M Audio MobilePre USB Mobile Preamp and Audio Interface
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Manufacturer: M-Audio
Model: US41401
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: M-Audio
Label: M-Audio
Special Features: MobilePre USB is the perfect audio interface and preamp for your laptop recording needs. A total of three kinds of audio inputs and outputs provide maximum flexibility for any applicationâincluding two on-board microphone/instrument preamps and high-impedance instrument inputs ideal for connecting guitars and basses. MobilePre USB is completely bus-powered so you can take it anywhere you need to record and play musicâincluding field recording and sampling expeditions with your laptop. (Of course, you can use it on the desktop as well.) And unlike many competitors, our zero-latency direct monitoring provides you with an easy and professional recording experience.
Features for M Audio MobilePre USB Mobile Preamp and Audio Interface:
- 2 x 2 16-bit/48kHz analog I/O w/ preamps
- 2 microphone inputs (XLR balanced) with 48v phantom power
- 2 high-impedance instrument/line inputs (balanced/unbalanced 1/4" TRS)
- Zero-latency hardware direct monitoring (mono/stereo) with software level control
- USB-powered for total mobility
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Customer Reviews
VISTA Support updated 
2008-07-17
Update: Looks like they actually came through with the VISTA drivers, which were released on 8/22/2008. Since I returned mine, I would love to hear if you have it working on Vista SP1 or better.
**** Previous review ****
Looked like a decent product, however.... Turns out that the drivers for VISTA are still in Beta after 1 year (last release of the driver is over a year ago). To make matters worse, it is known NOT to work with Vista SP1, as of May 2008. They don't expect to have a driver update until October. However, since the last driver update is over a year ago, I put the chances of a real driver update at near zero. Too bad, looked like a good product.
Didn't work on any of my VISTA machines. Sending it back.
poor audio quality 2008-05-19
I bought this preamp for "boosting" my voice as I record video tutorials. I own a Shure SM-58 microphone with XLR inputs, and my Intel MacPro has no such inputs, so I thought this would be just the thing. After installing the latest version of their drivers for Leopard or OS 10.5.1, I thought everything was going to be great. In System Preferences I changed all the proper input settings for the Mobilepre. Cranked the input volume all the way up on the hardware side and the sound that came out of there was simply DISAPPOINTING. It was so soft. I even tried turning on the Phantom power switch to see if that was the problem.
I guess the most disappointing aspect of this whole experience is that the M-Audio website was plain bad. I registered so I could sign on and contact tech support. Their website apparently was having problems and there were folks like myself posting that they couldn't log in. Somewhere on their website, they had a notice that said they were aware of that and apologized for that but no word on how or when they expect to have that fixed.
I don't mind having to jump through hoops to make something work but when there is no help in sight, and a company doesn't address tech support issues quickly, I'm going elsewhere. Perhaps this product works with Windows machines. I couldn't get it to work on an Intel MacPro running OS 10.5.2
I like it 
2008-03-31
This is great for a laptop, because your music sounds so much better through it than through a puny laptop sound card. Like night and day. I am very satisfied with the recording sound quality for basic music recording. The controls are easy to access, everything is simple, and all I have to do is plug in the USB and it automatically switches between my computer sound card and the MobilePre.
M-Audio MobilePre 2008-03-29
I ordered this the same day I ordered a guitar from Guitar Center, If you see "Email for availability" on a web page you are ordering from that means its back ordered. After 20 days of waiting they sent an email stating it was going to be another 30 days. I shopped real stores and bought a beautiful Stratocaster. BUT by that time my 30 day warranty was up and the M-Audio bearly functions. The head phone jack has to be pulled out in just this special place to work; the USB connection crackles and cuts out completely sometimes. My musician friends are back in town and say Line 6 is better. No matter I'm very happy to be playing again. The delay gave me time to realize I needed good instrument that is a joy to play and I got this sweet Fender instead of the 150 buck bargain. Oh! the M-Audio was a refurbish...NO bargain
Everything good except... 
2007-11-26
Except a little noise behind the recording.
Something not bad that can be reduced with a noise reduction plugin.
For the price is perfect with his numerous outputs and inputs and for the preamp very well built.
Good deal for home recording.
Very innovative product 2007-10-10
M-AUDIO MobilePre USB is the perfect audio interface and preamp for your laptop recording projects. Three kinds of audio inputs and outputs provide maximum flexibility for every application. Record and play music anywhere! 2 high impedance instrument / line inputs (1/4 balanced) 2 analog outputs (1/4 unbalanced) Stereo line output Stereo headphone output with level control knob Gain control knob for each input channel (+40 dB max) Mono / Stereo direct monitoring 16-bit resolution Signal-to-noise ratio - 101dB OS Compatibility - Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP; Mac OS 9.1 or OS X
Good for the price 
2007-05-23
I've been using the MobilePre for live recordings four hours a week for over a year and have found it to be ok for the price. I needed to get the XLR from our wireless receivers into the computer and it works most of the time. About ten times a year it will suddenly go crazy in the middle of a recording. The volume will get uncontrollably loud and/or full of static or record so the vocals sound like the chipmunks! The only thing that stops it is a reboot of the computer. I had a replacement sent out after the company claimed they never heard of that happening before. I've replaced the USB Cable but it still happens. It might be the cheap emachine running XP that is the problem but I thought I would at least warn people. The other reviews warnings are true with my experience. I haven't had good support and haven't been impressed with the software interface. If you need total reliability in a live recording there are now many more options for USB or Firewire to get your audio into your computer. We are switching to sound devices usbpre but it's $595!
A good thing to have 2007-01-09
This little pre-amp does the trick if you want to record voice and cancel out some computer or background noise. I am happy with it.
works great 2006-10-05
works awsome for what I need it to do. Being USB powered lets me do things with it I wouldnt be able to do with other mic preamps or external sound devices
Perfect 2006-09-30
This item is perfect. it does what the manual says it does. I opened this box about two hours ago and I can't stop recording music with it. I installed the drivers, plugged it and it worked. I didn't have to do any configuration changes except for changing the input settings on Garageband. Sound is clear and I didn't have any flow in the sound or recording. I was able to record two instruments at the same time guitar and vocals. Preamp works a lot better than I expected. I would give it a 5 out 5. I recommend this item to anyone. I tried other items such as Tascam US-224 (good luck if you can make this thing work) and Tascam 788. A mac and this item is everything you need to start recording your own tracks. Also, they don't make it in blue color anymore like shown on the picture above. The new color is metallic gray with a black front. It matches the color of my Macbook Pro. Check out the new Mac Laptops they start at $1100 or the Mac Mini at $700. They both very powerful, but if you can afford a Macbook Pro buy one. You can't go wrong with a Mac it does more than windows base computers. You can also install windows if you like. but after using Mac OS X, you can't go back to windows.
Macbook Pro, Mac OS X 10.4.7
1.8 GHz, Dual Core Intel
I Gig Memory
Garage Band
