Low Price Focusrite Scarlett 816 8 in/6 out USB 2.0 Audio Interface Featuring Two Focusrite Mic Preamps for Sale
Sell Focusrite Scarlett 816 8 in/6 out USB 2.0 Audio Interface Featuring Two Focusrite Mic Preamps – Price
- Two high-quality award-winning Focusrite preamps
- High-quality 24-bit/96kHz USB interface
- Total I/O count of 8 inputs and 6 outputs
- Scarlett MixControl ultra-low-latency DSP mixer/router
- Xcite+ Software Bundle
The Scarlett 8i6 is an 8 in/6 out audio interface with outstanding sonic performance and flexibility at a truly affordable price. Part of Focusrite’s new range of USB audio interfaces, the Scarlett 8i6 is designed to make home studio recording and mixing easy without sacrificing audio quality. Twenty-five years of mic pre excellence form the foundation of this new interface, with two award-winning Focusrite preamps. Combined with a host of additional I/O options, the Scarlett 8i6 helps you get
List Price: $ 299.99
Avoid at all costs,
This thing is garbage. Do a web search for Scarlett 8i6 issues. This thing has been out since April and very few people can get it to work. Most of the people that are lucky enough to get it to work are living with constant crackles and pops and Blue Screens of Death from the drivers. Focusrite says these are known issues and that they hope to have some driver updates out soon. I can’t believe they brought this to market. Most people that got it to work had to disconnect ALL other USB devices.
As for my experience, I spent 6 hours last night trying to get it work. It keeps not being recognized by Windows within a few minutes of getting it to work. Sometimes unplugging it (there is no power switch) clears up the problem. Other times, a reboot. Other times, uninstall, reboot, reinstall, reboot. Over and over again! When it IS working, it sounds like I’m playing a dirty vinyl record with all of the pops. I am returning it after wasting 8 hours of my life.
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|Have not had problems of other reviewers. Works flawlessly!,
I have not experienced any of the issues that previous reviewers have encountered. I am running a Windows 7 desktop with a 6 core AMD processor and 8 GB of memory. I installed the software directly from the Focusrite website and was up and running quickly. This is the first interface I have bought for home recording and have found it relatively easy to use. The Scarlett Mix Control was a little confusing at first but after carefully reading the manual I have figured it out. I installed Ableton Lite with no issues and have also installed Reaper which is mainly what I have been using as far as DAW software. The pre-amps in this unit sound wonderful and I have been recording guitar and bass dry and adding effects afterwards and I am totally happy with the sound. I have been recording vocals with an Audio Technica AT-2040 mic and vocals sound great through these pre’s. I don’t know what to think about other reviews here but I have had no problems with this unit. I am a computer technician so I tend to pick up quickly on computer related things and out of the box I was up and running and starting to record in less than an hour after unpacking. And this from a guy who has never used a recording interface before. Focusrite has a great reputation and having used Focusrite preamps in the past I was sold on buying this unit and I am glad I did. I am completely satisfied and I highly reccomend the 816!
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|Don’t Know what to think about other reviews..,
I went out and bought the Scarlett 8i6 at the local music store – the salesman there, who runs his own home recording studio, didn’t have any qualms about the piece. And after owning it overnight, I do not either.
Sure there were driver updates to go through, but that took an hour and a half, maybe two hours. So I started updating, and took a few breaks, watched some football. After that, the system was ready to go, and I was able to record my first song after following some of the ableton directions. I guess a possible source for poor quality may be in the sound: I don’t really know because I didn’t hook up any monitors yet (I’ve gotta save up for those first).
So maybe I’ll check back in a little while to see if I’m having the same problems as everyone else. Hopefully not, but I guess there’s always a return policy.
Fingers crossed.
Edit: Ok, so I’ve now been using the interface steadily: I have no problems with the 8i6. In my opinion, it is a fantastic tool for all my small home recording needs. It comes with Ableton Live Lite 8, which is great for just about anything. I would recommend this to anybody starting to record music, and I’m sure it will still work wonders for a trained studio musician looking for an interface.
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