iD Control has an additional feature called ‘Pre-Amp Trim’. This feature allows you to drive the Audient hardware pre-amp into its warm, harmonic sweet spot for classic analogue character. You can then use the pre-amp trim knob within iD Control to reduce the digital gain before it reaches your DAW.
To enable this feature, open the iD control app, and navigate to the settings tab:
Then enable the ‘Show Preamp Trim’ setting:
Once enabled, a new setting will appear on the channel strip for each microphone input: