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I recieved my Onyx Producer as a gift. I also have an Audient iD14, so it's easy to do a side by side, A/B comparison between the two. 1st off...Hat's off to the build quality from Mackie, this interface is a top choice for mobile uses. The Mackie driver installs/works perfectly in every DAW I tried it with, basically every DAW. Really is built like a tank, knobs/pots are heavy duty and smooth. Not average anything will do, this unit uses premium parts. I would give this a 4 star if an Audient iD14 is a 5 star, preamp and headphone-wise. The MIDI i/o is the extra plus of the Producer 2-2. This unit made me a Mackie believer, it has out-performed interfaces twice the price of this one. Again, it's nice to have zero driver issues no matter what DAW I use in Windows. Headphone amp is above average, not equal to the iD14's though. Plenty of mic gain, I like them because they don't add anything to signal. An excellent mobile interface; it's solid plus reliable and surprisingly inexpensive.

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These are very durable interfaces! The Mackie drivers are solid,too. We've used one for over 3 years thanks to the tank-like construction,the other over 2 yrs. Just hold one,turn a pot...you'll get it. No joke,these are perfect for location/portable laptop rigs. MIDI I/O allows for countless options. The conversion is not Antelope Audio quality but no weird mixdown smears (we use synergy 4 interfaces in-studio for comparison played through Focal 5") and the Mackie sounds sweet as a computer playback soundcard. 3 years into use I spilt a sticky,sweet smoothie all over one;it was nasty...seemed hopeless. The unit cleaned up,kept working,and still does. If Mackie upgraded DAC chips yet kept the design,only improvement possible. VERY solid interface option.