Description
Tailor-made for guitar players, the Blackstar Polar 4 is an audio interface designed to make the recording process easier. The Polar 4 includes four FET-based input channels, which are armed with 81-inspired microphone preamps and +48V phantom power. Moreover, you get per-channel Enhance switches that activate a clip-proof input setting, along with an amp-like feel for instruments and added air and clarity for microphones. The Polar 4 includes two headphone outputs and four line-level outputs, which make achieving studio-quality monitoring easy. Complete with an excellent complementary software bundle, the Blackstar Polar 4 is a capable audio interface that effectively overcomes the typical challenges of guitar recording.
The right building blocks for great recordings
Creating professional-sounding recordings is easy when you have a Polar 4 in your studio. For starters, its high-headroom, FET-based inputs offer impressively low noise. Its 81-inspired preamps deliver a characterful flavor reminiscent of the legendary British consoles of yesteryear. The Polar 4 includes +48V phantom power for your condenser microphones. You also get two headphone outputs and four line-level outputs, enabling you use your studio monitors while two artists listen individually. To top it off, the Polar 4 comes with an excellent free software bundle with Ableton Live Lite, Relab LX480 Essentials, and Polar control software.
Problem-solving Enhance feature
Three common challenges that guitar-playing recordists often encounter are a lack of amp-like response, difficulty with setting input levels without clipping, and dull-sounding tracks. The Polar 4’s per-channel Enhance switch takes these issues entirely out of the equation. Engaging this feature not only safeguards against clipping to provide a foolproof input setting, but it also allows your input to behave more like a tube amplifier when recording instruments and adds extra air and clarity when recording with a microphone.
Features
- A 4-in/8-out audio interface designed to make guitar recording easier
- High-headroom FET-based input channels
- 81-inspired preamps deliver a characterful flavor reminiscent of legendary British consoles
- +48V phantom power for your condenser microphones
- 2 headphone outputs and 4 line-level outputs make achieving studio-quality monitoring easy
- Per-channel Enhance switches activate a clip-proof input setting, an amp-like feel for instruments, and added air and clarity for microphones
- Free software bundle with Ableton Live Lite, Relab LX480 Essentials, and Polar control software
Specifications
- Form Factor: Desktop
- Simultaneous I/O: 4 x 8
- Number of Preamps: 4 x mic
- Phantom Power: Yes, 48V
- Analog Inputs: 4 x XLR-1/4″ combo (mic/line)
- Analog Outputs: 4 x 1/4″
- Headphones: 2 x 1/4″
- MIDI I/O: In/Out
- Power Supply: 5V DC power supply (included)
