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How records get made in 2026 from the industry's own reports

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About

Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.

Library/Audio interfaces/Universal Audio

Volt 2 Gen 2

The maker’s page ↗ Studio plans: 5 m² 10 m²

Spec sheet · from Universal Audio · checked 2026-10-07

Maker: Universal Audio
Connection: USB 2.0, Type-CPlus a USB power input: 5 V DC, 1 A minimum
Inputs: 2 mic / line comboEach also takes an instrument, 1 MΩ
Outputs: 1 stereo monitor pairPlus 1 stereo headphone out · 2-in / 4-out over USB
Sample rate: 44.1 – 192 kHz32-bit
Mic gain: 60 dB
Phantom power: +48 VSwitchable per channel
Bus power: Yes
Works with: macOS 12 or newerWindows 10 64-bit or newer · iPadOS / iOS 16 or newer
Budget: to be verified

Every row: uaudio.com, Volt 2 Gen 2, Specifications

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Only with a source: an interview, a studio tour, the artist’s own post. Each name links to where it was said.

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The Gen 2 family, as Universal Audio lists it

1 preampVolt 1 Gen 22 in / 2 out ↗ 2 preamps · this oneVolt 2 Gen 22 in / 4 out ↗ 2 preampsVolt 4 Gen 212 in / 6 out ↗

Sources · checked 7 October 2026

Universal Audio, Volt 2 Gen 2: Specifications: simultaneous I/O 2-in / 4-out; two preamps, 60 dB gain; one stereo monitor pair and one headphone output; USB 2.0 with Type-C connectors and a 5 V DC / 1 A external power input; 44.1 to 192 kHz at 32 bits; USB bus-powered; +48 V phantom power switchable per channel; instrument inputs 1 MΩ; macOS 12, Windows 10 64-bit, iPadOS / iOS 16 or newer.
Universal Audio, the Volt range: Volt 1 Gen 2 (2 in / 2 out, one preamp), Volt 2 Gen 2 (2 in / 4 out, two preamps), Volt 4 Gen 2 (12 in / 6 out, two preamps).
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