The insubstantial software control panel only allows you to select latency levels that range from average to unusable, and even when we used an absurdly high latency setting, our version of Samplitude reported massive error counts on the recorded audio. It´s comforting to be able to work with LED bar-graph metering on the front panel (rather than just peak lamps alone), and given that Lambda is designed for close-at-hand, desktop operation, it´s handy that the main output level knob controls speaker monitor and headphone levels.īut there are problems. In fact, the sound is so good that when you first plug Lambda into your monitor speakers, it grabs your attention and makes you do an aural double-take.īoth the single instrument input and rear microphone inputs (despite their lack of gain) deliver top-class results. We´re referring to its sound quality, which is not just a little better than other audio interfaces but substantially better.
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Microphone gain, however, is extremely disappointing - when Lexicon´s engineers discovered that you have to shout into a microphone with the gain on full in order to make the peak lamps light up, didn´t they realise that these mic amps are nowhere near powerful enough?įortunately, the biggest surprise with Lambda is a pleasant one.
More importantly, it means that you have one less power adapter to carry around (or, more importantly, to remember to pack).Įven without a PSU, Lambda can still provide 48V phantom power, so you can plug whatever type of microphone you want into it. While it´s true that laptop battery life is always a concern during location recording, the fact that it´s at least possible to record mains-free in remote places is reassuring. Lambda gets all the juice it needs from the USB connection.
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