" hey go to this place, they'll give a great price" place says, " we don't take those, they are too problematic" great, so now I am stuck, out several hundreds of dollars, haven't been able to record one single song to

That is a great price for all the inputs it has and midas made mic pres

I like the package very much, and the price was much, much better than the music store websites were offering for the same product

It comes with a whole host of great features, and offers pristine sound

Great feature set, superb build, amazing sound, semi-professional to professional class

But the preamps do sound great and once you finally get the software installed and running there are a lot of cool features and bonus plug-ins

The most desirable feature of this unit, he VSL zero latency software, no longer works with more recent versions of Mac OSX

A very cool feature for an interface in this price range

the AudioBox is great on it's own, but the real surprise was the Studio One software which I have found to be clean, fast, and flexible.

I've had the AudioBox 22VSL for 6 months now and would definitely recommend it to friends.

According to Presonus, the Audiobox 1818VSL Is incompatible with late 2013 and later Macs

The AudioBox is awesome for the amateur and serious musician

The audiobox is great for guys getting started with computer recording, Also a good system that dosent take much space

The VSL effects and controls are to me an absolutely stellar feature and makes recording an enjoyable experience always

So I call him up and try for over 2 months to get this worked out, (meanwhile I'm chomping at the bit with new songs and am about to pull my hair out sitting here for hours trying to figure this program out) but I can never get past just recording a simple guitar track without it crapping out

But this vast range gives me great flexibility while recording, playing back and mixing

and instead I use the knob as a way to simply adjust the volume to get an optimal recording vs. playback level

Any ASIO compliant recording software should work with this

I bought this interface because it was USB 2.0 compatible, had MIDI interfaces, and 4 mic inputs with 48V phantom for all

This is an in depth review as I wish to cover all facets of this amazing little device.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Features:1) 2 solid XLR combo inputs with excellent xmax preamps (found on their more expensive devices like the famous StudioLive mixers)

n’t blame them for being unable to fix your problems, because really the 1818SLV is hopeless.

There are far too many manufacturers of decent input devices to have to take a chance that this box will give you the same trouble.

For most people, the 4 inputs on the 44VSL will be fine, but I really wanted at least 6, so the upgrade makes sense for me

I still haven't recorded guitars, bass, keyboards, but if I can get a great drum sound right away, I'm sure other instruments will sound just as good if not better

I had to pump full levels on my board just to monitor fuzzy sound

Great feature set, superb build, amazing sound, semi-professional to professional class

ASIO driver)- Mic pre-amps produce a good, clean sound and direct recording of guitar or bass sounds good as well- Box case is build solid, all controls are tight and

The software is clunky and badly designed even in basic functions, such as saving and restoring a mixer profile.

Compatible software for programmable drum beats and sounds for electronic drums for recording

Their software seem to interfere with my Dragon dictating software rendering it useless

Further more, the software is fairly stable, really processor efficient and very intuitive

I didn't really like the proprietary software that came with it, but I don't have to use it.

Here I am almost three DAYS later and not a single blip from tech support

So much for "Excellent tech support", non-existent here

n’t blame them for being unable to fix your problems, because really the 1818SLV is hopeless.

The instructions for a novice were not explanatory and Studio One tech support gave me instructions for a PC.

Waited 30 mins on the phone for incompetant tech support who didn't solve any problems

It's a great unit that works even better with the included Studio One software.

This unit has been very useful but for me, I am looking to expand for more inputs

n’t blame them for being unable to fix your problems, because really the 1818SLV is hopeless.

This unit has made the transition really easy, and I'm wondering now why I waited so long to do it

Yes, of course, there are even more expensive units that the UFX, but really folks, at that level, it's just personal taste

But for now, this device does not work, and the KB article makes it look like they simply aren't willing to fix their drivers, so, one star

Some issues with cracking/popping in the beginning, the device would lose power and turn off if the power cable was moved in a certain way

UPDATE (Nov 2013): Please look into the Roland Quadcapture, which I believe to be a far superior device

There are far too many manufacturers of decent input devices to have to take a chance that this box will give you the same trouble.

Firewire devices: If you have a firewire/thunderbolt port, I would definitely recommend firewire devices over a USB device

The device worked half-decently for a time but is now useless to me, cannot recommend Presonus products and will not buy from them in the future.

Although they might work for some, much better products are available these days and I would advise people to avoid the brand altogetherc

Presonus makes good products but they are a bit pricey when compared to the competition, with no apparent reasons for that

Make sure that your products in 2017 does not give stress to your client this

The product was absoloutely great although it was delivered to my neighbor were it stayed for 3 days

The built in pro effects and fat channels allow the recording artist to hear that "live" vibe and whatever else that may provide a boost in the performance of a song that will not be recorded (unless you want to) so that you capture the best performance possible, but still record flat so that you can mix to whatever suits the artist and song the best

Using VSL, Fat Channel effects can be saved with the recorded audio or just used for the monitor mix while recording.

FYI Presonus calls all these effects in summation as FAT channel effects

Wanted to pass along this information because I hadn't seen it in other reviews, but this audio interface is perfectly compatible with the new Garageband 2011 as well as with Mac OSX Lion.

The RME gear, as great as it is, is harder to find, WAY more expensive, and honestly, isn't housed in as sturdy an enclosure as the 22VSL

Be aware that the software will take some time to learn, but PreSonus provides an awful lot of free guidance, tips, and instructions

Lost a lot of time and had to do a lot of debugging to figure out what the problems were

Worked well for about 6 month, now i'm getting a lot of noise when i turn the knobs or just listening to an mp3

n’t blame them for being unable to fix your problems, because really the 1818SLV is hopeless.

PreSonus complains a lot about the problems in their hardware being caused by Apple (in the case of non-functional and late-released OS X updates).

Some users have managed to have limited success with the AudioBox and Windows 7 depending upon what motherboard various computer manufacturers use effecting their BIOS and other differences

If I bring up sound devices in Windows with no DAW open and flip to the "recording" tab, I can hear a "pop" and then Windows sound is disabled again as if I was in my DAW.

Then I got the simpler Mackie Blackjack which has the best preamps I've heard on a sub-$200 device but is burdened with unstable Windows drivers that eventually wore out my patience

So basically what this means is using the inputs now disables Windows outputs.

I had issues with reinstalling drivers on my recently upgraded Windows 7 system, which has been working great

Windows 8 Driver issue not solved , even on the updated driver , you ll have a clicking noise or static noise during play

I initially faced some driver issues while plugging it into Windows 8 USB 3.0 ports

Now that they have sorted out the driver issues with this thing, it is worth owning as a simple, on-the-go interface.

I had a budget M-Audio interface in the past that was a constant battle - driver issues, audio pops, and M-Audio discontinued the box and no longer supports