Audient EVO 4:
2-IN 2-OUT USB
AUDIO INTERFACE
CAPTURE IDEAS
ON THE GO!
Audient interfaces
have been around
for a while now and
the ID4, in particular, has been a great starter interface.
Now, however, Audient has a new sub-brand called
the EVO and they have 2 new interfaces called the
EVO 4 and the EVO 8. Let's talk about the EVO 4.
Its a cheap, tiny interface. The form factor is a black box
with a dial on top that does everything with the help of a
few buttons to assign different things to it. Setting it up is
hassle-free, with a single USB-C cable, the EVO 4 makes
for a highly portable solution and it offers 24bit/96kHz
at a price that's a little cheaper than the Scarlett 2i2.
STACKTUNE:
WEB APPLICATION’
SECURE FILE
SHARING FOR AUDIO
PROFESSIONALS
This is a little service
I stumbled upon while
looking for a better
and more secure way of sharing tracks with clients and
collaborators. Usually, when working with a client, you
send them a mix via google drive, wetransfer or dropbox.
They listen to it, its usually not level matched and not
neces-sarily secure. Half the time we end up having to
send low res mp3’s at varying levels and names. Stack tune
is a service that changes all of this. Its an online sharing
Another very interesting feature of this EVO 4 is Smartgain
technology. Just select which channel you’re using, enable
Smartgain mode, make some noise and the input gain
will adjust itself. It is quick and lovely for gain staging.
Although it takes away the learning process of making
gain stag-ing errors as an amateur, it almost guarantees
recordings that aren't clipped. The preamps are clean
and have a decent bit of gain to them. There's a loopback
function that podcasters and streamers might find
extremely useful as well as it lets you get your computer
audio routed through alongside your microphones.
The headphone amp is surprisingly good and this is
important to me so that it functions as a good piece of
the portable mix setup. Just something inexpensive,
light and portable so that you have some conversion
solution that is better than the laptop’s inbuilt audio.
It's also great as a beginner interface and for people
who like to have an interface to capture ideas on the
go. All of the features that are crammed into it are
aimed for it to be a very easy and quick to use tool for
musicians to get to making music without worrying
about the barriers of technology in-between.
platform that allows you to up-load mixes to send to clients.
It has a host of clever features that make it an amazing
service. Firstly, my favourite - you can upload a bunch
of mixes including the client’s demo mix and every-thing
gets played back at the same level and alignment! The
site automatically matched the loud-ness of all the tracks.
Next, the files are automatically labelled and named in
order of upload, so all your mix versions are easily tracked.
Lastly, it's secure and allows the clients to add position-
wise comments to mix version and allows them to add very
precise and specific feedback. This service changes the way
clients interact with mix engineers and is especially great
if you work re-motely. It might not be as exciting as a new
compressor or a plugin but it is certainly just as useful!
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