Focusrite Scarlett Solo

“I never understood the worry about having enough gain, the digital world gives infinite gain. Just get what you can with your setup and boost more from your computer. Sounds the same.”

“People love to hate it because it’s popular and cheap. You need about 55dB to drive SM7B mic which is on the higher end of the gain knob. Also used to not have loop back which was super annoying.”

“Got it going with the 4th gen Scarlet Solo since it’s just me recording vocals for a start! Getting a bundle from Wali World for 290 with a mic stand and pop filter”

“That’s the confusing part is they have generally been right about most their computer advice in the past but I guess this was a rare miss on their part. I’ll definitely keep the Scarlett in consideration”

“They now make a Shire SM7dB that has a built-in CloudLifter. Otherwise, you'll need to get a Standalone to boost the signal because of the high impedance.”

“From personal experience, when one of my inputs died, it was nice to have a second as backup. Probably not everyone’s experience but I was sure grateful.”

“What you can do is create an aggregate device using 3rd party software to combine the Focusrite and USB mic as one device but there’s no point in doing that unless you have something plugged into the Focusrite.”

“Yes I went through the whole easy start setup guide they have, I uninstalled old software and I installed focusrite control 2 and the proper drivers”

“Alright, thank you. I'll fix that. I do have guitar headphones I can use. I must have been doing that before. I'm not sure how I didn’t know that.”

“" but I’ve been told (in the past) that that’s like getting $150 Dollar tires to put on an expensive sports car." whoever told you that is a clown”

“That’s all about the number of inputs and outputs you need. If you’re only going to be record one mono source at a time, go with the cheapest one!”

“Make sure you are recording in stereo not digital. The left channel is the microphone and the right is the instrument port. At least one Windows.”

“Right click or whatever the mac equivalent is, on the red circle(record armed) button, make sure Monitor Input is checked, and Record input (Audio or MIDI) is checked and also hover over > Input: Mono > select your input.”

“As I learned yesterday, it's because the 4th gen solo still uses the older preamps, whereas the 2i2 has the updated ones which are better.”

“I've used both 20 years, including a Focusrite-recorded bass line that was part of a #6 Billboard charting song. DM me if you need.”

“Absolutely agree Technically though, you can create an aggregate device on Mac and actually can output through the Mac speakers”

“To add to this - if you plan on streaming/recording in OBS, the 4th gen scarlet series says they have loopback, so you dont need to deal with additional vst's to route digital outputs to OBS. Saved me some computing power & a headache”

“Most people do not have treated rooms. So "boost more" from your computer is just going to introduce a ton of noise.”

“It's milliseconds, pretty usable. Beringer though, the delay is terrible, but they give you a direct output button.”

“You can see signal is getting into your DAW so the Focusrite is not the issue. You need to dig into your DAW and you're audio configuration, the track is setup to Record, the monitoring setting. Read on how to record audio with the DAW you're using.”

“Dumb question, when you do this are you both wearing headphones? Do I just need a headphone jack splitter?”

“you can use voicemeeter, route your audio to it and then use voicemeeter to route all that into the DAW”

“huh. did they downgrade the solo in 4th gen? I have the 3rd gen and there is a XLR AND guitar jack.”

“People do like it. Gear snobs hate everything, especially themselves. Don't listen to gear snobs.”