Blackstar Polar 2 USB Soundcard Interface

Key Details

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.

Comes with the St. James Suite (worth $129/£129/€129), Ableton Lite, ReLab LX480 Essentials, Melodyne Essential and more*.

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.

Reviews

“Feels like you’re playing through an amp with excellent low-latency performance”: Blackstar Polar 2 review by Music Radar

“It reacts like a guitar amp”: Blackstar’s Polar 2 USB audio interface has been designed specifically for guitarists – and it could be the solution to all your guitar-recording woes.” Guitar World review