IK Multimedia AXE I/O Solo

2×3 USB Guitar Audio Interface

Designed for the recording guitarist, the IK Multimedia AXE I/O Solo audio/MIDI interface delivers the popular features of the award-winning AXE I/O, making it easier than ever to get great guitar sounds in a hurry. While the AXE I/O has five outputs, the AXE I/O Solo has three outputs to serve creators with smaller setups.

The AXE I/O Solo offers a 1/4″ Hi-Z instrument input with passive/active pickup selection and Pure/JFET input stages to impart the tone you want, be it clean and precise or warm and laden with extra harmonics. The Z-Tone variable impedance interacts with your guitar’s pickups to give you additional sonic flexibility at the turn of a knob.

When it comes to recording your favorite microphone, the AXE I/O Solo can handle dynamic or condenser mics with ease. Its XLR-1/4″ combo input feeds a Class-A preamp with selectable 48V phantom power and is capable of accepting a line-level signal such as a feed from a drum machine.

A dedicated 1/4″ amp output is provided, so you can record direct with your own real guitar amps and stompboxes simultaneously without the need for a special reamp box. The AXE I/O Solo also features balanced 1/4″ line outputs and a headphone output with separate level controls. You can even hookup two footswitches or controller pedals using the rear-panel 1/4″ control inputs.

To further expand your creative power, the AXE I/O Solo includes a powerful software bundle with Amplitube 4 Deluxe, 10 T-RackS plug-ins, and Ableton Live 10 Lite.

FEATURES

• 2-in / 3-out version of the award winning AXE I/O 2-in / 5-out audio interface
• XLR-1/4″ combo mic/line input with Class-A PURE ultra-transparent mic preamp and on/off selectable 48V phantom power
• 1/4″ Hi-Z input with selectable active/passive pickup switch and Pure/JFET circuit selector
• Z-Tone variable impedance control for Hi-Z input creates a wide range of tones from tight, sharp, and precise to thick and bold
• Per input gain control and multi-segment LED meter
• 5-pin MIDI I/O for connection of external MIDI equipment
• Balanced 1/4″ line outputs with level control
• Front-panel 1/4″ stereo headphone output with level control
• Direct/DAW monitoring with adjustable mix control
• Ground-isolated 1/4″ amp output for recording DI and through amps/pedals at the same time
• Two 1/4″ external control inputs for footswitches or controller pedals
• Up to 24-bit / 192 kHz resolution
• High dynamic range
• USB bus-powered design

Three Circuit Topologies

• PURE: Transparent and ultra-accurate instrument preamp that won’t color your sound
• JFET: Class-A JFET input buffer adds harmonic enhancement with a slight midrange enhancement for extra warmth
• ACTIVE: Bypasses unneeded gain stages to keep your signal path as direct, transparent, and clean as possible when using active pickups

AmpliTube 4 Deluxe

• 33 Stompbox Models: Acoustic Sim, Chorus, Flanger, Opto Tremolo, Delay, Wah Pedal, Diode Overdrive, Compressor, Graphic EQ, and more
• 25 Amplifiers: American Tube Clean 1, British Tube Lead 1, Solid State Bass Preamp, Jazz Amp 120, plus five new classic British amps and more
• 29 Cabinets: 4×12 Brit 8000, 4×12 Brit 9000, 4×12 Red Pig, 4×12 Brit Silver, 4×10 Open Vintage, 2×12 Closed Vintage, 4×12 Closed Vintage 1, and more
• 29 vintage and modern individual speaker models
• 12 Microphones: Double Dynamic 57, Dynamic 57, Condenser 414, Condenser 87, and more
• 15 Rack Effects Units: Digital Delay, Parametric EQ, Rotary Speaker, and more
• Two Tuners: UltraTuner plus a fully chromatic rack tuner

10 T-RackS Plug-Ins

• Vintage Compressor/Limiter Model 670: Vari-Mu compressor/limiter
• EQP-1A Vintage Tube Program Equalizer: Classic analog tube-based EQ
• White 2A Leveling Amplifier: Tube opto-compressor/limiter
• Black 76 Limiting Amplifier: FET compressor/limiter
• White Channel: Modern channel strip
• Mic Room: Microphone modeling module
• Tape Echo: Vintage tape delay
• De-Esser: Multiband de-esser
• CSR Room: Acoustic room reverb
• ONE: All-in-one mastering processor

DAW Software

• Ableton Live 10 Lite software for recording, sequencing, editing, mixing, and more
• Front-Panel 1/4″ Hi-Z In and Amp Out
• XLR-1/4″ Combo Mic/Line Input
• 2 x 1/4″ Balanced Line Outputs
• Class-A Preamp with 48V Phantom Power
• Selectable Active/Passive Pickup Input
• Z-Tone Variable Impedance
• Switchable Pure/JFET Channel Tone
• 1/4″ Headphone Jack with Level Control
• 5-Pin MIDI I/O & Footswitch/Pedal Inputs
• Includes Powerful Software Bundle