Audient iD14 MKII Reviews

Great sound with this price tag

Works smoothly most of the time.

Excellent built quality, great clean sound.

Gain level need to be turned up on every start up

Overall, it's a nice interface, with brilliant sound and no latency feature. I will write just one disadvantage is that there is no power switch.

Great piece

As far as quality I personally have no complaints, have been using it for two weeks only, but I hope that won't change in the future

Good build, solid, love the design, fits conveniently in my setup. (Mostly because of the Mic inputs / L-R outputs being on the back, headphones at the front).

Impressive results in regard to latency on my system also and u cant go wrong with that.

Love the fact it gives you so much possibility to expand to a second pair of monitors and has an optical input which for its price range is rare to come across.

It's a cutie, love it so far.

good budget average audio interface

Very good sound quality but I didn't like the control buttons functionality. It takes time to get used to them.

Works well for home recording, no issues.

I'm not a pro but have played and recorded in professional studios before with bands, and have recorded bands in the past. I bought this to get back into home recording for myself as a songwriter.

Years ago I worked with two different models of Presonus interfaces. They did the job, but they were totally outdated and I needed to upgrade and for modern compatibility with my M1 MacBook. I found them fiddly to use and they always seemed to produce a lot of self-noise.

All I want in an interface is something easy to setup and use, and get a nice clean signal into my DAW. The iD14 MKII does it really well. My favourite feature is that it's powered by my Mac via USB-C. As somebody who values being able to lay down tracks quickly, and from any part of my home, I can basically grab a mic, the interface, and plug it straight in to begin recording.

I'm also really impressed by how quiet it is. Compared to the old Presonus interfaces it's night and day. That's not to say the other brand is bad, only that things have come along way in terms of quality over the past few years.

The build quality seems fairly good, however the large knob on the right hand side seems to wobble a little compared to the other two gain controls which are excellent and sturdy. My only concern is that it leads to faults, but I am going to reach out to Audient to understand better.

Overall, I'm please with everything so far. It's a good solid interface for the home.

Excellent interface

An excellent interface — supposedly a "budget" item, but far more capable than that adjective implies. The build quality is excellent, and as others have remarked, the sound quality (DACs and preamps) is incredible.

The only downside is the control software — the iD application works well when it works, but I've found that getting it set up and running can be difficult. And, unfortunately, it's required for firmware updates. However, the interface works incredibly well even without the software; this is just necessary for more sophisticated routing and mixing setups (e.g., loopback).

Upgraded from Focusrite Solo, WOW

This little thing was worth every penny. I'm getting much more useable headroom out of the ID14MKii than I did the Focusrite Scarlett Solo Gen 2. The microphone gain seems about the same with my main microphone but the extra 10db software boost is very nice. The ID Mixer is a game changer, there are so many more options for routing audio, loopback, ADAT, it's not even close to comparable. Granted I'm comparing an older version of the focusrite but to my ears the Audient sounds better hands down.

Good for home studio

I have an RME, that is a wonderful interface and bought this one for home.

It’s good. It has a DSP and when you register the interface you get some free plugins. Some of them are useful.

Little cons: when I made channels separately from Ableton: 1-2 mix, 3-4 click, I couldn’t adjust the volume from unit’s knobs.

For the money it is the great unit. Do the job.

In the box is just one usb-c to usb-c cable. If you don’t have a usb-c port in the computer, you have to buy a an aditional cable.

Great audio interface

I bought this audio interface and it improved greatly the sound in my system. Really easy to set up. It feels strong on the touch. smooth knobs and buttons.

The software is not as good as you might want. Slow reaction on every tab. This might be an issue related to AMD CPUs (Ryzen 5 3600 fully updated, also the BIOS is up to date, no improvements found). I can run any DAW seamlessly with tons of pluggins and tracks, but not this small software.

Elegant with great sound and build

I love my Audient ID14 MKII, the design and the sound quality are both top notch, only wish it had MIDI as well, otherwise it's a great product and I recommend it to anyone looking for an interface that's affordable and is professional industry standard

Durable, great value and high quality

Upgrading from the ID4, this interface has not failed to deliver. Absolutely love the additional input, high-quality sounds, and the perfect metal finish. Highly recommend for those more serious producers looking for an upgrade!

No magic happened

It is a cheap interface with nice converters. So Audient had to crop costs somewhere and they did. Drivers are awful.

It pops with full volume every time you turn it on, so be careful with your monitors.

It drops volume settings to full sometimes you turn it on.

When you turn off your external master clock device, drivers are just crushing. You have to turn device off and back on.

"DI" input is not really DI. It has low maximum input level so be sure your medium/hot electric guitar pickups will make this "DI" input clip.

It has nice DAC and nice main outputs. But user experience kills it's advantages so bad job Audient.

Couldn't be more happy

Took me a while to discover all its features. Was overwhelmed when I finally understood all its possibilities. The quality of sound and the device itself is extremely satisfying. Software could be a bit more user-friendlier. This is by far the best product in its class.

The right upgrade from Scarlett 2i2.

PROS:

Preamps has more of a "bite" sound.

AD/DA sounds cleaner and tighter overall.

ADAT expansion for me to patch external synths.

Got multiple output for live shows scenarios.

The only concern is the heat it produces, it is significantly hotter than Scarlett products. I have a friend whose Audient interface died after 2 years of daily usage. I hope mine will survive longer than that.

EXTRA:

Great software deal to have, especially Subito Piano, certainly a fun experience to turn my MIDI piano into remotely recorded real piano track. Check if the deal is up before purchasing.

Audient iD14 MKII Very pleased, high quality excellent price

I am very pleased with this audio interface, incredible quality for this money, it competes with expensive audio interfaces, good luck to everyone

Clear of the Focusrite!

Small form factor, swift knobs and clicky buttons; it feels like a tool; but you can also forget about it and let it do it's thing with no worry.

Functionality wise, it's perfect when used with the drivers/software, the iD button can be used for a number of things out of the box such as the volume dial controlling digital dials in DAW in replacement of the scroll wheel; gimmicky but useful with fine tuning and you definitely feel more like you're in a real studio.

Note however, unlike the scarlet there is no innate 1 Channel/Mono option for the microphone in the driver settings, it can only be set in DAW or whatever communication application you're using has to mix down to mono otherwise your recorded sound will only play on the left-output.

All in all, I prefer it to my Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 3rd Gen and MOTU M4.

Had dirty pans on the focusrite so there was some crackling when turning up the volume on my LP6's and IN8's, however these are perfect; extra credit for the lights on the interface showing me the exact dbFS volume when I dial it in.

The gain is also clean enough to drive an SM7b without a pre-amp; and personally it sounds much warmer or less harsh than with a focusrite.

I recommend the purchase.

Great Value

Great sound from this one. Really good value

Outstanding

I dropped the interface with a USB cable plugged in, and it broke the USB socket. I took it apart to see if I could fix it, and was surprised by the quality of the components, and the incredible build quality. I didn't realise how good this interface was until I opened it. I will take it to a repair shop, it's definitely worth repairing. It sounds excellent, of course. My only criticism is the lack of a power switch.

Plug & play sorta...

This unit is quite straightforward, kinda plug and play but it did require a little bit of getting used to with the ID mixer software. Love how small and light yet robust build this unit is. All knobs feels solid and love the clicky big knob which can be assigned to different functions.

You've seen the reviews...

It's a 5-star product (so far). Solid build quality and the iD mixer is neat. Took 5 mins to set up and learn the basics, though I still have to learn how to use some features.

Super useful: 2 headphone jacks & talkback.

I thought this interface is a well-architected and built product, hope it's durable!

Two minor tidbits:

1. On boot it seems like the volume is at max, not sure if it's intended.

2. I wish I had variable headphone volume control. At the moment both outs are playing the same volume.