Product ReviewsM-Audio MobilePre Digital Recording Interface

Very simple while very capable

Very smooth control knobs with a good range of adjustment. Able to use with mics and also line inputs, so quite versital too. Driver installation was a breeze on Windows 7

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Didn't work with my system...

Apparently this is a discontinued unit that is not supported beyond Windows 8.1,y system is Win10.

That aside it is well made and has a good array of features. Just wish it could've worked for me...Read full review...

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M-Audio is a great tool to have in your bag of tricks

For the cost, this is an excellent interface for both musicians and other media artists needing a quality audio monitoring/recording solution.
If you are making serious music recordings, you might consider something a little higher up the performance food chain.
For light music and voiceover monitoring and recording, the Mobile Pre is your choice.
Perhaps its best feature is power and signal come from a single USB cable. No Wall Wart transformer needed!

Works well in my laptop based Final Cut system...Read full review...

Solid clean digital audio in small portable and inexpensive package

I plugged my budget knockoff guitar into the left channel and my budget condenser into the 2nd channel XLR input. The microphone of course picked up the guitar from the room, despite my homemade deflection screen.

Channel 1, with the guitar plugged in direct however, had crystal clear audio with no crosstalk and a much fuller tone than the soundcard in my aging computer. I normalized the "silent sections" to see how much digital noise or artifacts were present and it was well below acceptable ranges for just about any recording environment without having to bandpass anything.

I did struggle to get a good microphone level and sound out of this preamp using the phantom power rear XLR inputs. Having only 2 LED's in a meter is not optimal but it's digital, so you just need to avoid clipping and can correct volume pretty significantly before the noise floor becomes noticeable. With some fiddling and some acoustic foam I was able to get an amazing sound eventually out of the XLR inputs as well.

I just wish there was a power button as I hate to unplug the cable because of where I have it set up now. Maybe I will make some real estate available on my desktop for a better setup. It communicates fine with all my other drivers and programs and I never bothered to install a driver or anything.

Unless you need more inputs (recording drums or something). This is the best value in gear I have come across in a decade. I have many of M-Audio's product line and have never had a problem. This interface is no different, solid build and crispy clean sound.

My cheap guitar through this box into some free guitar amps and cab convolutions and I have a guitar recording sound that would have have cost me thousands back in the day.Read full review...

This is one GREAT little box!

This is one GREAT little box! It provides such great audio from our condenser microphones. It is used in a small home studio. This is the second M-Audio box that we own, which allows for even more dexterity. Our recordings feature a Steinway Grand, Model XR, which is a reproducing player piano. Also performers who desire to capture their keyboard skills on CD.Read full review...

Winning!

I got exactly what I ordered, it was shipped in a timely manner and Im beyond happy with my
M-Audio MobilePre USB Bus-Powered Preamp & Audio Interface. It connected to my laptop running windows 10 and loaded the drivers on its own. I did not have to use the cd it came with and its running great. Its a great interface that works flawlessly and is easy to use.Read full review...

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Excellent Product - Worth the purchase!

This product worked wonderfully straight away. It's a very simple interface that is quickly understood, hooked up and working. Without even viewing the manual/instructions I was able to have it hooked up and recording in the time it took me to install the drivers, that was about it.

If you know how to plug in cords, then you can use this. It's that simple. The recordings I've been able to make with it have been nice, much higher quality than a few other lesser interfaces I've tried previously.

I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a solid workhorse of a recording interface on a 'won't break the bank' budget. It's cheap, effective, and made with quality. You won't be disappointed.Read full review...

Works with Audacity on Windows 10 1803. Great device!

Fantastic interface if your needs are simple. I'm recording a podcast with it on a Windows 10 PC running Audacity. Microphone is an Audio Technica 4040. This does a superb job of getting signal to my PC. I've had compliments from others who work in the media industry asking how I got things to sound so good.Read full review...

Don't forget to download the sotware!

I bought this for my boyfriend and at first he was having trouble getting it to connect but he simply forgot to download software for it. It is a great tool that is simple to understand but easily works as a simple interface. The sound quality is good.Read full review...

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I think for the price it’s a great starter interface

I’ve owned one of these for many years and recorded a great deal of recordings. I think I’m in need of an upgrade but I tell you for what it’s worth it worked for me for a long time and if you are on a budget it’s a handy piece of equipment for demos. I think if you want to record more serious professional recordings it would need to be upgraded.Read full review...

Verified purchase: No