Blackstar Polar 2 USB Audio Interface

The Polar 2 Audio interface from Blackstar is specially designed by guitarists for guitarists, to enhance your guitar DI signal in a way that brings back the coveted feel and response of playing through a real valve guitar amplifier.

Equipped with FET instrument inputs, Polar provides ultra-low noise and high headroom for the best sonic foundation for your guitar tone.  The "Enhance" feature restores the touch, feel and response of playing a real amp via a unique circuit built to mimic the input stage of a real amplifier. When active, "Enhance" mode allows you to drive Polar's preamps like a real amp without worrying about digital clipping.

Polar's microphone preamps deliver warm, rich tones and authentic character which bring out the natural clarity and air from vocal performances.

Features:

• 2 channel audio interface designed for the recording guitarist.
• High-headroom FET input stage that improves tone and quality of signal and accommodates for wide range of instrument types, effect pedals and microphones.
• ‘Enhance’ feature that introduces electronics into the signal path that replicate the sound of a classic guitar amplifier
• ‘Enhance’ completely prevents digital clipping for instrument inputs. Drive this interface like it’s a real amp and be free of the fuss of setting the ‘correct’ levels.
• ‘Enhance’ on the microphone or LINE inputs gives natural clarity and air to vocal and acoustic guitar performances.
• The ‘Enhance’ feature negates the need for extra hardware and expensive DI’s to capture high quality guitar signal. It’s all built into POLAR.
  
• Mic preamp based off of the most renowned vintage studio preamps.
• Comes with POLAR Control mixing software, giving the control to adjust and fine-tune the levels, panning and routing of your monitoring.
• Runs on USB 2.0 bus power, with +48V switch for microphones that require phantom power.

Specification:

• Mic Preamps: 2
• Phantom Power: Yes, 48V
• Instrument Inpupts: 2
• Line Inputs: 2
• Enhance Switches: 2
• Line Outputs: 2
• Headphone Outputs: 1
• Loopback: Yes
• Connectivity: USB Type-C
• Protocol: USB 2.0
• Form Factor: Desktop
• Simultaneous I/O: 4 x 4 (including Loopback inputs)
• A/D Resolution: 24-bit/192 kHz
• Bus Powered: Yes (960mA)
• Supported Sample Rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz
• Weight: 0.64kg
• Dimensions: 170 x 64 x 115mm