Startup production solution

It's never been this easy or affordable to make professional recordings at home. The M-Audio M-Track 2X2 is a USB interface with two channels of flawless 24-bit/192kHz digital audio conversion and a roadworthy metal chassis. Zero-latency direct monitoring lets you hear yourself in real time as you record without any distracting delay. And an included software bundle with Cubase LE and AIR's Creative FX Collection and virtual instruments is all you need to start capturing your ideas and mixing full-ensemble productions. The M-Track's large central monitor knob is a thoughtful inclusion, which makes it quick and easy to dial in studio monitor levels while mixing.

This offer bundled with the Blue Spark ,  a familiar Blue cosmetic theme, which is to place the capsule in a saucer?shaped basket supported above the main body of the mic. The purpose?designed, large-diaphragm, cardioid-pattern, capacitor capsule is teamed with conventional Class?A discrete FET circuitry, and although the capsule size isn't detailed in the specifications, it looks to be around an inch in diameter.

The mic's sensitivity of 28mV/Pa is comparable with other side?address capacitor mics, and it can tolerate SPLs of up to 128dB, which should be fine for all of its intended applications. The Spark also has a fairly low noise figure, at just 10dB A?weighted, and requires the usual 48V phantom power to operate.

The overall frequency response is quoted as 20Hz to 20kHz, and the response curve shows this to be within ±5dB up to 15kHz. Its response is nominally flat, but with a very slight mid?range dip: there's no dramatic presence peak (maybe a dB or two of lift in the 5?12 kHz range and an even lesser bump at around 1kHz, but that's about it), so the mic sounds pretty natural, but it retains the capacity to flatter and enhance vocals in a quite subtle way.