The AXE I/O Solo, by IK Multimedia, is a compact audio interface whose design has the most advanced guitar tone shaping and recording technology. It’s an award-winning interface with great features from its older brothers, but in a more compact and affordable case. Additionally, it has decades of work and innovation in analog modeling and hardware. Thus, it’ll definitely make your guitar recordings much easier and faster. And they’ll have excellent sound quality. The AXE I/O Solo has a triple topology input depending on your guitars unique character which you select through a passive and active pickup. Also, it has a pure of JFET channel for some nice sound enhancements.
AXE I/O Solo: Features
On the AXE I/O Solo, you’ll find a great feature that the manufacturers at IK have only just developed: the Z-TONE. With this circuit, you can select or dial the impedance from 1 MOhm down to 2.2KOhms. Therefore, you’ll be taking another step to give your guitar even more sound character. Moreover, this interface includes a PURE mic preamp for recording your voice or another instrument as clean as possible. It also ensures that their dynamic range is super quiet. With a dedicated amp out you can now mic your amp for an easy reamping setup.
The AXE I/O Solo offers two separate master and headphone knobs to direct signal with your computer with no latency. On its back panel, there’s a MIDI input and output, two expression pedals switches, two balanced reference monitor outs, and the PURE mic input and line out. Furthermore, it works at 24-bit, 192 kHzm and a low jitter internal clock. This gives you the confidence of great quality and fidelity on your professional-grade recordings. Also, it has a standard control panel application for you to manage in and outs and assign routings and controller inputs. Out of the box, it includes Amplitube 4 Deluxe with more than 140 models of guitar and bass amps, cabs, pedals and mics.
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