Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

“the 2i2 is a good barebones audio interface that can do 95% of what you need for home recording. The scarlett line build quality is nothing specifically impressive, but not terrible either.”

“They are a fabulous little product. I have one sitting on my desk. Not sure why people need much more juice for headphones however, it's plenty loud enough for me with my AKG-702s.”

“both of them were clipping on my Scarlett 2i2, even though I turned the gain all the way down. There is no pad either, so you cannot lower the input level at all, which for me was enough reason to return it.”

“I just purchased a 2i2 and am very happy with it but a couple things you should know first... There can be some pretty complicated driver issues depending on your setup”

“the audio interface is the Scarlett 2i2, and it hasn't missed a beat. I'm not even aware of having to do any driver loading, or anything, just plugged the 2i2 into powered USB Hub”

“I've been using a Focusrite 2i2 interface for a while, and while it's great bang for buck, I have a few reservations about it. Firstly, it's nearly impossible to record my guitarist without the signal clipping, and secondly, the driver does not behave well with my machine”

“Hook your bass up to this audio interface and no matter how much you turn your instrument or input level down, as soon as you dig in or use your thumb, your signal will clip and you'll get that annoying thud. It's not you or your playing technique. It's not your string height or your pickups. This model doesn't have enough headroom to handle the output of a bass.”

“Another vote for Focusrite Scarlet series. I have the 2i2 and I put everything thru it. Great for learning songs and playing along with YT and Tracking separate channels one layer at a time.”

“Lately, when I am recording, it will begin to record as 'muffled' or 'tinny.' I tried my various mics through the 2 XLR inputs and I'm 99% sure it isn't my mic”

“before I upgraded to the Focusrite Scarlet 18i8 I had the 2i2 and I had absolutely no problems with it - even when plugging my mic’s, electric guitars, basses and keyboards directly into it.”

“The Scarlett 2i2 is what I use. It's ok, not very loud, but for DI bass it works. My problem has always been getting a good tone once the audio was recorded.”

“I've successfully recorded active and otherwise hot output basses directly to Scarlett, everything was OK. also please note that Scarlett was improved in this regard since the first gen 10 years ago.”

“I don't know about the solo but the 2i2 doesn't have an input pad, which makes it pretty hard to comfortably record an active bass. Keep that in mind.”

“I do have a 2i2 Gen 2. I have ran active basses through it and just had watch for clipping when I was recording any tracks.”

“that has been just fine for me with anything I throw at it. I do use various preamps and DIs depending on tone when I record bass so have not had any issues.”

“My Focusrite 2i2 2nd gen has a roundtrip latency of 7.8ms with a sample rate of 48000 and a buffer size of 64. That's easily low enough to play through and I don't get any artifacts or anything like that.”

“I recently switched from a 2i2 to a Volt 2. I'm very glad I did. It quieter and less prone to electrical interference.”

“I have IIRC the 2nd gen 2i2 and it can be touchy to set the input gain for my basses, but hardly impossible.”

“I've lost count of the tracks I've recorded using mine. Not one mixing or mastering engineer or producer has had any issue with the tracks I've delivered.”

“Well I guess I'm glad I haven't bothered to upgrade my first gen 2i2 then.”

“I'd second the recommendation for the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Gen3 audio interface. Had a Behringer UMC202HD until it fell off the top of my 'puter tower”

“I have a 3rd gen Scarlet 2i2. Very pleased with it. Haven’t used the MOTU unit. I had read the the 3rd gen was an improvement over the 2nd gen”

“I've had a first-gen Scarlett 2i2 for 8 or 9 years now and have used it to record bass, vocals, and guitars- both mic and DI- for probably a half dozen releases. I've always had to keep the gain knob down to zero for anything but my weakest sounding Jazz bass, but never had a significant clipping issue.”

“The Scarlett 2i2 can/does record two signals at the same time and does it darn well. Having two nice mic pre amps in the same box sold me.”