PreSonus · Entry · USB · c.2017 on
PreSonus has made the AudioBox USB since 2008, and the USB 96 is the version most people own. Its owner's manual dates from 2017, and PreSonus calls it its best-selling interface of all time. It's a small steel box with two combo inputs for a mic or a guitar, a pair of balanced outputs for monitors, a loud headphone jack around the back, and MIDI in and out. It records at up to 24-bit/96 kHz, runs off the USB port, and a Mac sees it without a driver. You'll find it in blue or black with silver knobs, and later as an all-black 25th Anniversary edition. Any of them makes a solid first interface for a singer-songwriter or a podcaster.
In the photos
The front says AUDIOBOX USB 96 in white next to the PreSonus logo, top left. Early units are blue or black with silver knobs and a red 48V button, and the later 25th Anniversary edition is all black with black knobs, the PreSonus logo moved to the top right and AUDIOBOX USB96 top left. A blue box that just says AUDIOBOX USB, with no 96, is the older model, and all versions have a square USB-B socket on the back.
Mac and Windows
It's class compliant, so a Mac or iPad uses it without a driver, and PreSonus has listed it as supported on Apple Silicon Macs since Universal Control 3.4.2 in March 2021. On Windows you install Fender Universal Control (the renamed PreSonus Universal Control), whose 5.1 release supports Windows 10 22H2, Windows 11 24H2 and macOS 13.7.8 or later. PreSonus's macOS 27 compatibility page (October 2026) lists every colour of the AudioBox USB 96 and the 25th Anniversary edition as supported.
Power, cables and licences
Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing power supply or a licence that won’t transfer should come off the price.
PreSonus's support notes say hiss with the gain at or near full is normal for this bus-powered box, and that low-output mics can force you to turn it right up. We didn't find a documented model-specific failure, so test the basics: both inputs, the headphone jack and the USB socket.
Buying your first one? How to pick a first used interface covers inputs, mic gain and drivers, and the power supply guide covers which ones need their adapter.
Buying guide
We'd buy the AudioBox USB 96 titled tested with its cable at $56 delivered from a 99.6% seller, right at the $57 median. There are at least 194 for sale and most ask $50–75 delivered, in blue, black or the all-black 25th Anniversary edition, and the cheapest working one here asks $38. Check the front in the photos for USB 96, since a blue box that just says AUDIOBOX USB is the older model, and ask for a short video recording into each input with the gain knobs turned end to end. Any Studio One licence belonged to the first owner, and Fender says software that came free with hardware can't be transferred, so don't pay extra for it. Skip the Studio bundle from Canada, which asks $175 delivered with $87 of shipping, and sellers under 98% feedback.
$38.26est. delivered
The lowest-priced AudioBox USB 96 here at $38 delivered, the black version with its USB cable, from a 100% seller. It isn't titled tested, so ask for a short video recording into both inputs.
PreSonus AUDIOBOX USB96 Black with USB Cable 2-Channel MIDI Recording Interface
$55.68est. delivered
Titled tested and sold with the cable at $56 delivered from a 99.6% seller, right at the median. It's bus powered, so the cable is the only thing it needs.
PreSonus AudioBox USB 96 USB Audio Interface 2x2 MIDI Tested w/Cable
$55.68est. delivered
Titled tested with the USB cable named, so it's ready to plug in and record. Ask for a short clip of the rear headphone jack with the plug wiggled.
PreSonus AudioBox USB 96 USB Audio Interface 2x2 MIDI Tested w/Cable
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Used$38.26est. delivered
$29.99 + $8.27 shipping
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Good buy
Black version with the USB cable, as titled. Not titled tested.
Seller: camerasandmeatballs
100% positive
Used$55.68est. delivered
$45.99 + $9.69 shipping
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Titled tested, with the cable.
Seller: bullseyeelectronics2
99.6% positive
Used$52.99delivered
$52.99 · free shipping
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Our take
25th Anniversary edition, free shipping. Not titled tested.
Seller: pawnamerica
99.8% positive
Used$59.74est. delivered
$49.87 + $9.87 shipping
Buy It Now$49.87
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Titled tested. The photo shows the blue version.
Seller: hoosierresalellc
99.6% positive
Used$74.19est. delivered
$59.99 + $14.20 shipping
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Our take
With the USB cable and manual, as titled.
Seller: rynogc
100% positive
Used$100.28est. delivered
$80.00 + $20.28 shipping
Buy It Now$80.00
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25th Anniversary edition titled used once, in its original box. Asks well above the band.
Seller: ruminskij
100% positive
Used$56.33est. delivered
$50.00 + $6.33 shipping
Buy It Now$50.00
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Seller feedback 92.7%.
Seller: fior-47
92.7% positive
Used$175.34est. delivered
$87.93 + $87.41 shipping
Buy It Now$87.93
Priced high
Studio bundle with the mic and headphones in the photo, but shipping from Canada is $87.
Seller: queenglad
99.4% positive
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