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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 18 reviews

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Customers enjoy the Scarlett 2i2 4th Generation Audio Interface for its exceptional sound quality and user-friendly design. Many users are impressed with the improved headphone power and output quality, while others appreciate how easy it is to use, even for beginners.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Qulity

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to setup and use. Great quality for the price. Highly recommend this one if you have a Shure microphone. 4th gen has enough gain to not need a cloud device.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Best Buy Employee

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Random Static Noise in Recordings

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I just bought this interface not even a year ago to pair with my Shure SM7B mic and cloudlifter. It seemed to work great in the first few months but now I’ve had multiple cases of extremely loud crackling and static noise coming in from my recordings. I’m not sure if it’s the interface or my computer, but it’s really frustrating. It ruins my videos for YouTube and I just want to find a solution. Help please!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Worth the money

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This has been such a help with recording my podcast. The set up is super easy. They walk you through every step and before you know it, you’re all set up. Its worth the money and the investment.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Everything A Bedroom Producer Needs

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I upgraded from the Solo Gen 3, and this is so much better for a few reasons: 1. If you’re like me you might want the extra available spot to plug in an instrument or device aside from a mic, which is handy. 2. Aside from the obvious change there is now a knob to turn down your monitor speakers while still being able to hear the music in the headphones. That is HUGE for bedroom producers because with the Gen 3 I would have to unplug the speakers, turn them off, or just lower the volume and plug my headphones into my computer. All of which are minor inconveniences, but it becomes a huge pain when you want to analyze the vocals on the speakers and you are constantly going back and forth. 3. As for the built-in upgrades to the sound, I haven’t noticed much difference but I am also not an expert in vocal recording or analysis. I know you aren’t planning to use this as a paper weight, but if it’s any consolation it looks way better than the Gen 3 models. The lighting features, and the matte panel behind the knobs just give it a higher quality look. 4. This also comes with many free plug-ins. I never downloaded them when I bought the Solo Gen 3, but I decided to try them out, and they are solid! I highly recommend these as entry level audio interfaces. They have been recommended to me time and again. There are upgrades in the $500-1000 interfaces, but there are PLENTY of songs that are platinum records with samples bounced off of Instagram or YouTube videos, or even recorded with a cell phone mic. If you are deciding on spending more money on the expensive ones then I would urge you to put more time in learning vocal processing, and your saved money toward potential plug-ins.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    New features for a new decade

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I had the Gen 3 on my desk for years. This Gen 4 is a proper 2020s product, while the last one feels very much last decade. The gamechanger is the automatic level adjustment paired with a "safe" mode to prevent clipping. Not everyone uses software that does these things automatically, so having it built into the Focusrite is top tier. Those features alone inspired me to buy it, given I'm still very much a recording novice, always experimenting with how far the mic should be, etc. Taking the guesswork out is a confidence booster. It needed a firmware update immediately out of the box, but I gotta say, the new "Focusrite Control 2" software feels much better than last gen's. I also much prefer the lights around the knobs to show audio levels in real time. While nothing I do requires two inputs, I did it for future proofing, just in case. I'm not necessarily happy they put the XLR inputs on the back, now, but that is the industry standard. I guess separating them from the 1/4" inputs helped with audio quality. One more thing to note is, there's two USB-C ports. You need to plug the device into a USB 3.0 port to get enough power, or else you will have to plug in another cable to deliver enough power. No big deal. I like that they plugged it with a dust cover to not confuse you during initial setup. If I had one actual complaint, it's that the included cable is so darn short. Gen 3's was the same length at about 3 feet. Whatever couple of cents they're saving by not including 6 feet, just leaves the user with a useless cable (for me, anyway).

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Nice

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This version makes it easier to use. And the quality of sound is very good. I like it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Compressor

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It’s worth getting great sound looks nice easy to use

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Really good interface

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Really easy to use and the quality is superb for the price

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Voiceover Artist Approved

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    As a voiceover artist, this small bit of tech elevated my production value to the next level! Took a bit of troubleshooting to figure it out at first though.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great new design

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The design of this new gen of scarlett audio interface is great. The mic inputs are now located at the back.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Focusrite 2i2

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Awesome is all I have to say about this product. Enough said.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome Purchase

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great purchase! Bought it to start my music career. Can’t wait to see what the future holds. You’ll see the name “Drian” everywhere soon, just give me 2 years.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great interface

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a great Interface and it was a fast delivery.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Interface

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent item, works perfect for my needs in music

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great build, small issue

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The product is great but annoying sometimes that it turns off.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Crisp sound

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My friend says it worked great! Sound quality on the tracks are great lol

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Focusrite necessity.

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Does the job and does it well. I have been using focusrite since their 2nd gen release

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Decent, but has driver issues.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Improved headphone power and output quality. Recording interface works great but drivers are still an issue as they have been since the gen2. With high CPU utilization, even on a high end machine (14900k + 64GB RAM + Reaper DAW + NVME storage), the device will intermittently cut out or start to distort horribly until the buffer size is changed, which reloads the driver. Focusrite has updated the firmware several times since I bought this, and has updated drivers numerous times with notes indicating they're aware of the problem, but it persists. With low CPU utilization, it works great and the headphone out is much better than previous versions, but the distortion under load is extremely disappointing.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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