Onyx Producer 2x2 : Great interface, low latency, multi-client ASIO support

7 years ago

Really like this interface. I was little worried about a latency, because I wanted to use the interface primarily to play guitar with amp simulator in DAW. I couldn't find anywhere exact numbers and was thinking to buy scarlett 2i2 instead. Eventually I bought this beauty and I'm glad I did. I measured the latency and it is 7 ms (input + output) at 32 samples, 24bit, 44,1 kHz with my old laptop with i5 cpu. You can go as low as 8 samples, but I can't get lower latency, maybe bottleneck somewhere. That is to say the latency isn't really an issue.

Another great thing is multi-client ASIO support. I can have multiple DAW's open and simultaneously listen to youtube, spotify without switching ASIO drivers. I'm really puzzled about the fact that Jonas-N here wrote that it doesn't work for him at all. Maybe a driver update or something.

If you're curious how I've got the latency value. I've just plug a guitar to one input and to another input I've connect output cable from the interface. In DAW I've set to listen guitar input and record both channels simultaneously. This way in one channel is original signal and in other channel is captured signal from interface output. It means the shift between the two recorded signals is output + input latency.

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Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Mackie
  • Released in 2017
  • Average price : $116
  • Dimensions : 188mm x 114mm x 51mm
  • Weight : 0.68kg
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