r/Focusrite

For the last several years, ive been rocking the Scarlett 4i4 3rd gen, never had a single problem with it. Recently I upgraded my PC and reinstalled windows, thus had to reinstall the focusrite software. After getting on the newest Focusrite Control drivers (3.27 at time of posting), the audio to my headphones and/or speakers will either distort or randomly drop entirely.

The only ways ive found to restore audio is to either unplug and plug the device, or turn off and on my PC till the problem repeats. Ive also followed all the Windows optimizing steps (setting usbs to not shut off) and had no luck.

Focusrite support was quick to blame my PC, despite having no problems prior to updating my drivers. Has anyone else had this problem? Thank you!

(side note: the device will remain connected/active in windows, the audio just completely drops out and shows no signal on the focusrite control app)

Hey all, hope this finds you all well. I have been having some troubles with my Scarlett solo gen 4. It is a few months old so it definitely should not be having these issues. The main problem is when I load into discord with my friends and am playing a game. The interface will randomly disconnect, as though I was repetitively unplugging and plugging it back in, each time making a pop in my speakers. During this, I have no audio, and my mic input does not go through. This seems to only happen in discord. Also if I unplug it and plug it back in it will work sometimes, but only for a little bit, then the problem continues. Also if I unplug it and plug it in too many times it will just randomly restart my pc. I genuinely have no idea what could be wrong and any help would be greatly appreciated!

I’ve already tried uninstalling and reinstalling both drivers & control software to no avail. I have also tried different cables, and different usb ports.

Everytime it disconnects the lights just turn off entirely for about a second, then turn back on for like 0.5 seconds, then that just repeats indefinitely.

I have a Blue Spark Microphone hooked up to a Scarlett 2i2 4th gen and there is a buzz in the background that seems to be caused from being ungrounded. When my hand gets near the mic, the buzz is louder, but once I grab the mic it stops entirely, especially around the ring of the pop filter on the mic. However, when I touch the metal casing of the Scarlett that also seems to stop it. I'm new to a lot of this, am I doing something wrong? Is there something that needs to be grounded that isn't? I have my PC plugged into a surge protector with a router, could that be causing it?

I need to connect four speakers to my 2i2, how do I do this? Does a connector thingy exist?

Hello!

I recently got a new Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen and downloaded the official drivers, but Focusrite Control does not detect the interface no matter what. Things I tried:

1. Uninstalling the Focusrite drivers, rebooting, installing on administrator mode and interface unplugged, rebooting and then plugging it back on;
2. The same as above, but plugging before rebooting the pc after installation;
3. Installing with antivirus off, and after uninstalling Realtek drivers;
4. Installing on another computer;
5. Using different USB cables / ports.
6. Unplugging every other usb;
7. Installing just the driver, without Focusrite Control.
8. Installing the Windows 7/8 version of the driver.

Weirdly, the interface kind of works with ASIO4all, but the sound is muddy and there's a lot of noise. If I try selecting the Focusrite ASIO as the driver, I get an error. Here's a recording I made, first showing the muddy sound, then the noise (beware, the noise is really loud!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qfn04Ydo5b3soWRU-DRgxDWuwU1-WziS/view?usp=sharing This was recorded with ASIO4all.

I'm using my guitar straight into the interface (no DI), which is going straight to my desktop pc. I'm using Windows 11.

Thanks in advance!

Im trying to hook up a ring modulator to my mic and 2i2 but i feel like im missing something as i can only hear the ring mod through my headphones no matter how i wire it up, i have the warm audio ringerbringer and a shure mv7, so any help with what im missing would be great

I'm curious about the 2i2. I'm new to the audio space. I'm have an m-audio m-track solo with Rhode PodMic. Audio quality isn't great compared to people I see online using the same mic so I imagine it's the preamps in m-audio which isn't as good. I see on say talk shows where I assume they are using a lapel mic and when they sing they pick up a handheld. I imagine the EQ are setup differently for singing vs talk. Singing would add reverb? Can the 2i2 be setup so the 2 mics are EQ differently? If no, what do I need to do?

I live in Toronto and a few days ago I randomly bought a high end kinda headphones imo at that moment.

I love the way they sound and the treble and bass is not a problem for me but cause I got the 250 Ohm I do need an amp for it but recently just before I get these headphones I bought Scarlett solo to plug my guitar and mic (if needed) into it and I don’t want to buy a headphone amp.

So my gear is :

Scarlett Solo 4th Gen

Dt 990 pro

I find the volume and the quality of the sound a little bit disappointing and I am unsatisfied with them, so after reading many reddit posts and comments about headphones now I’m here to ask my question and btw this was my first experience with wired studio headphones.

What Headphones up to 300 Canadian Dollar would you recommend for listening to music, playing guitar and recording that I don’t have to get an amp for it ? ( I’m open to both closed and open-back headphones)

i’ve had my focusrite for about 3 months and have been using it to record vocals into logic with a dynamic mic. I have never have issues with the input monitoring being too low but now suddenly every time i plug it in and try to record vocals they sound so far away and barely audible. any fixes?

Folks! I feel SO dumb but I have focusrite and I am able to record through it.... all looks to be working great.... but It looks like I should have access to a mixer and all I see when I bring up the software is the below pic. I'm going to be using the focusrite with a DAW and I need to have access to the mixer. Any help at all on what step I missed or how to pull it up?

Again, this may be a very simple step I am missing. Go easy on me, I'm new to this!

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I've had a Scarlet Solo (3rd gen) for 3 years now. I use it for voiceover with a condensor microphone and my macbook air

A few weeks ago, it started having an insane amount of static/buzz in the background. I've tried witching out my XLR cable and USB cable (from the unit to my computer) and no luck. I'm not very audio-tech savvy so I don't know what else to do. Anyone have any suggestions?

Link leads to a clip of the sound. First half is with gain turned all the way up, second is with it at 50%.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thank you!!

Using Logic Pro with a Scarlett Solo on Mac. When I do input monitoring my levels show around -12 dBFS which looks fine. But after I finish recording and play it back, the recorded audio sits at -45 dBFS. The waveform is not even flat.

Things I've already checked:

\- Input is set to Input 1 (correct)

\- Channel strip gain isn't pulled down

\- Tried turning off input monitoring while recording — same result

\- Dim Level was at -20, changed it to 0 — didn't fix it

\- Scarlett Solo is selected as both input and output device in Logic's audio settings

This happens every single time I try to record. It's driving me insane because I keep losing song ideas over this. Anyone know what's actually causing the drop between monitoring level and recorded level?

So i got a Scarlett Solo a year ago and enjoyed it a lot but since a few months it keeps crashing the audio. I always have to replug the cables or deactivate it or change the setting to get the audio back. Is this some issue with windows 11 right now? Someone know if it will be ever fixed? Cause its driving me crazy,

I already tried:

Reset interface

Reinstall drivers

Change Setting

Change cables