MOTU M2 2x2 USB-C Audio Interface - Record Professional-Quality Audio with Ease

Mr. HaelscheirMr. Haelscheir: I purchased this audio interface mainly to facilitate sample-synchronized measurement averaging of in-ear microphone headphone measurements using Room EQ Wizard (REW). The specs are competitive, and the support of 192 kHz sample rate enables the much faster taking of measurements through REW. When trying to take distortion measurements, first make sure that your microphones are compatible. In my case, the unbalanced in-ear electret condenser microphones I had originally acquired from an HRTF measurement kit required plug-in power, my thus needing to obtain the RØDE VXLR+ adapter to convert from 48V phantom power to the 4V plug-in power needed for these microphones to produce a useful signal. For distortion measurements, use the VXLR+, not VXLR Pro, as the latter uses a transformer which measurably introduces third-order harmonic distortion below 2 kHz.

The knurled knobs have a pleasant damped feel to their rotation, hindering faster adjustments, but facilitating fine single-finger adjustments. The metering display is quite useful for seeing whether the preamp setting would drive the device into clipping.

The TRS sockets can feel rather heavy to...

Canada on Dec 08, 2023

Albert: Sehr gut gebautes Audio Interface. Man hat absolut keine störgeräusche oder ähnliches und das kleine Display ist ein nettes plus.

Germany on Sep 29, 2023

Amazon Customer: Very happy with my purchase

United Kingdom on Jul 29, 2023

Carlo T.: La scheda è arrivata con i consueti tempi Prime: quindi velocissimi.
Perfettamente imballata ed in confezione sigillata.
Nella scatola la scheda ed un cavetto USB C.

Installazione.
Io uso una macchina Windows 7, quindi riporto la mia esperienza con questo sistema operativo.
Ho scaricato i drivers, collegato ed installata la scheda come da istruzioni sulla unica USB 3 del mio computer.
Il driver MOTU carica una finestrella che consente di regolare il campionamento. Trovato il punto dove la scheda funziona bene, ho iniziato la prova audio.
Qui un primo problema. Dopo un po'di ho cercato di spostare la scheda su una USB 2. Ma nulla da fare: il computer da un errore di IRQ, ed anche disinstallando e rei9nstallando il problema permane. L'unico modo per far funzionare la motu (nel mio setup) é tenerla collegata alla USB 3.

Ascolto ed uso.
La scheda é stata connessa al mio impianto master. Il rapporto S/N é decisamente professionale e corrisponde alle aspettative di chi compra questo tipo di scheda: il rumore é inesistente!
Il suono é bello é pulito.
Gli ingressi microfoni ci sono in linea con le caratteristiche di uscita:...

Italy on Sep 16, 2022

la citadelle de mes lectures: J'ai renvoyé ce produit car il ne correspondait pas à mes attentes cependant il remplie très bien les rôles pour lesquelles il a été conçu avec des fonctionnalités bien pratiques. Pas de logiciels additionnel hormis les drivers - vous aurez accès à tout via la façade du produit (c'est une qualité comme un défaut ça dépend de ce que l'on en attend). Il excelle dans le "live mixing" parole et/ou instruments avec/sans playback. Très simple d'utilisation il monitore en stéréo si vous le souhaitez. Le point qui m'a posé problème est le fait que les 2 entrées sont "couplées" (je suis néophyte un peu désolé), elles ne sont pas reconnues séparément par Windows et les autres logiciels et Motu ne semble pas fournir d'application qui puisse les piloter séparément (In 1-2) - alors que ce que je voulais c'est pouvoir récupérer l'entrée 2 (ma voix) pour l'injecter dans les canaux de conversations (Team, Discord, Messenger...) sans devoir récupérer avec, l'entrée 1 (qui me servait de Line-In pour la switch) OU/ET le Loopback MIX qui prend toutes les entrées + le son du bureau... :). La fonction direct monitor fonctionne à merveille et il est...

France on Jul 06, 2022

Ted: TL;DR: If you have the M2 and are getting the playback failure error, try switching to a quality USB cable. Spending 10 bucks on a cable is far cheaper than buying a whole new audio interface.

Longer review: Like many other people who bought the MOTU M2 USB interface, the playback signal would quit working for me on a pretty regular basis, at least a handful of times per week. I would have to cycle the power switch and then wait a few seconds for it to work again. I tried plugging it into several different USB ports on the back of my PC to no avail, and updating the driver/firmware didn't help either. Eventually, I was able to finally solve the problem completely by accident. How? Well, read on!

MOTU gives you a painfully short USB cable with the M2. It's only 40 inches long (a little over 3 feet) and barely reached from my PC on the ground to the M2 sitting on my desk. So, I ended up ordering a new USB Type-A to Type-C cable (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08F2G3JNC/) that was over 6 feet long and gave me more freedom to place the M2 where I wanted it. The new cable was much thicker and better quality than the included cable, but it still...

United States on May 13, 2022

Wayne: I’ve been an audiophile for over five years and stepped up the costly ladder of “the audio experience” spending thousands on equipment.
Don’t think I’m trying to say the Motu M2 is comparable to a high-end setup all-in-one, but dang it had me impressed.

My pre-disposed view on ESS Sabre DAC’s utilizing their stock internal filters is a negative one. I expect delta-sigma typical ring from the mediocre oversampling filters and a blatantly colored response.

Fortunately, I wasn’t disappointed when I used the integrated ESS DAC from the Motu on my main system (driving Hifiman He1000v1’s with a restored Harman Kardon HK770). The DAC is actually pretty good! Not unjustly sibilant or colored, very impressive for a DAC, especially one that’s integrated into an audio interface!

Now the pre-amp. For the actual monitor outs, the pre is very clean and low noise floor. It’s easy to say this because outputting into a speaker amplifier to drive headphones doesn’t create static galore. Other than low noise floor, the pre is fairly linear. Not perfect, but great for a passive potentiometer that’s integrated into an...

United States on Jul 28, 2020