M4 : Amazing!

6 years ago

This little black box has it all:

- amazing sound

- very “quiet” almost no noise microphone preamplifiers

- incredibly natural sounding preamps for instruments (all kind of guitars)

- very clever combination of inputs and outputs

- phantom power individually switchable for each channel

- great sturdy build (I dropped it just when unpacking, was moment of terror, but the interface works perfectly) :)

- unbelievable short latency time

I bought it for my home studio to replace constantly problematic Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 3gen (which replaced TC Impact Twin).

Using and abusing it for 3 weeks now, and it just works. Works perfectly well with:

- Windows 10

- MacOS

- iPadOS

I am using it with USB-C cable, but this device works without problems connected to USB-A port (USB 3 and USB2) - tested on my laptops.

If you’re looking for quality interface for your home studio, this one is wort to try.

I am very happy. In the last two years I changed/checked dozens of USB audio interfaces. Always was some problems - either noisy preamplifiers, or non-working drivers, or devices not working after OS update.

This MOTU M4 seems to “just work” :-) I am happy.

Image MOTU M4

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by MOTU
  • Released in 2019
  • Average price : $274
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