Sterling Audio Harmony H224 USB Audio Interface

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Owning multiple interfaces, for the $$$, this one is awesome

I own many audio interfaces, from RME RAYDAT, FIREFACE 800 & Babyface PRO, for my 'serious' use, to UGM192, UAC-2, US-366, for 'misc' use. I bought this one to setup a mini studio on the kitchen bar. It exceed my expectations. It has 2 sets of 1/4" line outs, set of midi i/o, x2 Hi-Z instrument inputs, 2 mic/line XLR/TRS combo inputs with a push button that switches between MIC and LINE input, 48v phantom power for your condenser and cloud/active DI boxes, a big phat monitor volume knob (push the knob to mute), HPF and PADs on the mic pres, button to check MONO on the mains. 32 block buffer size. The unit is built like a tank....very solid. Comes with a quality braided USB-C to Type-A cable. The converters & preamps are what they are at this price range; they are clean, that's it. (But, for this price you can't expect $800 /ch preamps - you're probably getting $40 preamps per channel.) If you need better pres for your $1,500 conderser, this has true line inputs for your expensive pre to bypass the interface pres! ;-) I would liked to have an option in the unit's mixer software to switch the ASIO buffer size, but that can be accomplished within the DAW options itself (smallest buffer is 32). If space is a factor, as you can see from the product pics, all of the controls are on the top of the unit so you can't put a e.g. DSI MOPHO on the top of it *lol* but I like having the monitor control knob at an ergonomic reach. There have been a few users on Youtube that said that there was latency from when you turn the volume knob to when you hear the volume change. That must have been fixed because I didn't experience a problem with anything. If you are new to this 'game of audio' and looking for your first interface, then this is it. Skip the FOCUSRITE - this has waaaay more options and expand-ability, and the price is right especially when you catch it during the SDOTD (I did). It would be a 10/10 if it had ADAT light-pipe or coaxial S/PDIF i/o, but I get it, that would up the price which is already rock-bottom with the SDOTD! Overall, I'm giving this interface a 9/10 in its class. enjoy :)