A Closer look at the New MOTU MicroBook USB Audio Interface

Although small in size, the MicroBook is huge when it comes to audio quality. It is a USB bus-powered audio interface that provides studio-grade audio performance. Despite its size, the MicroBook can turn your Mac or your PC into your own 4×2 recording studio all complete with the audio I/O and mixing features needed for any professional recording needs.

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Compatible with both Mac and PC, the MicroBook make complete personal recording more convenient. It has four simultaneous inputs for a microphone, a guitar, and a keyboard or any other stereo line-level device. Its mic preamp gives nothing but a neutral coloration and pristine sound, thanks to 20dB pad and 48V phantom power of its built-in condenser mics. On top of that, you can also choose among a programmable analog, a digital, and headphone outputs.

Because of its small size, the mic input of the MicroBook is a balanced ¼-inch jack. But if you want to use a mic cable with an XLR plug, the MicroBook comes with an XLR-to-1/4-inch adapter. The MicroBook has a Precision Digital Trim, which means that you can control analog trim on all units. This only means one thing you get to enjoy both worlds: the excellent signal quality of analog audio circuitry and the fine-tune precision of digital control. On top of that, you also get to save and recall the trim settings on your computer.

But perhaps MircoBook’s main attraction is its unmatched audio quality. Its accurate audio quality is a perfect fit to the demands of any professional recording set up. And since the MicroBook is part of the royal family who brought FireWire, USB and PCI audio interfaces in the market, you can be confident that it is a product of decades of great engineering expertise.

Unlike the MicroBook, other brands of audio interfaces in the market even the expensive ones, mind you cut corners giving unbalanced analog inputs and outputs. Such imbalance then results to a greatly compromised performance that falls way below an equivalent balanced circuit. But the MicroBook has well balanced inputs and outputs that ensure only the best protection possible against RF interference, AC hum, and other noise-creating environmental factors.

The guitar input of the MicroBook gives the proper impedance loads for guitars, so you can play through guitar-processing plug-ins in a host software without worries knowing that you will get nothing but natural feel and response. Its “mini” eight-inch analog input can also be connected to an iPod or any other stereo line level signal. This allows audio input mixing with other inputs and routed to any output device.

With the birth of the MicroBook, you can now have quality I/O recording, personal audio tracking, laptop-based DJing, among many other applications, on-the-go.

Learn more about the MOTU MicroBook USB Audio Interface.