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  • TreDayTreDay

    Solid bare essentials audio interface

    Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Published on 10/22/14 at 15:20
    The 2i2 features 2 XLR-TRS combo inputs with independent volume knobs that have an LED ring around them to indicate levels. These inputs can be switched between line and instrument levels independently of each other. There’s a 48v button for microphones that require phantom power. There are 2 ¼” TS outputs on the back for your monitors. You can enable direct monitoring via a switch on the front and control the overall output of the audio interface via the monitor knob. There’s also a headphone output with an independent volume knob. The interface is bus-powered and connects to your computer from one USB port on the back. The one downside to the unit is that it doesn’t have a MIDI in…
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    The 2i2 features 2 XLR-TRS combo inputs with independent volume knobs that have an LED ring around them to indicate levels. These inputs can be switched between line and instrument levels independently of each other. There’s a 48v button for microphones that require phantom power. There are 2 ¼” TS outputs on the back for your monitors. You can enable direct monitoring via a switch on the front and control the overall output of the audio interface via the monitor knob. There’s also a headphone output with an independent volume knob. The interface is bus-powered and connects to your computer from one USB port on the back. The one downside to the unit is that it doesn’t have a MIDI input/output which some audio interfaces in this price range do have.


    UTILIZATION

    I've been using the 2i2 for 2 years with Renoise, Maschine, and REAPER on both a Windows 7 and 8 64-bit system using an Intel i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz. It's possible to get the latency under 10ms round trip, however, I ran into driver instability when trying to go lower than that where the driver would sporadically crash and cause lots of distortion and slowed down audio. Outside of that, absolutely no driver problems or latency when recording instruments.

    GETTING STARTED

    It’s a pretty simple interface and very straight forward to use. Very clearly labeled knobs and switches for all of the functions. The software for controlling the interface is a one function affair--changing the buffer length. All other functions like changing the sample rate and bit depth are done through the Windows Control Panel.


    OVERALL OPINION

    It’s a fairly low-noise unit, I’ve mostly used it for recording guitars or synths directly and I have no real complaints there. The headphone output is not bad even with high impedance headphones like my 250 ohm Beyerdynamic DT880s. There’s not a ton of gain and I need to set it about half way on the headphone volume knob to get to my preferred listening level, but it does drive them okay and the DAC is very good. It would certainly drive lower impedance headphones satisfactorily.

    It’s a great interface for someone who doesn’t need a lot of inputs, outputs, or advanced DSP features. Although the lack of a MIDI in/out is a bit of a bummer, if you just need to record one or two instruments or if you need an interface for your mobile production setup, this is definitely something to consider.

    Pros:
    + Great Price
    + Portable
    + Clear sound
    + Good monitoring features

    Cons:
    - No MIDI I/O
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  • SouleiSoulei

    Very good little card

    Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Published on 12/28/13 at 06:15
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    For use at home on a laptop not very powerful, in Reaper.
    Compact, USB-powered, nice design, double entries combo XLR / jack.
    The big volume knob plastic is convenient.

    UTILIZATION

    Map ultra stable.
    No noticeable latency in Reaper 512 samples.
    I did not count the maximum number of tracks playing but recording no worries (2 tracks 44.1 is nothing to USB 2.0).
    The preamps are OK for the price.
    This is transparent to a certain extent.

    GETTING STARTED

    It should download the latest drivers on the Focusrite website.
    Installation ok.

    OVERALL OPINION

    Since I sold it but I regret it because for the price and if you do not need more than 2 inputs and 2 o…
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    For use at home on a laptop not very powerful, in Reaper.
    Compact, USB-powered, nice design, double entries combo XLR / jack.
    The big volume knob plastic is convenient.

    UTILIZATION

    Map ultra stable.
    No noticeable latency in Reaper 512 samples.
    I did not count the maximum number of tracks playing but recording no worries (2 tracks 44.1 is nothing to USB 2.0).
    The preamps are OK for the price.
    This is transparent to a certain extent.

    GETTING STARTED

    It should download the latest drivers on the Focusrite website.
    Installation ok.

    OVERALL OPINION

    Since I sold it but I regret it because for the price and if you do not need more than 2 inputs and 2 outputs, there is no better in its price range.
    In addition she is pretty!
    I highly recommend.
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  • Adam EndbergAdam Endberg

    One of the best product quality levels / price

    Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Published on 12/25/13 at 02:19
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    I bought this card because its USB I needed a mobile audio interface efficient, and simple just have two mic inputs.
    If we focus on the functions of the interface:
    The system-perfect leds
    Perfect-Knobs
    Plugin provides very interesting.
    Very very very decent sound quality-

    UTILIZATION

    Perfect Ableton and FL

    GETTING STARTED

    No problem on W 7

    OVERALL OPINION

    In summary for my use, it suits me perfectly, but of course, if we add some more tickets, we can have a better quality audio interface. To do this, it will try to use the interface suffer.
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    I bought this card because its USB I needed a mobile audio interface efficient, and simple just have two mic inputs.
    If we focus on the functions of the interface:
    The system-perfect leds
    Perfect-Knobs
    Plugin provides very interesting.
    Very very very decent sound quality-

    UTILIZATION

    Perfect Ableton and FL

    GETTING STARTED

    No problem on W 7

    OVERALL OPINION

    In summary for my use, it suits me perfectly, but of course, if we add some more tickets, we can have a better quality audio interface. To do this, it will try to use the interface suffer.
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  • tilmanjulientilmanjulien

    Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Published on 10/12/13 at 01:27
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    Recommended by one of musicos I play with me to record or save a "home" demo. I use it directly connected to my Mac 2.7ghz 8gb ram -> plug and play: when connected, it works. I use Ableton Live Lite. Jack or XLR cables to choose from. Steel case (it inspires confidence).

    UTILIZATION

    Stable drivers used with Ableton Live Lite, and Logic Studio. The sound card records in two direct tracks or one track selection (stereo or mono). I can not give more memory latency but it is more than reasonable ...

    GETTING STARTED

    Installing plug and play, very easy to adjust, all just works ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    I use it for a few months and I have no complaints. I took a board …
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    Recommended by one of musicos I play with me to record or save a "home" demo. I use it directly connected to my Mac 2.7ghz 8gb ram -> plug and play: when connected, it works. I use Ableton Live Lite. Jack or XLR cables to choose from. Steel case (it inspires confidence).

    UTILIZATION

    Stable drivers used with Ableton Live Lite, and Logic Studio. The sound card records in two direct tracks or one track selection (stereo or mono). I can not give more memory latency but it is more than reasonable ...

    GETTING STARTED

    Installing plug and play, very easy to adjust, all just works ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    I use it for a few months and I have no complaints. I took a board and I'm very happy. It is easy to use, it looks solid and everything works now. I would do this choice without hesitation (although the version with more inputs would be even better but I have a really?). Price / quality: excellent.
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  • CobrasseCobrasse

    In the middle

    Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Published on 10/12/13 at 05:02
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    Needing a sound card to make measurements Speaker / HP (impedance curve, linear frequency ...). I was looking for with a balanced output, microphone input not too expensive with phantom power, 2 lines IN and USB for easy task!

    Scarlett at the then déboulée field completing this specification, other brands do not seem to offer this cost. Add to this a 96Khz sampling and 24-bit resolution.

    UTILIZATION

    Given my use no regrets stability, but I must say that I do him no harm! However, drivers in windows are a joke you just get the buffer size settings, yay ... very light on this point, but hey!

    GETTING STARTED

    Gain entry often too sensitive to be forcing the knobs to a m…
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    Needing a sound card to make measurements Speaker / HP (impedance curve, linear frequency ...). I was looking for with a balanced output, microphone input not too expensive with phantom power, 2 lines IN and USB for easy task!

    Scarlett at the then déboulée field completing this specification, other brands do not seem to offer this cost. Add to this a 96Khz sampling and 24-bit resolution.

    UTILIZATION

    Given my use no regrets stability, but I must say that I do him no harm! However, drivers in windows are a joke you just get the buffer size settings, yay ... very light on this point, but hey!

    GETTING STARTED

    Gain entry often too sensitive to be forcing the knobs to a minimum and therefore limiting measures power (including the impedance!), Or it must review the voltage divider input sound card (ARTA scheme)!

    Level too low output for the symmetric! This may be the cause of the USB power alone card, but sure thing it is not powerful enough to directly power a DCX2496 for example!

    OVERALL OPINION

    I think my comments are enough to understand that we value for money no more!
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  • stompboxjonstompboxjon

    Pro Tools Ready.

    Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Published on 08/29/12 at 21:53
    The Scarlett 2i2 is produced by Focusrite, it seems to be a pretty standard interface for the home musicians looking to have quick and painless way to lay down some demos. It provides a very good quality on the go, and it should work with any system and any interface. One of the main things about the FocusRite Scarlett 2i2 is that it can be used in Pro Tools. They actually advertise that it will work in Pro Tools and use that as a selling point. I have never used it in Pro Tools but I have heard good things from others saying how well it works with it. The price tag on the Scarlett 2i2 was 200 dollars when it first came out which I though was a fair price for an interface that was very uni…
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    The Scarlett 2i2 is produced by Focusrite, it seems to be a pretty standard interface for the home musicians looking to have quick and painless way to lay down some demos. It provides a very good quality on the go, and it should work with any system and any interface. One of the main things about the FocusRite Scarlett 2i2 is that it can be used in Pro Tools. They actually advertise that it will work in Pro Tools and use that as a selling point. I have never used it in Pro Tools but I have heard good things from others saying how well it works with it. The price tag on the Scarlett 2i2 was 200 dollars when it first came out which I though was a fair price for an interface that was very universal and worked in the all mighty Pro Tools.


    UTILIZATION

    The latency is very low and we never had the need to update the drivers because they worked great. We used it to record some very basic stuff, no more than one track recording at a time on our laptop that was running Windows Vista.


    GETTING STARTED

    Only problem we had with the FocusRite Scarlett 2i2 is when first installing it to my laptop we got a few error messages when plugging it in after the restart of the system. It wouldn’t recognize, so we just did the whole process over again and reinstalled everything and then got no more error messages.


    OVERALL OPINION

    The Scarlett 2i2 is a compact interface that can give you a solid at home recording for a small price. The price has come down on this interface about 50 bucks and cost around 150 now. The value for the price is top notch and I recommend getting this over a lot of other interface for the Pro Tools set up. This is cheaper and works just as well as some of the other “leading” interfaces for Pro Tools.
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  • YatsumYatsum

    A red gem

    Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Published on 02/10/12 at 12:42
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    See data from the manufacturer.
    Very honorable for that price, it was better from 250 €.

    UTILIZATION

    I use it mainly in live monitoring mode to repeat:
    Latency perfect, unnoticeable <10ms, and without "noise" of the latency, even with nothing to report all VST provides activated.
    Better sound quality than my Q. Three Joekeem
    They are very good.
    Monitoring closely the knob must be turned all the way to have a standard line Hon.
    Very good finish.
    I use reaper.

    I never tried other audio interfaces.
    The preamps are better than those of an invoice Alesis multimix.
    However, a mixing desk, she has gain reserve, not a USB sound card.

    GETTING STARTED

    No pro…
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    See data from the manufacturer.
    Very honorable for that price, it was better from 250 €.

    UTILIZATION

    I use it mainly in live monitoring mode to repeat:
    Latency perfect, unnoticeable <10ms, and without "noise" of the latency, even with nothing to report all VST provides activated.
    Better sound quality than my Q. Three Joekeem
    They are very good.
    Monitoring closely the knob must be turned all the way to have a standard line Hon.
    Very good finish.
    I use reaper.

    I never tried other audio interfaces.
    The preamps are better than those of an invoice Alesis multimix.
    However, a mixing desk, she has gain reserve, not a USB sound card.

    GETTING STARTED

    No problems with drivers, no crashes on W7 64-bit / 4 cores.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I was first disappointed by the lack of gain, but it turns out that I am very satisfied:

    Then after a month: no worries of drivers, very small, portable, beautiful, LED clipping very practical, very good VST fournits ...
    For € 135 it's a steal.

    I did not want to acquire quadcapture because it is more expensive and unnecessary option for me because I regretted the lack of gain, but I had the same worries, even worse, on the latter: So I do not regret my choice.

    For € 135 you'll get a red jewel in addition sounds great!
    I would do this choice!
    Remember, this is my first sound card.
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