GEAR REVIEW
PRESONUS QUANTUM 2626 | Mitch Bohannon
KEY FEATURES much less than units that have half the amount behind your guitar amp or piano to create
of inputs, it’s super-fast with the thunderbolt 3 layers.
• Thunderbolt 3 (Industry First) connection, and it’s PreSonus quality. (Side- • 8 mic inputs on the front note: Quite frankly, over almost twenty years Taking a closer look, the front panel has eight
I’ve served at five different churches where I XMAX inputs. The first two are mic/instrument
bought PreSonus mixers and interfaces at level that, on the instrument (1/4”) side, are
each…I kept buying them because of their best suited for high-impedance inputs like a
quality and durability.) passive guitar pickup or any instrument that
• Affordably priced
• Valuable software plug-ins included
If you were a PreSonus Firestudio user like I
does not have its own power source to boost
was, this new Quantum 2626 will look and feel Maybe you record mostly at home by yourself the signal. Inputs 3-8 are balanced mic/line
quite familiar. I absolutely loved the Firestudio and you’re wondering why you would need inputs. Continuing across the front panel, there
(and Firepod) units that I had at a previous a multi-channel interface. Great question! To are eight mic gain controls that easily correlate
church. I’m really a fan of a rack-mounted, which I would answer, it’s always better to to the eight inputs along with phantom power
multi-channel interface as it’s much easier to have more inputs than you think you need. control, an oversized main output control and
plug and unplug over a desk-top unit as well There will always come a time that you have two separate headphone outputs.
as enabling better cable management. the opportunity to record with multiple players at the same time. Or possibly, you could The back of the unit features left and right
Do you ever want to record multiple channels create guitar layers by recording your acoustic main ¼” outputs, eight line outputs, MIDI
at one time? Do you have an interface at home direct and at the same time, record with one connectivity, two ADAT connections, world
and one on the road? This new Quantum or more mics placed in the room. As well, you clock, and SPDIF connections. Channels 1
could be your game-changer. It literally costs could place multiple microphones in front and and 2 have a preamp output and a line return
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