Audient

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Guitarist may 2019

Sound Shaper

A new audio interface featuring a valve preamp and

cab simulations speciﬁcally aimed at guitarists

Words Trevor Curwen Photography Phil Barker

AUDIENT SONO GUITAR RECORDING INTERFACE

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GIT452.rev_audient.indd 112 02/10/2019 23:30

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review Audient Sono Guitar Recording Interface Sound Shaper A new audio interface featuring a valve preamp and cab simulations specifically aimed at guitarists Words Trevor Curwen Photography Phil Barker 112 Guitarist may 2019 GIT452.rev_audient.
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Audient Sono Guitar recordinG interface review Audient Sono Guitar recordinG interface £419 CONTACT Audient PHONE 01256 381944 WEB https://audient.com What You need to Know 1 An audio interface with a valve? Surely not… Yep, the USB-C connection to your computer might be bang up to date, but there’s some nice vintage technology in the guitar signal path to enhance your sound.
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review Audient Sono Guitar Recording Interface 3 3. Traffic light LEDs let you gauge the strength of your signal through the A/D converter, its graduations being ‘Signal’, ‘Some’, ‘Good’, ‘Hot’ and ‘Bad!’ 4. Press and hold this button to turn cabinet simulation on and off: once engaged, quick presses will scroll through the three onboard options 5.
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Audient Sono Guitar recordinG interface review Audient Sono Guitar recordinG interface The To Amp output allows you to send audio from your DAW out to an amplifier or pedalboard in order to reamp your signal. The signal from the reamp output is padded down to an instrument level so it doesn’t overload your amp or pedal input power amp and cabinet simulation if engaged.