Native InstrumentsKomplete Audio 6 Premium 6-Channel Audio Interface

beeb using this audio interface for 3 or 4 years. it does a good job.

Excelente interfaz de audio, la utilizo actualmente para todas mis producciones, no tiene latencia y tiene una cantidad considerable de entradas y salidas además de ser alimentada por pc.

Seen some people in the reviews having trouble with this so heres how I got it working. First go on native instruments website and download the driver file, not native access, the individual driver file. I installed the driver restarted then plugged in the box and it didn't work, windows only recognized outputs 1/2. I realized you have to have the box plugged in while your installing the driver so I just reinstalled the driver a second time and boom the NI control panel appeared in my system tray and windows recognized every output 1-6. In windows sound output you just select channels 5/6 because thats the digital spdif outs. Same thing if you using a daw like abelton or pro tools you have to change the master output to 5/6.

Overall I like this product. It is much better than other similarly priced audio interfaces I’ve purchased in the past and also looks great on my desk. In fact, I liked it enough that I bought a second one for my other computer.That being said, there is one caveat you should really be aware of before buying this. One of the features of this is that there are two instrument inputs on the back in addition to the two mic/instrument inputs on the front. However, they are not meant to be used simultaneously. There is a physical switch on the front to choose between using 1/2 or 3/4, and in software, computers will treat them as two different sets of inputs/outputs. Apparently there is some software out there you can run to sit in the middle and get audio out of both, but it is not straight forward to set up. So consider this if you want to leave things plugged in and switch between them for recording, or if you only need 2 simultaneous inputs, but look into getting all inputs working at once before buying if you intend to simultaneously use more than 2 inputs.Keep in mind that knowing this, I bought a second one, so it was not an issue for me.

Good audio quality, easy to use, good build quality

Pros:- The ergonomics and physical design of this thing are great. I love the big volume knob, the headphone knobs the input layout, and the feel of everything.- The input LED lights that show you incoming levels are awesome.- The sound quality is good, especially at this price point.Cons:- Pain to setup. I don't even remember what issues I had but just getting sound coming out was definitely more complicated than it should have been. All my other pro audio gear you plug in, install a driver (or not), and away you go. Paired with Native Instrument's tech support (which is notoriously not great) this was frustrating.- Output level. YOU NEED BALANCED CABLES! When I first set this up I ran 1/4 inch outs to RCA inputs of my mixer. The volume was extremely quiet and turning it up to a useable level meant hearing lots of preamp noise. Finally, I solved this using balanced cables. But.... 1/4 output balanced cables aren't as common as XLR. So, I believe this is a bit of a design flaw not having XLR outs. Also, it wasn't immediately apparent (at least to me) why the signal was so low with my original setup.- Audio buffer. This is the straw that broke the camels back. I found myself having a hard time working in Ableton on music because trying to be creative I would need a low buffer size but after adding several tracks the buffer would need to be increased to stop cracking noises. I also would need to adjust the recording buffer compensation in Ableton every time I did this... So long story short I was cumbersome and super lame. My friend who has an RME Fireface waxed poetic about the joys of having a low latency stable interface. But it was out of my price range for the moment. Thankfully, I have a DJM-900 Nexus2 that I am now using as my audio interface. Its soundcard seems to be much better than this NI one.Overall:There are a bunch of positive professional reviews endorsing this thing on google. While being skeptical of NI initially because they have a bit of a crap shoot record the reviews swayed me enough to give it a go. Having used it now for maybe 6 months I'm going to suggest that you save up your money and buy an interface at least twice as expensive. If you're trying to be creative and produce music having your audio interface be the limiting factor is a real downer. Mine will be going on craigslist.

Was prepared to perhaps return the previously owned Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 MK2 but. to unbox, and immediately connect via USB, and confirm all i/o ports easily was beyond my expectation. This device is nothing short of Excellent, and I do sincerely appreciate this Amazon purchase. Thanks very much and this indeed merits an A++

Someone asked about not being able to input a mic in mono in windows 10 with the Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 interface . I have a mono XLR condenser microphone and I plug it in to The IN1 channel or in to the IN2 channel and am able to input a single mono signal just fine. If you are connecting a stereo microphone and you want just a mono signal, I don’t see why you couldn’t just connect it to IN1 or IN2 or even IN 3 or IN 4 and route it to come out of one of the single output channels as a mono signal. As long as you are using one input channel I don’t know how it could ever be a stereo signal even if you have the outputs connected to stereo speakers or you are recording. I hope this helps.