With NERO, Audient offers a versatile monitor controller in desktop format. With its numerous inputs and outputs, flexible routing options and easy handling, NERO is suitable for every demanding home and project studio.
On the input side, NERO offers various connection options, including two stereo line inputs (6.3 mm jack), an aux input (3.5 mm stereo jack / stereo cinch) for fast connection of smartphones or MP3 players, for example, and a dedicated cue mix input. Additionally an Optical & Coaxial S/PDIF input is available.
As the centre for stress-free mixing sessions, Nero offers stereo outputs for up to three speaker pairs as well as an independent, switchable subwoofer output. In addition, NERO has four separately adjustable, high-quality headphone outputs.
Features of the Audient Nero:
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Drawmer MC and CMC
SUMMARY
The elegantly designed and well-engineered monitor controller offers some clever configurability and an excellent feature set, which includes the ability to listen to the stereo difference signal!
IMPRESSIONS
This is a very well-conceived and highly specified monitor controller, with an excellent range of features and facilities, and I have no qualms at all about recommending the Nero for either project or professional applications. All in all, this is a versatile monitor controller with all the key features in place and plenty of useful configurability. The provision of four independent headphone outputs, with a talkback facility, is unusual and makes this monitor controller ideal for applications working with several musicians at the same time in a small project studio, too. The Nero is a very welcome addition to the array of very decent monitor controllers now on the market.
- Hugh Robjohns, SOS October 2019