I have wanted to experiment with recording in other acoustic spaces, and so began my search for a small buss powered interface, One that I could just connect to my mac and record.
I record a lot of acoustic instruments, and needed a new portable interface I could use away from my small home studio. Overall, a great product that I would recommend.įocusrite Scarlett - Clean, warm and complimentary. This last one is an inconvenience if you are running your sound through the Scarlette, because you have to turn down everything to avoid the popping sound.
A few things I’m not as a fan of are: the output to monitors is a direct line with two outputs (right/left) that works with a stereo system but would need an adapter to plug into a sound system the headphone jack is a quarter inch so I would need to buy an adapter for any of my eighth inch headphones that I currently own and lastly, it would be amazing if there was a simple mute button for each of the channels since to unplug you have to turn down the monitors completely so as to avoid the loud popping sound that comes with unplugging.
Since the product shipped from England, it took a while to get here (maybe a couple of weeks). I purchased refurbished, so lower price, but still amazing quality so far and I still was able to get all the software that you would get with a new model. Also, what made this purchase doubly great was all the music software (Ableton Live Lite and assorted plug ins) that come with it! I am really liking that software bundle. The sound is soooo clear and crisp, it is beautiful. So far the Scarlette Solo 2nd Gen has been great! It’s got some good features including green/red lights around the gain to tell if it’s too loud, phantom power for mics, and a direct monitor so you can hear what you sound like through speakers.