The 5 Best Home Studio USB Audio Interfaces Under £150 For 2022

The PreSonus Audiobox 96 is a professional-grade audio interface boasting a sample rate ranging up to 24-bit/96kHz for exceptional audio quality.

The result is high-quality audio performance, capturing every nuance from your source inputs. The built-in +48V Phantom Power also allows you to use condenser microphones for studio-grade recordings.

The two front-panel combination inputs allow you to capture both vocal and instrument recordings with immense detail.

While the AudioBox USB 96 works with virtually all Mac and Windows audio-recording software, it comes with a free license for PreSonus’ Studio One® Artist DAW, giving you a complete recording solution.

The Presonus Audiobox USB 96 provides excellent quality audio with up to 96K plus some newly designed high quality Mic preamps in a really well thought out compact design & at such a low price this represents fantastic value. 

Get started straight away with the included Presonus Studio One V3 Artist DAW software. 

With the M-Track 2X2M, you can create 24-bit/192kHz studio-quality recordings with an intuitive and easy-to-use audio interface.

Boasting an elegant pro-grade metal chassis with a large central volume knob, the M-Track 2X2M features all-new transparent low-noise pre-amps and pristine A/D converters that deliver the highest audio performance in its class.

The M-Track 2X2M enables you to record up to 2 channels at once with its 2 dedicated XLR+¼” balanced combo inputs, and 2 all-new ¼” instrument inputs that have a specially designed gain and impedance stage to provide the most accurate representation of a guitar or bass plugged directly into the interface.

The M-Audio M-Track 2X2M provides incredible build quality for its price range, with a higher rate of 192 kHz and a MIDI in/out you'd usually be paying much more for an interface with this feature set. 

Get started straight away with the included Steinberg Cubase LE DAW software. Plus Air Music Plugins such as: Strike! Xpand! & Mini Grand.

With the Scarlett Solo USB audio interface, your recordings will sound just how you want them to. Plug straight in to record your guitar and vocal simultaneously on independent channels so they can be mixed separately.

The super-low latency* brings confidence to your performance, letting you record and monitor with software effects in real time. Connect your headphones and home speakers or studio monitors, turn up the volume and totally immerse yourself in sound.

The second generation Scarlett range is packed full of upgrades. New super-low latency* brings confidence to your performance, letting you record and monitor with software effects in real time.

New metal gain controls and a sleeker red metal chassis underscore its improved industrial design, built to go anywhere. The Scarlett range also now operates at sample rates all the way up to 192kHz.

The Focusrite Scarlett Solo (2nd Gen) is the most iconic of the audio interfaces - a main stay for many a recording artist or producer. This updated 2nd generation features upgraded mic preamps and super low latency making your workflow...flow.

Get started straight away with the included Ableton Live Lite DAW software. Plus Softube Time and Tone Bundle, Focusrite's Red Plug-In Suite, 2GB of Loopmasters samples. You can also opt in to their Plugin Collective.

JAM is a premium digital converter and instrument preamp featuring Apogee’s PureDIGITAL technology. PureDIGITAL means no noise, just great guitar tone.

Its special circuitry is optimised to make the amps and effects in any guitar or music creation app sound their best. You will notice the sonic difference between JAM and other similar products immediately.

The Apogee Jam 96K is the easiest and quickest way to get your guitar playing down onto a computer, exteremely straightforward set-up & premium audio quality for its price bracket. 

Its class Discrete, Class A input delivers punchy, tube amp tone.

With a 24-bit/192 kHz sample rate the UR22 Mk2 provides incredibly high audio quality whilst the innovative latency free hardware monitoring means you can monitor your performance in real time without any latency.

Additionally the two class-A D-PRE microphone preamps offer a transparent and detailed sound perfect for capturing dynamic and natural vocal performances.

The Steinberg UR12 is a 2-In / 2-Out USB 2.0 Audio Interface that features 24-bit/192kHz with phenomenal analog and digital circuitry. Coupled with 1 x Steinberg's D-Pre Class A discrete mic preamp with +48V phantom power and latency-free hardware monitoring for perfect audio recreation, there's also Cross-platform compatibility for Mac OS X and Windows that includes Cubase AI music production software.