Universal Audio Volt 276 Portable 2×2 USB Type-C Audio/MIDI Interface with Built-In Compressor

The Universal Audio Volt 276 MIDI Audio Interface USB Type-C is a top-notch yet affordable win for quality-conscious collaborators, vocalists, musicians, and even content creators such as podcasters and live streamers. Attractive, sturdy, and compact, this bus-powered USB Type-C interface is equally capable in a computer-based home studio or on the go with your iPad or iPhone.

Plug mics, guitars, or synths into the Universal Audio Volt 276 MIDI Audio Interface USB Type-C two mic preamps and press the Vintage switches to impart the pleasing character of an emulated UA vintage 610 tube preamp to your voice or instrument. Keep peaks under control while adding punch with three selectable presets of 1176-like analog compression. Direct monitoring lets you hear yourself with no distracting latency, and there are separate volume controls for the speaker and headphone outputs. Got a beat machine or keyboard controller? Connect them to the MIDI 5-pin ports on the rear panel to easily integrate them with your setup. Knowing the value of good tools, Universal Audio bundled the Universal Audio Volt 276 MIDI Audio Interface USB Type-C with versatile and creativity-inspiring software tailored for music makers. From the popular Ableton Live Lite DAW and UJAM virtual instruments to guitar/bass amp simulations, Melodyne pitch correction, and high-end processors for mixing and mastering, there’s a bit of everything to help you transform ideas into polished productions.

From the team that brought you the game-changing Apollo interface, Volt 276 delivers superior studio sound quality with character and tone far beyond its class.

Few sounds can compare to a vintage Universal Audio 610 tube preamp, as used to record everyone from Ray Charles to Van Halen. Universal Audio Volt 276 MIDI Audio Interface USB Type-C gives you the rich and full sound of this classic UA mic/line/instrument preamp, thanks to its built-in tube-emulation circuitry, a UA exclusive.

Get album-ready punch and presence with Universal Audio Volt 276 MIDI Audio Interface USB Type-C onboard 76 Compressor, an innovative analog circuit inspired by UA’s classic 1176 Limiting Amplifier. The 76 Compressor features three perfectly tailored presets to tame voice, guitars, synths, and drum machines. Just plug in, pick a setting, and play.

Some audio interfaces give you a smattering of random audio apps—not Volt. Instead, UA put together a bundle of serious music production tools, virtual instruments, and plug-ins including Ableton, Melodyne, UJAM’s Virtual Drummer, Marshall, Ampeg, and more.