All user reviews of 5/5 for the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

there knowing absolutely nothing of the mao I look into the opinions of some of my relatives who themselves are well wedged in millieux, and this interface as do almost unanimously have recommended it to me x times so I bet on trust ... and I was right .. especially as it is given.
is minimally equipped (yet) mao level, I plug my head of Blackstar amp HT20 its output out, I read them directly to the sound card, and nothing that I have a more than satisfactory sound! I also use it with a microphone and even the two simultanéement quality is in no way altered the ball .. what.
I use it mainly to record my riffs or compo, I also used to PSUs quality of my videos (ie micro + guitar)

UTILIZATION

the driver has nothing to say but does it work knowing there was nothing that stuff I just prefer to say that everything works without niqeul hooked.
I use reaper and audacity in sequencer.
the sound card has two independently adjustable inputs, left able to be extremely strong while the right will be very low, with the system "halo" that measures the intensity of the gain (gain is pushed when the knob turns red is that yen have too so it faudras rebaisser to iron in green) all become extremely intuitive and easy to use.
NO latency

GETTING STARTED

for instalation I dl a driver because I do not see ais in the box .. maybe I'm next to go against .. by Ableton is provided with (and is frighteningly complicated to use ..) is a ous for instaler, chopper must be a code entered on the site of the galley Focusrite etc ...
the manual is really THE downside of the beast .. the sound card is certainly easy to use, so the manual is quite fin..tellement end he do that 3pages (LAMINATED) AND in English! so if we mess this faudras English look a little on the beast .. an example of AC, a phantom power system is available, in addition to what we can know what is in what can he serve? if not draw in the instructions we'll never know and if you do not speak English ca quickly become crap! and phantom power system is a system for powered static microphones, besides then activated with a dynamic microphone plug can screw up the latter, and the record is the burn ..

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for quite a few and I think I go around, although he heard me time to faudras well used, but I ais level functionality in popoche (or so) I know what corresponds to what Button function etc. ..
I try ais little but I had many opinions.
what I like most about this sound card, it's already easy to use, it is elegant, cheap and excellent quality just for what I like least I would say the manual and ableton ..
value for money it's a scam .. seriously do this Focusrite realize they LOSE money ?? !! a beast that gives Pariel ca not !! biensur we did not plaindras
with the experience I think so, but I did not yet know enough to make me a real opinion about it, expect to be more equipped to be fixed ^^

There is a year I was looking for a sound card really cheap on Ebay and I came across the bundle of this soundcard with a microphone and headphones CM25. I look at other models of the other company, at that price with what came with my choice was already made!
I use it for a year and it's perfect for me, I never saw any default.

UTILIZATION

I use Cubase 5 and the only problem I encountered is the latency, but playing in Cubase I found a way to reduce it.

GETTING STARTED

Installation is simple ULTRA, some stuff to install and that's it!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year and I repeat .. but this is perfect for me! To get the max I bought monitors M-Audio AV-40 and a midi keyboard Behringer UMX490 and now my home studio is complete. I used the microphone CM25 few times, but I prefer the sound of the Shure SM58 and the headphones are always useful for touching me some details of a mix or mastering. If want to see what sort of wonder you can do with this sound card, here's one:

I have not tried other models, but with this one, I do not need to look elsewhere.

Price was one of my motivations for easy use and also brand that has very good reputation

UTILIZATION

no drivers problemes.je am CABASE 5 with track by piste.par against direct monitoring there was a bit of lag even with the settings a little worried about me fond.donc

GETTING STARTED

very simple installation on windows 7 no problem

OVERALL OPINION

I have it sold because I have a pod hd me suiffe.au sound level converters are very good for its price and the card is very stable.pour me apart latency direct monitoring c is a very good card for small home studio.

She is beautiful, she looks new compared to other sound cards.
And for the record, with two XLR / Jack, making it ideal for recording "home."

UTILIZATION

I only use it with Cubase 5.
There is no latency.

GETTING STARTED

No problem due to the installation.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been almost a year, this is my first sound card, and I'm very satisfied, I recommended it!
It has only two inputs jack / xlr, but for my use it is enough

So conclusion, good sound card level quality / price!

lamarque focusrite motivated by the quality of the preamps, the simplicity of the interface and pretty look! book but also with live lite and a suite of plug ins focusrite

use home studio miking guitar di REAMP, condenser microphone voice, acoustic ...

used with Logic 9 and live, mac 10.6 4g ram, intel i 5

UTILIZATION

until here everything is fine, everything is going well up here .......

except at the latency, I find high with logic, such roundtrip 10 ms, buffer 32 .... That said, even at 32 in buffer, no cracking, its IMPECC during a test instrument with Guitar plugs ....

not tested but I imagine that you can not record two tracks simultaneous bp in all cases jono mcclery get there in the video promo ..... ilpeut do so, we must all be able to do ....

GETTING STARTED

no comment, logical and simple

OVERALL OPINION

notice brand new, so most impression, j updaterai gradually and measuring bp or tips!

but for the price and have the focusrite preamp super in his home studio c is cool! it says it's still a basic interface with only 2in as its name indicates, no MIDI or spdif .... but for my use c is perfect!

What characteristics have motivated your choice? : Connections varied (Mic / Line / Inst), the mobile side (no external power supply), the metal frame and reputation for quality Focusrite.
Do not forget, in these times of crisis, the price .... Only € 135.

EDIT: and of course the bundle plug-in Scarlett (which by itself already costs € 99)

For what purpose? : I chose this card to use a semi-nomadic.
I wanted a card is easy to implement, to record my electric guitar (live or via my Tonelab) and if necessary, my acoustic guitar through my microphone StudioProjects B1 mkII. So I had to at least one input Line / Inst and Line / Mic with 48V. Here, for once, I have two entries Line / Mic / Inst.
I use a Laptop K52JT (core i5-480M, 4GB DDR3, Seagate 500GB, 7200 rpm, SATAII) with Windows 7 64bit. For now, I have not installed Ableton Live Lite that comes with, because I find too "Lite". I work with REAPER 4.

UTILIZATION

I have the card for 4 days, so it is difficult to judge the stability of the driver. However, I have not had any crashes with it.
No recognition problem with REAPER. I get a latency of 3.3 ms min input and output of 4.3m. But here, I get very sporadic and rare, some crack. So I re-grew a little buffer size. The latency is 10ms interior and I have more crunch.
I have not had time to lay large projects .... we'll see in a later post.

GETTING STARTED

The installation happened without worries. The version on the CD is not the latest version, go for a walk on the site to get the latest driver. Once installed, it restarts the pc and then you plug the sound card. She recognized immediately. There's more than!
The manual is almost useless for one who has little experience.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it at Musikia Wednesday, received yesterday directly to my job in chronopost. I have not tried other models. I trusted the reputation of Focusrite and above all I found no other models that fit my needs (except perhaps Etrelles lexicon alpha studio). All other cards in this price range are either incomplete in terms of connectivity, or with a lower resolution ...
What I like:
- The 24bit/96kHz
- The complete connection
- The robustness of the housing
- The design truly mobile
- The Bund plug in Scarlett (reverb and EQ above)
- The sound!! yeah anyway, I have not yet spoken. My first test was to plug my AKG K 240 Studio to listen to songs I know well and ... take me a slap! PHEW! is clear, precise and powerful. Long hours of fun in perspective.
- The preamps .... then there is really a great surprise. In fouilant, we learn at the site of the Focusrite preamps in Scarlet is the same architecture as the preamps of the Saffire Pro 56. Start by plugging directly into my boiboite with GuitarRig, I was rather amazed. This is the first time I think Guitar Rig amp sounds like a skyscraper. The point that I ask myself to upgrade from Version to the full version .... I have not tested with the acoustic guitar when using the 48V phantom power supply, but given the result with the Live electrical scratches, no doubt it will ring.

The quality / price ratio is simply EXCELLENT if not mind-blowing!

Is what I would do this choice? Oh YES!!