Audient ID14 MKII Audio Interface Review / Explained

Today I walkthrough, explain, test and review the Audient ID14 MKII. This is a USB-C bus powered audio interface which is expandable to 10 inputs via ADAT/SPDIF, with 2 amazing internal preamps and a great sounding instrument input. MKII improves the A/D conversion dynamic range by 5dB, and D/A conversions dynamic range by 9dB. The headphone is capable of driving even the HD650’s cleanly and it records up to 24-bit 96kHz.

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00:00 - Intro / Pricing
00:17 - Disclosure
00:27 - Signal Chain for Testing
00:48 - What’s in the Box
01:06 - Build Quality
01:36 - Walkthrough of Features
04:00 - Specifications
04:47 - Differences Between ID4 and ID14
06:15 - Shure SM7b Mic Test (No Cloudlifter or Fethead)
07:28 - Preamp Gain Noise Test
08:21 - Latency Test
09:16 - Instrument Input (D.I.) Test
10:55 - Can the Headphone Amp Drive HD650’s?
11:19 - Top Level Software Rundown
13:19 - Pros & Cons
16:10 - Recommendation
17:15 - Outro

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[BoothJunkie]

Love me some Audient stuff. Nice review. This is a great interface for voiceover.

[WithJustaWhisperMusic]

Man, you literally have some of the cleanest sound I have ever heard. So impressed with the audio quality, even with what you get on some of your cheaper interfaces and mics. :D

[ChakrabortyRaja]

I have bought id14 yesterday, It's good but my new id14 release so much heat, before I use focusrite 2i2 it was not release that much heat. Please guide me sir.🙏

[chillywilli]

I bought the ID14 first gen half A year ago and I am more than happy with it. The Motu was and still is bad available. The software is perhaps not to everyones liking, but with the additional 8 channels hard to beat. A beginning sound engineer can record everything with it, including a complete drumkit, if you have the additional channels.

Something else for the Audient and SSL and against the Motu, if it is on your desk I really like the controls on top and not on the front. The micports at the back instead of the front are also better with cable handling. The Audient is in between my monitor and keyboard.

As always, a nice review, thanks!

[StudioFanThess]

I prefer Audient ID14. If I want color in my recording, I have the microphone color or a preamplifier or a plugins for it. For MIDI I can find a USB cable.
Better is to have a neutral and clear signal and do anything you want. This is my opinion...

[TrisonBoyesMusic]

I sometimes wonder if the companies that send Bandrew gear have pre-screened the boxes to remove stickers... there's been a distinct lack of sticker rage the past while.

[paul_london]

I recently bought id14 mk2, couldn't have been happier with this device

[OdeMalikIdrus]

All I Want for -Christmas- *Eid al-Fitr* Is -You- _Audient ID14 MKII_

[davidkellymitchell]

I've been using the first generation id14 for about a year in my one man band demos. Great little interface. Good sound in any price range.

[Podcastforthewin]

I’m happy to see that the majority of these new products are coming with USB C.

[audioinfinitymusic]

Recieved this device from amazon this device is not rcognizing after restarting mac and windows, and the volume peaks rises high and get hanged on red dots! Tried all types of cables drivers update firmware 😔, even changed al usb sockets and ports

[SavoxYT]

This is a great interface and I've been using it for a couple of months now, but there's one problem. The Rode NTG3 suddenly has a massive self noise problem when I connect directly to the interface, but not when I run it through the golden age MKII JR outboard preamp. None of my other microphones do this. It's weird.

[yourforeignlocal]

The sound from this is wow- even at 100% gain

[shehyee]

Hi, would anyone know if this still doesnt play with Discord nicely? Thanks!

[Redman]

I have a Scarlett Solo 2nd gen, but I was considering giving that to my roommate and this was an interface I'm considering. Thanks for the reviews as always and keep up the good work. :)

[drakegostream]

Thank you for the review! The only thing that would really annoy me (and it’s coming back from previous gen.) is volume reset after each power off. The solution could be the preset in the software, but nope - volume level doesn’t save with preset. It’s really unfortunate that despite all this technical mumbo jumbo Audient keep forgetting about the basic QoL features.

[DarkPaadin]

one more thing. id14 mk2 fixes the orientation of the LR speakers output. now when it is facing you, L is on the left, and R is on the right. previously it was reversed

[AironExTv]

That DI sound just slides right off. Smooth.

[stephenbowlby]

I use the Audient iD14 in my voiceover studio. I have used this with Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro (250 ohm) and Sony MDR-7520 (24 ohm) headphones. Have to turn it all the way up to get an ok signal level w the DT770, making it problematic for fine editing, whereas there is plenty of headroom with the 7520 to make your ears bleed if you like that sort of thing. The low roll off at the lower impedance is an interesting issue but with spoken word, I have not encountered an issue, especially as the 7520s perform at 8-50k frequency response, so Sony said. (Alas, my favorite headphones ever can no longer be gotten.) HUGE CAVEAT to the iD14: the firmware is funky in working w Protools. There is a STATE file that you have to find in your library and trash on a regular basis because frequently, you'll open a session, or even continue a session and find you have NO headphone monitoring. The meters are moving in the DAW but no sound in the interface. Super painful because the fix is trashing the STATE file, then pulling the plugs on the id14, rebooting the Mac, and plugging the iD14 back in. But the good news is usually you only have to do that once per occurrence. Usually. Sometimes it takes two restarts, which is really a serious loss of time and a major annoyance. That is what has cooled my jets on recommending the iD14 any more. Audient is at a loss to explain the problem and because it comes from the UK, the whole servicing methodology and time frame was too much of a pain to do (I'd have to buy an equal backup interface to keep working, and why do I want to do that?) that I continue to live with the issue.

[Nopulu]

Coming from the iD4 MKI to the iD14 MKII and it has been an absolute pleasure to own, pre-amps are beyond clean and I love being able to have 2 mic inputs. I run my Lewitt LCT 440 Pure in channel 1 and my SM58 in channel 2. I turned my encoder button into a mute button for my Lewitt on channel 1, and then my SM58 has a on/off switch to mute itself physically as well. Being able to mute both my microphones quickly is a blessing bro. The guitar input is clean, and my DT770 80ohm headphones sound very clear. This is just an amazing interface, do not sleep on it. I really wish I had it back when I owned a

Also, DIscord works just fine for me with the iD14 MKII!