Steinberg UR-RT4 4-Channel Audio Interface with Rupert Neve Designs Transformers

This is pure quality and the tone is amazing I have had many interfaces laya, gina, behringer hd but this is built so well and sounds so good I had to say something

I needed an interface for high quality vocal recordings and the Steinburg UR-RT2 works like a charm. I have a Shure PG58 which is not the best microphone but the interface made a huge difference. The sound quality is podcast/radio ready. Love it!

I thought this would be an interesting DAC to test since it had the Neve preamps. I have the latest Scarlett Gen 3 as well which I have dedicated to decoding high def music. I was looking for something to input instruments ( via DI box and also using the front Hi-Z input). The Neve preamps are very nicely integrated into the physical package and the quality is excellent. The main output was just a bit too sterile and digital - I don't hear the same warmth of the transformer that I get from products like Black Lion Audio or Warm Audio. Overall I would give the sound quality a 4. The real pain comes in the software install. When I saw Yamaha was involved I started to get nervous. I've had nothing but bad luck installing the necessary things on OSX to get some Yamaha products to work. And the Steinberg software is not much better. This is the first time it took way me more than necessary to implement and install (this is DAC #14 in my collection - I test and compare and use them for various music instrument purposes). Back and forth with the different sheets and codes - and it really ended up that I had to do some direct downloads to fix the problems. This is NOT acceptable in today's environment. And the the totally silly eLicense software requirement. After hours I still could not get the VTS plugins to work so I just removed them. And a message to Steinberg - if you are going to shove the eLicense software in our face - then at least integrate it into your special Steinberg download assistant so you can download the right version. Talk to Native Instruments and look at their software - they do it right.

Look no further, just grab it while you can. Sound quality is on the money. Pair this with a pair of Yamaha reference monitors and you're good to go!

Just didn’t work as easily or effectively as my cheap UA volt. I was hoping it would sound better for my sennheiser hd6xx headphones but it almost blew them up. Some weird distortion intermittently screaming in my ears. No issues with the UA and drivers all were updated

Thank you for the item! It looks great!

I started my own studio and didn’t want to spend a thousand on an interface until I got more advanced. I love this one! I’m getting top quality vocals and the plugins that come with it are worth way more than what they’re charging. Highly recommend!

Setup with all their security was extremely complex compared to the competition. I respect Rubert Neve (who I have met) but Steinberg has made the setup and operation difficult. I returned it for another product. I own other Neve products but they are not sold by Steinberg and work really well.