The first two inputs offering either mic or instrument levels, while inputs three through eight alternate between mic and line, depending on the type of connector that’s plugged in. Preamp gain controls appear next, and sport simple tri-colour LED metering to show activity and clipping on each input channel. Unfortunately though, that’s about it – there’s no pad and there’s no high-pass filter here, in either hardware of software form. It's also very easy to get your system going if you have Logic Pro configured to record input from a mic and trigger the UVI piano plug-in. Also, if you add reverb on the aux send, you'll be able to monitor and record with ultra-low latency and 2.0 round-trip latency at the lower buffer setting. These have a 44.1kHz sample rate. A higher sample rate will give you an even lower case of latency. This means that if you want to reduce latency, you should switch to a higher sample rate to solve that issue.

In addition to using the interface to record and mix, I will also be using the interface to listen to music, while working and typing at the same desk for long stretches of time. Has anyone used the monitor controls on both and found one of them more comfortable or better feeling than the other. I know this is getting more than a little anal retentive, but this is the control I will use the most and want it to feel nice when adjusting, not loose or wobbly, fiddly to reach for and adjust, etc.Quantum 2626 has extremely low latencies that are a result of the Thunderbolt connection. This negates the necessity of an additional mixer application other than the DAW you are using on your system. Thus, it simplifies recording a little bit and you will need very few converter arrays. Note that the Quantum 2626 offers more streamlined features at a reduced cost when compared to the prior Quantum 2632. There Quantum 2626 has no LED metering, digitally controlled preamps, or monitoring functions like 2632. Instead, it has ultra-low latencies and a very extensive assortment of inputs and outputs as well as XMAX mic preamps.

The first two inputs are designed for mic or instrument, while the remaining Inputs (3-8) interchange between mic and line. This depends on the kind of connector that is used. Next to these are preamp gain controls and simple multicolored LED metering to signify the activity and clipping on each channel. From a bandwidth point of view the Quantum 2632 (th2) will easily cope with all the inputs and outputs even with four units connected together - Subject to a fast CPU (possibly) with more cycles per second eg - Intel 7700 K @ 4900 Mhz - Delidded for example or a 10 Gen Intel 10850 K and you'll get all the performance you'll ever need. PC/Windows: ( Studio One> Configure Audio Device… > select Quantum from Audio Device drop-down box)An update from presonus would be great because I'm seeing quite a few people with this problem on various forums and it took me a while to actually notice, so I'm guessing there are more to come. Quantum most definitely has the ability to send separate signals on the Main Outs and Line outputs 1-8, in both WDM, ASIO, and Core Audio, inside or outside of the DAW. You're missing the point here. UAD was just an example of a product that uses DSP for hardware monitoring, which adds latency to the round trip. Also, the 2626 already has SPDIF to Main feature added like the Q1, since I've posted that. The Gain knobs are staggered in their placement. Instead of the top row controlling channels 1-4 and the bottom 5-8, it alternates from the top to bottom diagonally. I found this confusing at first, especially when reaching for a channel while simply glancing to the side. But I got used to it. The absence of a routing matrix, DSP mixer, built-in effects and so on make using the Quantum 2626 refreshingly simple. You select your sample rate, open your DAW of choice, set your buffer size (I used the lowest option of 32 samples), and you're set. Everything behaved exactly as expected, with the one exception being that the headphone outs never quite went fully off; even at 'zero' there was still a very low-level signal. In terms of sound quality, though, there was nothing to fault. Indeed, the noise and distortion specs appear completely unchanged across the board compared with the original Quantum, and they are certainly more than good enough to not impose themselves. All types of signal I tried it with — mic, line and instrument — were handled perfectly well. I tend to really dig in when I'm playing bass, for example, and can easily overload lesser instrument inputs and DI boxes, but that wasn't the case here. I even had to turn the gain up a bit on the 2626, which made a nice change from having to turn my bass down or find a device with a pad to put between me and the input. Since using the 2626, I've actually come to enjoy using my DAW more. Bought this unit to pair with new pc build that makes use of the thunderbolt 3 protocol. This unit seems to be one of the few thunderbolt 3 interfaces available with this amount of I/O, most others seen to have fewer built in mic pres and are considerably more expensive. For what I wanted to achieve this unit fits the bill nicely ( recording band practice and other small mixing projects).

My computer is a 2018 Mac Mini that uses Thunderbolt 3, with a USB-C form factor connector. That means that with the newer Quantum 2626 I could just plug in a normal thunderbolt 3 "C to C" cable, but with the original Quantum, I would need to use a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter. At PreSonus, we know that the microphone preamplifier is a key component in the sonic quality of a recording. The Quantum 2626 audio interface includes eight custom-design, high-voltage, Class A XMAX preamps with discrete components for accuracy and transparency. By the way... have you read our article on 10 MAJOR Difference Between Mixer vs Audio Interface now.Find this article interesting? You will want to read about Difference Between Preamp + Audio Interface too. Hi there everyone. I am planning to buy a Quantum interface and am trying to decide between the original Quantum (26x32) and the recently released Quantum 2626.