I'm EXTREMELY happy with this interface! Very low noise, clean signal from my AKG C2000B condenser. Also used it with my acoustic electric... I LOVE this thing! It's not an MBox, but it's pretty d@mn good!

It came with Cubase LE... haven't even unwrapped the disc... I use GarageBand on an iBook G4. This thing has more features than I'll use. I just needed an interface for getting vocals and guitar into my iBook. I'll probably experiment with the MIDI i/o but I don't have any need for the S/PDIF at this time. All I cared about was 2 channels, XLR's with phantom power, and guitar/mic line in.

I took it out of the box, plugged it into my iBook, opened GarageBand, and immediately started a session. Haven't introduced it to my PC yet... don't really care... but have heard that it's not much more involved.

Seems pretty solid. Aluminum casing... what else can I say? Feels a lot more solid than my Mbox.

Well worth the price! Knowing what I know now, if I'd had to pay more, I'd still think it was worth it.

Looks great, knobs are in a good spot, I love the placement of the XLR inputs.

akblstratton@gmail.com

Acapella Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

This thing works. Which is good. The Tascam us-122 is a disaster with a few major flaws. Get this instead. The preamps are okay - they do get noisy when you push them, and you have to - it doesn't have the greatest gain in the world. True 48 volts phantom power. I actually measured 51 volts weighted. Does the job for 149 bucks.

phantom power, balanced XLR ins.

Everything that tascam claims, except this one works and is fifty dollars cheaper.

I don't think that the input placement is great.

musician, engineer

Classical/scoring for film/rockabilly

Midi is sometimes unusable, it eats up notes sporadically, - only 44.1-48khz no 24bit support. You need to buy a Y-USB Cable, that drains power from another port if you want to use this card on a Notebook. If not weird behaviour may appear. Like LFO Volume effects on your Mic Recording, ... Grounding the device improves signal quality dramatically. severe !!! Installation Problems can occur under Windows XP rendering the Card completely useless (Remove all hidden usb devices in the device manager, remove the installed device specific usb drivers in the Device Manager, then reinstall the driver.exe, do that as long as your IO2 and Midi Port are available under WindowsXP. This procedure Works sometimes. No NEW driver since 1.0 under Windows Technical Support for this Product from Alesis is INADEQUATE, even the Mail or Hotline workers are complete "******!" that have no info what they`re talking about.

Answers were inadequate, they even admitted that the ASIO4ALL Driver might work better than the one delivered with the Device. No help with Midi or Driver Problems. Very LIMITED Support for WIN XP. It took me 6h to install the Card, and getting Midi / Audio Ports to work and available under Windows XP.

Digital Signal Processing specialist, Software Engineer Audio/Video Effects

I only used it for one live recording, and it did a great job. The sound is clear, with no noise and good levels.

It has everything I want for my small home/mobile studio: 2 mic input, pre-amp or 2 line-in for guitar, 2 inserts, midi, ASIO, direct monitoring, USB connection.

It seems to be solid enough..., and stylish! I like it a lot!

For the recommended price, I think this is a very good option with very good results.

Didn't use yet... But the website, could have more useful information.

Alesis io|2 is very stylish... The plated colors, the round aspect, the styled buttons and faders, I like it a lot!

Active Musician and Band director

Alternative

i got recently it from a local music store as it displayed ultra low latency note. but damn, it is too much i can't play my midi keyboard with it. its a considerable latency

it must be amended to more priciest latency.

ok

i like its outer appearance

there are so many cheaper than this. like creative audigy

fine

dont know

recording engineer

Rock

Good sound, bit of latency but no appreciable noise.

All the features you would expect

stopped working after just over a year, don't plug it into a vista machine.

I'd go for something that lasts a bit longer or a PCI card.

Asked me to send it in for an estimate, refused to give me the worst/best case scenario for cost.

Appearance is irrelevant

Blew on me after having it for two weeks........... sent in for a new one and was supposed to have it 1 month later...... then 3 1/2 months later finally received it and after using it for literally TWO minutes it just blew on me again....... I do not recommend this product to anyone

Original ADAT sound is what i never emphasized enough. Sound Clarity and neutrality is there. Never differ much from the previous standards of Alesis Audio Reproduction. Well Done, Alesis!

Everything from MIDI to Audio I/O are there.

Plug and Play. You do not need to install anything for Windows XP SP2.

ADAT quality, no less no more.

Paid around that range. Good Value return for what you fork out, no loss.

Guess havent tried but will be good.

Yes, definitely.

Recording Engineer

Pop

Good for its price.

I have a lot of technical problems (driver issues) with it. Some programs I get a 'No ASIO driver error' and in the programs where it works it is very unstable. Even with al the latest updates.

Very bad experience with the support from Alesis. They don't reply to name 1......

Everything you need for a small personal recording studio.

I had a few problems with the Alesis driver in WindowsXP as well. The ASIO drivers took several reinstalls to show up and it took a while to figure out, but after I got it to work, it was wonderful!

Needs more sexy LEDs