power surge/pop and click that occurs mostly on waking the computer. The second input I noticed some noise after 5 years of use. I understand each input on 1 & 2 differ in instrument vs line level but on my unit input 2 carrier a lot of noise. For the price this outperforms many units.The location of the knobs etc make it convenient but not as aesthetically pleasing as the newer model. Phantom power is solid and a mid grade preamp is recommended if you're using a microphone. I also have the unit plugged into a multi output broadcast headphone amplifier which sounds great. The MIDI worked well with low latency as well compared to other interfaces on the market. The multi output function is pretty important as in the studio mixing it's best to switch between monitors to combat ear fatigue. This can be accomplished with a touch of a button.

I won't use this product

I bought this interface because of how much I love my Maschine. It sounded great for the first 45 minutes and then it started... intermittent pops and crackles. I was rooting for this so scoured the internet about this issue. There was a good amount of forums with people facing the same issue. After contacting NI and getting no help, then trying everything the forums suggested, it still had the same issue. I chose the same route a lot of other took and decided to return it. Went with the Focusrite Clarett and have had crystal clear sound ever since.

I used this interface for the past 3 years with my mobile laptop rig and it has been a wonderful, solid audio interface. The sound quality is great, easy to use and has been extremely consistent. Very low latency on my Core i5-8400, I average 24 μs with the process buffer at 128 samples. The software package is loaded with quality instruments and software. Highly recommend, this audio interface is the best entry level by leaps and bounds.

This interface rocks, I've recorded ..bass..guitars, keyboards, using cubase 9. I'm getting 3.4 milliseconds on input and around 4.3 on output using 96000Hz/96bit rate .. on mix down I bump it up to 128 or 256.. and is smooth with tons of vsti and plugins.....seems to be the magic number with this unit. And that's recording 4 channels at once.. Recording 2 channel audio drum tracks from a yamaha dtx 502 module and 3 or 4 midi vsti. Grooveagent,ezdrummer,drumlab. At the same time..... nice.. My system is even old. Asus laptop .I7 2.0 Hz 8 gigs ram I wish we could link 2 of these together for more inputs.. maybe you can I'm not sure Best bang for the buck. And all the added software is great... one of the reasons I got this unit... and for the digital in and outputs. Very satisfied .... Happy recording

This is the second audio interface I have used but so far it sounds clear and the quality is much higher than I was used to. Also the latency is very low and I use the effects withought any noticeable lag time. Haven't tried the MIDI ports but I'm assuming they will be good as well. I have currently tried using it to record electric/acoustic guitar, vocals and piano with various types of microphones and it hasn't t given me any problems.