Lewitt Audio Connect 2 USB Audio Interface

If all you need is one mic and one 1/4" instrument, this sleek USB-C interface will make you sound great with smart built-in processing and a touch-based UI.

Overview

Lewitt Audio's CONNECT 2 is the most user-friendly audio interface, as it gives you everything you need to make your voice and instrument sound sensational with just a few clicks. The touch-based user interface feels great and offers intuitive controls with clear visual feedback, including mute functions for all ins and outs. Autosetup finds the perfect settings for you with the help of the integrated Clipguard, Denoiser, Compressor and three iconic preamp sounds. Give your setup a personal touch with individual LED colors and use the Custom button for workflow shortcuts. The unique combination of great usability, powerful features, and incredible specs makes CONNECT 2 the most user-friendly audio interface.

Features:

- Autosetup finds your perfect settings and sound automatically
- Autogain dials in the perfect gain for you in seconds
- Compressor adds punch and power to your sound
- Denoiser gets rid of background noise
- USBC audio interface for music production, podcast, and streaming
- User-friendly design to get the perfect sound with just a few clicks
- Intuitive touchbased user interface with LED metering incl. mute for every input and output
- Powerful microphone preamp with 72 dB gain and 118 dB dynamic range
- HiZ instrument input with extra clarity, enhanced hum immunity, and 121 dB dynamic range
- Three iconic preamp sounds - Clear, Warm, Vivid
- LEWITT's Clipguard technology protects your signal from clipping
- ZeroOhm headphone output for… read more authentic listening experience in two sizes (1x 3.5 mm & 1x 6.3 mm)
- High impedance mode for studio headphones
- 2 balanced speaker outputs
- Custom button for workflow shortcuts
- Custom LED colors and brightness
- Global mute function
- Loopback channel to capture computer audio
- DSP powered for zero latency effects and monitoring
- CONTROL CENTER for full digital control
- Incl. Steinberg Cubase LE and Steinberg Cubasis LE
- Kensington lock
- Compatible with Mac, Windows, and iOS

Sensational sound for your voice and instrument with just a few clicks

CONNECT 2 delivers pristine sound quality and offers powerful yet easy-to-use tools that help you get sensational sound with just a few clicks. The microphone preamp comes with 72 dB of gain to work with every microphone without a signal booster. Run Auto setup and CONNECT 2 will guide you through a process to find your perfect settings and sound. To refine your sound, CONNECT 2 offers three iconic preamp sounds - Clear for perfect clarity, Warm for a vintage vibe, and Vivid for extra articulation. The Clipguard protects your signal from distorting, the Denoiser analyses your signal and gets rid of background noise, while the Compressor adds power and punch to your voice, just like your favorite record. What they all have in common is the combination of simplicity and sensational sound - one click is enough. This set of sound shaping tools is fantastic for music, podcast, and streaming applications. As they run directly on the powerful signal processor (DSP) of CONNECT 2, you'll experience zero latency.

A touch based user interface with mute for every channel

CONNECT 2 has an intuitive user interface that offers touch based capacitive controls for smooth level adjustments and precise visual metering. With the touch wheel in the center, you can control the microphone and instrument input, headphones, and monitor levels. Each input and output can be muted directly on the device. Autogain delivers perfect gain settings after a quick soundcheck. You can adjust the input/playback signal at any ratio for zero latency monitoring. The Custom button lets you assign one of many workflow shortcuts like quickly switching from a recording to a monitoring scenario or bringing up the CONTROL CENTER with a single push.

Record your guitar with perfect clarity

Connect your guitar to the HiZ instrument and enjoy a direct input signal that faithfully captures your performance. This differential input works with any guitar, from vintage single coils to modern active humbuckers, and the ground break loop circuit allows for enhanced hum immunity. As with the microphone channel, CONNECT 2 can automatically set the input gain after strumming your electric guitar for a few seconds. The tonal variety of the preamp sounds gives you much more flexibility than other audio interfaces or available DI box solutions, and the 1click studio quality Compressor is a great way to adapt the dynamics of your playing.

Enjoy the authentic sound of your headphones

When recording and mixing, you need to trust what you hear. CONNECT 2's Zero Ohm headphone outputs ensure an accurate listening experience and retain your headphones' frequency response. When using high impedance studio headphones, you can activate the dedicated high impedance mode to get the power you need to drive them. To save time looking for adapters, CONNECT 2 offers a headphone jack that comes in both sizes.

A nice personal touch with custom LED colors

You can quickly adapt the visual display to your setup, personal brand, and environment by changing the LED brightness and colors. You can even change and customize the color of the metering bar, the gain reduction indicator, and the channel icons.

Specs

Digital:
- USBC, 44.1 / 48 / 96 kHz / 24 bit
- Compatible with Mac, Windows, iOS
- ASIO driver Yes
- DSP powered - Yes
- Loopback Yes
Microphone preamp:
- Features: DSP (Auto setup, Lowcut filter, Clipguard, 3 iconic preamp sounds, Denoiser, Compressor, Autogain)
- Connector: 3pin XLR
- Phantom power: 48 V
- Gain range: 72 dB
- Dynamic range: 118 dB (A)
- Frequency response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- Equivalent input noise: 129 dBV (A)
- Total harmonic distortion + noise: 0.001%
HiZ instrument channel:
- Features: DSP (Auto setup, Lowcut filter, Clipguard, 3 iconic preamp sounds, Denoiser, Compressor, Autogain)
- Connector: 1/4inch instrument jack
- Gain range: 60 dB
- Dynamic range: 121 dB (A) with Clipguard
- Frequency response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- Equivalent input noise: 108 dBV (A)
- Total harmonic distortion + noise: 0.0008%
- Input impedance: 2.5 MOhm
Line out L/R:
- Features: High volume speaker mode, Mute, Volume, Map system volume controls
- Connector: 6.35 mm (1/4 inch) balanced jack
- Frequency response: 20 Hz 20 kHz?
- Max output level: 12.2 dBV (high volume mode)
- Total harmonic distortion + noise: 0.002%?
- Impedance: 200 Ohm
Headphones:
- Features: High impedance headphone mode, Mute, Volume, Map system volume controls
- Connector: 3.5 mm (1/8 inch) stereo jack, 6.3 mm (1/4 inch) stereo jack
- Frequency response: 20 Hz 20 kHz
- Max output level: 6.8 dBV (high impedance mode)
- Total harmonic distortion + noise: 0.003%
- Impedance: 1.9 Ohm
Power requirements:
- Bus powered USBC
- Requires camera connection kit with iPhone and iPad

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Base Item: Shipping Weight: 1.73 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 3 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): CONNECT 2