Heritage audio I73 Pro 2

The i73® PRO 2 audio interface aims to provide musicians, producers, and sound engineers with an easy path to the analog experience that has inspired music creation since the early 1970s. The i73® PRO 2 incorporates the same transformer-balanced Class A circuitry as Heritage Audio's classic 73-style preamps, giving end users the ability to record with all that mojo and classic vibe, but for the first time, directly from the i73 on a computer.

Heritage Audio Studio Quality
The very first USB-C interface with two integrated 73-style preamps coupled with pure Class A transformers is finally a reality, making the complete analog experience of the golden age of recording accessible to everyone, everywhere. As with all Heritage Audio 73-type preamps, there are three input options so that the end user can pass vocals through the MIC preamp with up to 70 dB of gain, an electric guitar or bass through the fast and dynamic JFET DI, or through LINE inputs. The 'i73® PRO interfaces allow the user to route any signal to a digital audio workstation with true studio quality.

Complete Analog Experience
A Class A 73-style preamp is just the first step in achieving the complete analog experience that the Heritage Audio team was looking for... a low-latency monitoring mixer console has been developed from the ground up so that the user always hears what they need, whether through speakers or headphones, each with its own independently configurable mix in the MIXER embedded in the i73® PRO interfaces. To push the experience even further, the i73® PRO 2 allows real-time track processing in the Heritage Audio MIXER with an ever-expanding set of tools modeled after Heritage Audio's own external and private equipment collection, running internally on the interface's DSP. Record DRY and WET signals from the MIXER to your DAW simultaneously. You can even insert third-party native plugins via the MIXER's auxiliary channels. The i73® PRO 2 gives its users the right tools to control their work as in the days of recording studios, straight out of the box, so they can capture tracks in their DAW and finish the job using a modern home studio workflow.

Focus on the Essentials, Your Music
During the golden age of studios, recording and control were done with a limited set of tools, prioritizing quality over quantity and thus leading musicians and engineers to focus on music rather than technology. All classic recordings from the 1960s and 1970s needed only a musician, a good microphone, powerful preamps, an equalizer, compression, and the unique warmth of a tape recorder to create the sound of the hits we grew up with. Heritage Audio's complete analog experience: refocusing on music creation with a comprehensive set of ready-to-use tools that allow any musician or engineer to record with true studio quality anywhere.

Vintage Sound at Your Fingertips
In trying to define what made the golden age of recording studios so appealing, even by today's standards, Heritage Audio noticed that these legendary studios used just the right amount of equipment when recording, focusing solely on music and the musician. The i73® PRO translates this concept to every musician's home studio by providing the right tools for monitoring their work, straight out of the box. That's why they all come with a collection of DSP-powered recording effects (BRITSTRIP, H240 GOLD FOIL VERB, HA1200 TAPESAT, HA15PRO bass amp, HERITAGE TAPEOPLEX, SMALL RECORDING AMP SERIAL# C 17744), modeled after Heritage Audio's own external cards and the private vintage equipment collection of Heritage Audio. These unique DSP-powered audio effects are also provided in native form with an easy recall function so that everyone can capture tracks in their DAW (both processed and unprocessed) and finish the job using a modern home studio workflow.