Scarlett Solo (2nd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools | First

So I bought this and I'm pairing it with my Audio Technica AT2020. It provides the 48v phantom power needed to run the microphone and works very well. I plug in audio from my gaming PC using a 3.5mm(sound card side) to 1/4' (Scarlett side) cable and it works great. Then I plug the unit into my streaming laptop via USB and plug in my Sennheiser HD579 headset with 1/4 connection to the monitor output on the Solo. It's a great setup and the mic sounds great using this "preamp". Before I had a Pyle Mixer and it sucked compared to this. All I wanted was a way to have my game audio and mic audio piped into one unit, and then be able to control the volume of my headset without having to minimize my game. This provided just that. I highly recommend this if you stream on Twitch or Youtube. Also, I dabble in music creation with Reason 10 and this gets recognized by the software and my mic sounds great when recording vocal tracks for music. 5 stars all the way!! Update 1/5/2020: This Audio Interface is still going strong and working very well for me. I mainly use it to get audio from my Pioneer DDJ-SX2 DJ controller into my computer to stream on Twitch or Cue.dj and it gets that job done flawlessly. I can connect turntables to my SX2 and record vinyl to MP3 using Audacity or Reason 11 Intro and it works perfectly fine and sounds great. Still recommend this Audio Interface.

I have been playing guitar for over 50 years. I started doing home recording back when the only thing you could use was a 4 track. I was one of the first purchasers of Fostex's 4 track cassette decks. I work with Logic Pro X now on my MacBook Pro. I have been using an M-Audio Fast track for years, and figured an interface is an interface. When using the M-Audio, I had to run the mic and bass, etc, through a Tube pre-amp. I purchased this on a whim, thinking that it would be nice not to have to use the Tube. To be frank, I am pleased and amazed. No latency issues at all. Crystal clear sound. Plug and play, no hassles and an unbeatable price. The unit is very sturdy, and looks good as others have noted, but who cares about that, the sound and ease of use for Mac is all I care about. I don't need multiple inputs, since I do one track at a time, and like it that way. If you are like me, and use Logic, this is a great buy. I express no opinion about using this with a PC, since you have to download drivers and stuff like that. Avoiding all of that is why I have a Mac.

Good build and overall great performance

After using my microphone, The Audio-Technica ATR2100 , for a while, I decided I wanted to up my voiceover game by getting a nicer mic. I finally settled on the Shure SM57 after using the Shure SM58 for a while. Both of those are dynamic microphones, which provided the tone I was looking for, and both use an XLR interface. So in order to use those, I needed a USB audio interface. I did plenty of research before purchasing, but I should have done a tad bit more before buying. I'll come back to that, but first the review of the scarlett solo 2nd gen. The unit came well packaged. It's double boxed, having a plain brown outer cardboard box, with the fancy, full-colored, glossy product box inside. In the box is the scarlett solo 2nd gen unit, manual with download codes for the included software (which I have no need for; I record directly into OBS Studio and Audacity) and usb cable. The usb cable is thin and a fair bit too short, so I highly recommend getting a longer cable, six feet or so. That said, I had no issues with the included cable. The unit itself is very well built and has some heft to it. The casing is red anodized aluminum and feels very solid and not hollow. All of the knobs and switches are equally solid. The knobs especially, feel great when adjusting. There's no roughness in their rotation and they have a decent amount of resistance so you can make very fine adjustments without fear of overdoing it. The adjustment switches don't have any excess wiggle nor do they feel cheaply made. The XLR, instrument, headphone, usb and rca jacks all accept their appropriate cables snugly with no play. There's wide, flat rubber feet on the bottom that keep the unit in place with minimal slipping. When plugged in, there's a small green led indicating usb power. When the 48v phantom power is activated, the button lights up in red. Not blindingly so, as the button is translucent, so the light is diffused to a gentle glow. Around each gain knob is a ring that lights up (green indicating a signal is present, red indicating clipping) when an attached microphone or instrument produce sound. The ring is frosted like the phantom power button, so when lit up, the light is even all the way around and diffused and not blinding. This is an ingenious implementation of monitoring your levels while recording and easily one of my favorite features of the solo. Installation was extremely easy; I downloaded the Windows 10 usb driver from focusrite's website (note that you do NOT have to register anything to download the driver), plugged in the solo to my pc with the included usb cable and it was ready to go. I plugged in my XLR cable, Cloudlifter CL-1 , another XLR cable (needed when using the cloudlifter) and SM57. The solo records at up to 24bit 192 kHz, but I never felt the need to go higher than 24bit 48 kHz. At first, everything was working great; with the cloudlifter I only need the gain knob at around 25%. My voice comes through loud and clear with little to no noise. But after a while of use, usually 1-3 hours, the audio would start to distort and become garbled. I'd hear it through my headphones, and my neice, who I was playingan online game with at the time, heard it on her end as well. Unplugging and plugging back in the solo would be a temporary fix, but the problem did persist. I saw reading the reviews that it was an issue others were having as well, and that there was a focusrite rep (Chris Ready, a very polite and helpful gentleman) commenting and trying to get to the bottom of the issue. After emailing back and forth with the rep for a bit, I downloaded the most recent driver and the problem now appears to be fixed. So as it is now, it's working very reliably, which is an absolute necessity for streaming and recording. Now that said, It's very hard to recommend the solo over the Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen . The 2i2 is $50 more, but worth it for a few features that stand out, one big one in particular. First, the inputs on the front are slightly different; there's two combo inputs that accept both XLR and 1/4" plugs, rather than the single XLR and 1/4" inputs on the solo. Second, the inputs on the back are 1/4" balanced TRS as opposed to the unbalanced rca inputs on the solo. Not a huge deal, but an improvement nonetheless. Finally, and the main reason I should have done a bit more research, the volume knobs for the monitors and headphones are separate on the 2i2, while on the solo a single knob controls both. I do use my headphones a lot ( beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 80 ohm ), but I have a set of emotiva 6s on the way. With the solo, if I want to use just the headphones, I'll have to reach behind each speaker and turn them down/off, since using the volume knob on the solo controls the volume for both the monitors and the headphones. With the 2i2, I can simply turn down whichever I won't be using. So while the solo is great, but simple, audio interface, save those extra pennies and go for the 2i2 instead.

This product works really nicely. I am a newb in the recording world so even though there aren't a lot of inputs or outputs on this unit (just guitar and microphone) that helps me because I am learning. I could see a person in a quick fashion outgrowing this unit and needing a larger audio interface that can do more but for now it works well. The software that comes with it, works easily enough, takes some tweaking to work with my 4k monitor resolution and Windows 10 but it DOES work! It again just takes some patience to set it all up. I use this with some 4 inch studio monitors that I purchased and the sound is incredible! I use them for all sound not just for recording. YouTube clips, games, movies all sound amazing through this interface. I love its blissful simplicity. For intermediate or advance recording individuals I would probably not recommend this unless you wanted something small you could take with you on the go? Seems like a funny thing to tag along though, its definitely more of a table top item. But for us beginners its a great way to get your feet wet with some simple recording. I play Guitar and Sing for fun and it has proven effective and simple.

Venía de una mesa de mezclas y lo primero que he notado al usar esta interfaz de audio es la calidad y la limpieza del sonido tanto al grabar con el micrófono como al escuchar con los auriculares. Evidentemente este tipo de producto hay que usarlo con accesorios de cierta calidad si estás realizando algún tipo de trabajo de audio. Se alimenta mediante conexión USB, (cable incluido). Las clavijas son, excepto la del micrófono (XLR), jack de 6mm, por lo que hay que cerciorarse de que disponemos de accesorios que usen este tipo de conexión o al menos de adaptadores. Tiene salida por USB y RCA para canales L/R si quieres trasmitir en analógico. Los controles son sencillos e intuitivos, y la monitorización directa hay que tenerla muy en cuenta. Admite un micrófono XLR dinámico o de condensador, además de una segunda fuente de audio (línea o instrumento), y cuenta con una función muy importante: desconectar la alimentación Phantom. Normalmente, en una mesa como la Xenyx 302USB obtenemos ruido blanco al grabar con un micro dinámico por no poder desconectar la alimentación necesaria para los micros de condensador. Aquí se puede hacer con sólo pulsar un botón, y asunto resuelto. Viene acompañada de diversas licencias para programas de edición, muy conveniente si aún no tienes una opción definida.

MOTIVO DELL'ACQUISTO: Stavo cercando un dispositivo che fosse piccolo, portatile e sufficentemente potente da essere scheda audio/pre-amplificatore/alimentatore (48V Phantom) al mio microfono Rode NT-1A. Durante la ricerca, mi sono imbattuto in innumerevoli recensioni positive sullo Scarlett Solo. Posso dire di essere completamente soddisfatto del mio acquisto. PREGI: - Due input: un input XLR adatto per collegare microfoni e un altro input jack 6.3mm per utilizzare lo Scarlett come amplificatore per chitarra acustica. Gli output invece sono due: l'uscita USB tipo B e una uscita RCA audio stereo. - La funzione Direct Monitor che, se attiva, trasmette il segnale registrato anche alle cuffie collegate tramite jack 3.5mm allo Scarlett. -Include gratuitamente una serie di programmi che rendono lo Scarlett Solo, un dispositivo completo: Ableton Live Lite, Pro Tools First e altri programmi (tra cui una serie di programmi della Addictive Keys). - L'alimentazione è attraverso USB 2.0 di tipo B. - Le dimensioni minimali: 14cm di larghezza, 4cm di altezza e 10cm di profondità. DIFETTI: -Per scaricare suddetti programmi, ci vorrà un po' di tempo, visto che bisogna registrarsi ad ogni sito del produttore. Avrei preferito, un pacchetto completo ".rar" con tutti i file pronti per essere installati. Altri difetti non ce ne sono per adesso. Personalmente, lo ritengo un prodotto validissimo per quanto costa. Per chi è all'inizio è un prodotto perfetto. Compatto, completo e conveniente.

Toute la série des scarlett est bonne, je pense. Son look est vraiment beau avec son rouge vif. J'ai choisi cette Scarlett Solo pour son petit format. Juste deux entrées : XLR et ligne. Les sorties sont du RCA. Je l'utilise pour la guitare et le clavier avec des VSTI. L'entrée s'allume verte quand il y a un signal et passe en orange/rouge lorsque celui-ci est trop fort. Pas de latence, la qualité du son est vraiment bonne. J'ai été bluffé par le rapport qualité/prix. N'hésitez pas à cliquer sur utile si vous avez trouvé mon commentaire utile.

Excellent product. Delivered in time. Very good performance. Using it for recording guitar with DAW. Crystal clear recording quality with 44.1 Hz sampling. Few pick up drops and glitches with Ableton live but that could be attributed to the CPU performance. Smoother performance with a little higher buffer size. almost Nil latency with even 512 buffer size which is pretty amazing I guess. Comes with bundled software package which is absolutely amazing for a beginner. Yet to check for vocals but I'm sure it'll not disappoint a bit. Worth every penny spent.

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