# Audient iD4 MkII

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/audient-id4-mkii
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/audio-interfaces
- Placement: #4 of 15 in Audio Interfaces, A tier
- Brand: Audient
- LP on this board: 722
- Last researched: 2026-09-23T22:47:32.949Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
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## Verdict

The best-built beginner interface available, with preamps that outclass its price point. Two channels are the only limit.

## For

- Same preamp DNA as the iD48
- Preamps praised above the field in community testing
- Audient's console-derived preamp design at an entry price
- Super easy to use, named a top pick for anyone completely new to recording
- Treated by Audio Science Review forum users as one of the two serious objective-performance choices at the entry level

## Against

- Two channels limit its useful life more than its hardware does

## Evidence

Consolidated from 8 cited sources across 7 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Higher Hz | Brandon Schock | S | https://higherhz.org/reviews/equipment/audient-id4/ | fetched and confirmed |
| GuitarPlayer | guitarplayer.com | B | https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/best-guitar-audio-interface | fetched and confirmed |
| Hyperbits | Serik Slobodskoy | B | https://hyperbits.com/blog/best-audio-interfaces/ | fetched and confirmed |
| soundorp | zarific | B | https://soundorp.com/best-audio-interface-for-mac-in-depth-analysis/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Burlap Cr | Burlap Cr | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvslI2bKO6c | fetched and confirmed |
| RecordingGuideBook | RecordingGuideBook | B | https://recordingguidebook.com/what-is-an-audio-interface/ | fetched and confirmed |
| MusicRadar | musicradar.com | B | https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-budget-audio-interfaces | fetched and confirmed |
| soundorp | zarific | B | https://soundorp.com/good-audio-interface-for-home-studio-buyers-guide/ | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | MOTU M2 | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/motu-m2 |
| 2 | Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 4th Gen | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/focusrite-scarlett-2i2-4th-gen |
| 3 | RME Fireface 802 FS | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/rme-fireface-802-fs |
| 5 | MOTU M4 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/motu-m4 |
| 6 | Audient iD48 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/audient-id48 |
| 7 | Solid State Logic SSL 18 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/solid-state-logic-ssl-18 |
| 8 | Behringer UMC404HD | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/behringer-umc404hd |
| 9 | Universal Audio Apollo Twin X | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/universal-audio-apollo-twin-x |
| 14 | Universal Audio Apollo X4 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/universal-audio-apollo-x4 |
| 15 | Behringer UMC204HD | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/behringer-umc204hd |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/audio-interfaces.

## What this tier means

- A: Excellent. Strongly recommended, beaten only by the very best.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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