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Problems

As cool as Konnekt is, we do have a couple of niggles. The first is that the channel strip and reverb effects can’t be employed as proper inserts within your host DAW. To use them, you have to send the signal from your DAW out to the effects bus within Konnekt, then route the resulting signal back in (for the record, Fabrik C is on Konnekt channels 5-6 and Fabrik R on 7-8). Matters aren’t helped by a frequently less-than-clear manual that assumes too much product knowledge!

The effects are great for recording, then - offering direct monitoring and low latency - but those who want to use the C and R plug-ins for mixing will be disappointed that only one of each can be used simultaneously (and at 96kHz or higher, you can only use one or the other). With this in mind, if you’re not dealing with live musicians, you should consider the slightly lower-spec’d Konnekt 8 - essentially the same machine minus the DSP and some connectivity.

Verdict

On the whole, though, the Konnekt 24D is a fantastic interface, and certainly one of the best solutions we’ve seen for the recording musician. It’s ideally suited to life on the road or in the studio, and when you consider that up to four can be chained (with direct monitoring available between them) you have to conclude that this is a device that’s a cut above the majority of the competition.