Focusrite?Scarlett?Solo?4th Gen USB Audio Interface, for the Guitarist, Vocalist, or Producer ? High-Fidelity, Studio Quality Recording, and All the Software You Need to Record

Seems very well designed and serves its purpose. Works well with my windows 11 system and I've used it for recording midi, vocals, and background music. Sound quality is excellent.

Bought this to run an XLR mic on my pc for voice overs/etc, works great. Gain is great, and software is easy to setup and install with included drivers. Excellent value and plenty of inputs. No complaints, does exactly what its supposed to and so much more.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:It's Focusrite, the best in the business! This is my 4th Scarlett. They are built like a tank with excellent materials. I have never had a failure for any reason. The electronics are clean and quiet with very low latency. Don't waste your money on lesser brands.

Super simple and clean looking interface. I enjoy that this new model has the xlr input in the back allowing for better cable management with my setup and easier access to the control buttons. The two air presets add a nice boost for my SM7B making the high ends much more clear

Pros:- Decent preamp that makes it possible to use Shure SM7B without issue. You can ignore advice to buy a separate pre-amp unless you find it absolutely necessary.- Easy to turn and good looking knobs to manage gain for different inputs (instrument + microphone) and volume for different outputs (speakers + headphones)- Looks nice and premium on your desk- Great value. Supports 1 instrument, 1 microphone, 1 set of headphones, and 1 set of speakers.- Support for Phantom Power- Direct monitoring feels like there is no latencyCons:- Direct monitoring is too quiet- Included software is too minimal. You can see your audio levels and virtually adjust gain.- Doesn’t work out-of-the box with some software because each input source might be treated as an individual channel. You might only hear vocals out of one ear unless your software supports configuring this.- Inputs have excess noise when set to a relatively high gain. This is to be expected, but it’s not mitigated.

Super fast shipping. A small but powerful interface that’s beginner friendly. Presentable and cute! Nice addition to my desk

I needed an audio interface to record a wind instrument while working with a Surface Pro tablet, which I generally prefer using. After some research, I discovered documentation from Focusrite stating that their devices are compatible with generic Windows drivers on ARM64 and that they are aiming for full support with Windows 11 by 2025. To my surprise, all I had to do was plug in the interface, and it worked seamlessly.That said, Focusrite Control application and the official Focusrite drivers are still incompatible at this time. While the core functionality of the interface is fully operational, the additional software features provided by Focusrite have not yet been released.

People everywhere seem to recommend the Focusrite Scarlett audio interfaces, but almost nobody seems to talk about the problems it has.First of all, you can't actually use the Focusrite Control 2 software and the drivers. For some reason, it has been a known issue that Focusrite drivers are awful and severely limit the volume of your microphone. When I bought this, I got it alongside a Rode PodMic, and I thought I was just not used to how close I needed to be to my mic (my lips were basically rubbing it every time I spoke), and I had to crank my gain. Until I looked up the issue and, taking the advice from a reddit thread, uninstalled anything Focusrite from my system. Boom, people I was talking to could hear me. I now had to lower my gain, and I was able to be a few inches away, and I was louder than ever with the new stuff.Then, another issue appeared recently. I was playing a game when someone in the voice chat told me to stop talking because my mic was horrible. I tried flipping settings around and nothing helped. I finally found a setting screen to test it, and I found my audio was in a terrible feedback loop. Initially, this was limited to Blizzard's Battle.net, but today the issue expanded to my entire PC - after I just upgraded it and swapped out parts.It seems that now, the audio outputting to the Scarlett Solo is looping back to the input, causing a terrible feedback loop that is transmitted to anyone I'm in a voice chat with.I tried contacting Focusrite support, and they kept trying to tell me it was an issue with my system and didn't actually help me. I contacted Amazon support and, despite it being past the typical return window, I was luckily approved to be able to return the device for a refund.I don't understand how there's countless people recommending this device when it's such hot garbage. It's as if you can't even find people talking about the issues unless you specifically search for it.