Audient Evo 16?

[EGS]

Audient Evo 16 looks pretty cool. Is USB 2 good enough? Has anybody here tested it with Pro Tools buffer 64 on Windows? Click/pops at 64? Thanks!

[EGS]

This review claims they work well at low buffers ... https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews...nt-evo-4-evo-8

[EGS]

And here they list DAW Roundtrip Software Monitoring Latency for buffer 32 https://evo.audio/products/audio-int...s/evo-4/specs/ Has anybody tried buffer 64 with a lot of tracks? Does it work?

[smurfyou]

USB 2 is absolutely fine for good interfaces with good drivers.

EVO 16 is brand new. Not sure it has hit retail just yet so you might not get an answer.

[EGS]

Got this answer back from the Audient Help Desk:

Hi,
You can run the EVO 16 at buffer 32 to 2048 at 44.1/48 or 32 to 4096 at 88.2/96k.
Thanks
Isaac

Anybody tried it (or perhaps Evo 4 or 8) at buffer 64 on Pro Tools/Windows/lots of tracks? Clicks or pops?

[Benoni]

Originally Posted by EGS

Got this answer back from the Audient Help Desk:

Hi,
You can run the EVO 16 at buffer 32 to 2048 at 44.1/48 or 32 to 4096 at 88.2/96k.
Thanks
Isaac

Anybody tried it (or perhaps Evo 4 or 8) at buffer 64 on Pro Tools/Windows/lots of tracks? Clicks or pops?

Whether or not you get clicks/pops at a 64 buffer will depend on your PC.

I have 20 cores and 96GB ram and it seems to do fine. But if I had 6 cores and 8GB ram I'm sure it would struggle, like any other interface.

[Benoni]

Pretty much every USB audio interface is using USB2.0

The theory says you would only need USB3 if you have lots of simultaneous inputs.

Focusrite did a write up on this awhile back for those interested
https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-...0-not-USB-3-0-

Though I believe Thunderbolt is a different story because of how it accesses the CPU.

I've done a full video about the EVO 16 that covers everything here:
https://youtu.be/9UD-Wq2Ly4A

It's a really nice interface, especially for the price.

[Thenewexhibit]

Originally Posted by Benoni

Pretty much every USB audio interface is using USB2.0

The theory says you would only need USB3 if you have lots of simultaneous inputs.

Focusrite did a write up on this awhile back for those interested
https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-...0-not-USB-3-0-

Though I believe Thunderbolt is a different story because of how it accesses the CPU.

I've done a full video about the EVO 16 that covers everything here:
https://youtu.be/9UD-Wq2Ly4A

It's a really nice interface, especially for the price.

Hello! Not to beat a dead horse, but I noticed that the back of the box says USB 2.0 via USB C. I actually have this interface, but the USB C cable that came with it is very lightweight, so I wanted to get a new USB C to A cable from Monoprice. I sent the link of one over to Audient, but they mentioned that the link I sent was a USB 2.0 cable and they recommend USB 3.0.
Not to go against what they said, but is there a reason they would say to go with the USB 3.0 when this interface is a USB 2.0 interface? For what it's worth, I do have two Audient SP8's hooked up via ADAT for a total of 24 io.

Thoughts? There were two reasons I wanted to go with the USB 2.0; one, I can get the cable colored... haha better for identifying, but two, I can get a 10ft for USB 2.0 vs a 6ft for USB 3.0 through Monoprice.

[BarneyBarry]

But anyone got evo16, I'm worried a bit about plastic case If this would be great for a band tour