PreSonus AudioBox iOne 2x2 USB/iPad Audio Interface with Studio One Artist and Ableton Live Lite DAW Recording Software

Great DAW, big learning curve but not hard to use. Definitely use on a computer with 8cores or more, and max the ram. Great interface to. Almost 0 latency. Great buy

Easy to learn

Worls great and feels sturdy with a nice build. I like that everything is right in front and easy to adjust and the software works well as well.

The audio interface is great. Works well can and comes with a ton of freebies, but it doesn't pass power to the iPhone/iPad.I'm not sure if this is an Apple problem or a PreSonus problem, but PreSonus skips over the issue. I had to dig and dig and finally found an admission that their claim is that the AudioBox iOne doesn't draw power from the iPhone/Pad. The result is that you have to have a newer iOS device with a fully charged and long life battery to use it outside the studion. My fantasy was to use an older iPhone with a damaged screen and low battery life combined with the Presonus AudioBox iOne and an M-Vave chocolate foot pedal, to turn my BiasFx2 Elite amp app into a powerfull pedal board. It all works, but because the iOS device isn't getting charged, the whole things dies quickly.. I'm currently using a lower quality interface that doesn't use the lightning port, but it's not as good sounding or frankly reliable as the lightning port method.As an interface for simply connecting to your computer? It works great.

For what you get in the box, you are getting quite a lot, which is two different software applications and of course the unit itself. My previous audio interface was an old Tascam, which wasn't compatible with most of the DAW software I wanted to use and had resort to all sorts of messing around just to get it to work. This unit worked right out of the box with my applications, plus I didn't have to use virtual software audio cables and swap actual cables every time I wanted to play my guitar. Now I just turn off the phantom power switch on the unit, load up my DAW and start playing. The only thing that I have encountered that is annoying is, sometimes the unit will pick up noise, so you will want to make sure you have a quality, shielded usb cable..I have a very electrically noisy environment. I wouldn't consider this mission critical studio grade, but it's good enough for most practical playing and recording, more affordable and well made than other units in the same range. You won't be disappointed.

When it works, it's great but this thing is not just plug and play with Windows 11. There are some compatibility issues with Windows 11 regardless of which firmware update you run on the AudioBox iOne (as of the date of this review). It's particularly a problem if you tend to shut down your computer between uses. First thing I noticed is that the interface maintains power even if you completely shut down your PC. The blue power light on the interface continues to flash on and off unless you unplug the USB either on the back of the unit or at your PC. There is no power switch on the interface itself. I even went into my computers BIOS and turned off the USB ports charging and power sending abilities when in a powered down state and that didn't even work. And if that weren't strange and inconvenient enough, if you don't remember to plug the interface's USB back in BEFORE you power your PC back up, WIndows 11 won't recognize it at all until you do a restart. I have literally tied every available USB port on my desktop and my powered USB hub and get the same results every time. I am running the latest firmware on the interface which according to PreSonus is compatible. So whether it's Windows messing it up or PreSonus, this is a frustrating audio interface to get consistently running without extra steps in between each use, and use mine every day. Now, once you get it up and running it's actually really good! Super low noise if any, plenty of power for both mic and headphone monitoring and the build quality is great. I WANT SO BADLY TO LOVE THIS THING! But it is getting dated as far as audio interfaces go and somewhere along the line it's just not getting updated properly with Windows 11. If you don't mind the extra steps to get it working, its priced low and when you get right down to recording and streaming, quality is very good. I may return it for a more updated unit because the constant need to unplug and plug back in not only gets old really fast, but it's wear and tear on the cable and the USB port that will eventually give out.

I wanted to learn how to record vocal/instrument sessions and songs in the latest digital age on a budget. PreSonus seemed to have a great setup. It comes with the appropriate software for both computer and iPad recording. It took a couple days but I have recorded a song, saved it, converted to mp3 and successfully sent to a friend who listened to it.If I can figure it out, so can you! PreSonus links up a lot of great videos to improve the learning curve.