Air mode breathes life into vocals, adding unique high-end detail. The 24-bit/192kHz converters give your recordings clarity and detail. We’ve been making mic preamps for 30 years, and the 3rd Gen mic pres are the best Scarlett has ever heard.
Whatever you’re recording, wherever you are, you can take your whole studio with you.
Then, you have four balanced line-outs and speaker switching plus two independent headphone outs to monitor, mix and play back however you want.
With its high channel count, compact size and a huge selection of software in the box, 18i8 is ready to record your band wherever you are. The 3rd Generation Scarlett 18i8 gives you all the tools to record all your instruments in studio quality, anywhere.
Creators use Splice to make all kinds of music, including chart-topping pop, Grammy-winning albums, underground mixtapes, and cinematic scores.Īnd as with all Focusrite products, you’ll also benefit from membership of their Plug-in Collective offering free software downloads and generous discounts, as well as a three-year warranty, award-winning customer support.Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface Product Description
Splice Sounds offers millions of high-quality, royalty-free one-shots, loops, and presets, with new releases daily from your favourite producers, sound designers, and artists. interface owners a free 3-month Splice Sounds subscription when setting a new Splice account. If that wasn't enough, Focusrite have partnered with Splice to give 3rd Gen.
It comes with all the software tools you need to get started: two comprehensive digital audio workstations, Ableton® Live Lite™ and Pro Tools® three-month subscription Softube’s Time and Tone Bundle Focusrite’s Red Plug-in Suite a choice of one of four of XLN Audio’s Addictive Keys.
Scarlett 18i8 is designed to stand up to days on the road, and connects straight to your Mac® or PC via USB cable. Two independent headphone outputs allow for both engineer and artist to monitor during recording sessions, and a pair of virtual loopback inputs allows you to capture a stereo feed of any combination of hardware input and software playback channels – making podcasting, live streaming and sampling tasks easier. Scarlett 18i8 offers two extra line outputs over the previous generation, and speaker switching technology for dual monitor setups. There’s a pad on every mic preamp to accommodate higher-level signals without clipping. Scarlett 18i8 features four of Focusrite’s best-ever-performing third-generation Scarlett mic preamps: with optional Air setting to reproduce the Air effect of their original ISA mic preamp, giving your vocal or acoustic recordings a brighter and more open sound. And with improved A-D and D-A conversion, your recordings and playback will sound clear and pronounced up to 24-bit/192kHz, vital to helping you perfect your mix. An optical input allows for expansion of up to eight additional channels for larger recording sessions. It offers eight analogue inputs: four mic/line inputs, two high-impedance, high-headroom instrument inputs and four additional fixed-line inputs on the rear. The third-generation Scarlett 18i8 is the perfect audio interface for recording engineers and producers who need to adapt to their recording environment, wherever they are. Four monitor outputs with anti-thump technology and speaker switching.High-performance converters enable you to record and mix at up to 24-bit/192kHz.Eight balanced line inputs for connecting synthesisers, drum machine and other line-level sources.Two high-headroom instrument inputs to plug in your guitar or bass.Four of the best performing mic preamps the Scarlett range has ever seen, now with switchable Air mode to give your recordings a brighter and more open sound.A compact, expandable 4 mic pre interface with extensive I/O capabilities Key Features