Focusrite Scarlett Solo

Category:  Products / audio interfaces / usb audio interfaces

Added: 16-Oct-14  |  Author: admin

New price: £79.00 GBP  |   S/H price: Not listed

Company Link:  Focusrite

Focusrite Scarlett Solo

The Scarlett Solo USB audio interface offers a great-value & high-quality with a sound comparable to other such units costing many times more. Small and incredibly compact the Scarlett Solo is the perfect audio-interface for both desktop and laptop machines on location, with a single mic pre-amp on input one, a line/Instrument for input two & recording rates of 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz & 96kHz at 24-bit resolution.



We compared the Scarlett Solo mic pre-amp to that of an Apogee Duet mk1, and using a typical 'prosumer' budget vocal condenser microphone, to our ears it was nigh-on impossible to tell them apart. Bearing in mind the Apogee Duet cost four times as much as the Scarlett Solo on release, this is some achievement!

The Scarlett Solo's 48-volts phantom power is delivered without any external 'wall-wart' power-supply and also works on a laptop powered only by battery, a great bonus for on-location work.

The second Line input is switchable to INST (instrument) mode to become a high-gain input. Simply plug in a guitar or bass and you can feed straight into your favourite amp-modelling s/w rig to get super-real guitar sounds; otherwise it functions as a standard line-level input suitable for keyboard outputs etc.

The Scarlett Solo comes with a promo code allowing the owner to download and register the included free software (Ableton Live Lite, Basstation plugin synth & Scarlett Plugin Suite), plus a very decent 16gb mini-collection of Loopmasters loops & fills/transition in a variety of genres.

All in all this interface is unbeatable value, so checkout the full video review!

Specifications

• 2 in / 2 out USB audio interface
• 96 KHz, 24-bit conversion
• 1 Focusrite microphone preamplifier
• Red anodised aluminium unibody chassis

Front panel

• 1 mic input – high quality XLR
• 1 line/instrument input – high quality ¼” TRS Jack
• 1 Line/Instrument switches
• 2 Gain knobs
• 2 Gain halo signal indicators
• 48V Phantom power switch
• Direct monitor switch
• Large monitor / headphone level dial
• USB Connection LED indicator
• Headphone output - ¼” TRS Jack

Rear panel

• 2 monitor outputs – RCA Phono
• USB 2.0 Port
• Kensington Lock slot

Included software

• Ableton Live Lite
• Focusrite Scarlett plug-in suite
• Novation Bass Station plug-in – VST / AU
• 1GB of Loopmasters samples

Have you used this interface or perhaps plan on buying it? Please leave any comments below!

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