Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 18x8 Audio Interface

Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 18x8 Audio Interface Guitar World Australia Ph 07 55962588

The legendary Focusrite sound in an affordable and compact unit. The Scarlett series offer very impressive sound quality, look wicked cool, and they're USB - so you don't have to worry about whether your laptop has a firewire port, which was always cause for brow-furrowing when the Saffire range were all the rage. And, just because they love you, Focusrite give you a suite of plugins absolutely free! Also, with two independant headphone outputs and a software mixer, you can decide who hears what. Nice.The new Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 18-in/8-out interface extends the Scarlett range of USB 2.0 interfaces from Focusrite, each of which offers a series of high-quality inputs and outputs for different recording requirements. With four Focusrite mic pres, Scarlett 18i8 is designed for producers and recording artists or bands who require the ability to record a significant number of sources at the same time including multiple mics/instruments, with expansion capability enabling it to handle multiple studio recording requirements. Scarlett 18i8 works on Mac, PC and iPad (Apple Camera Connection Kit required for iPad). Four award-winning Focusrite mic presThe best sounding interface in its class. Focusrite's 25-years of design experience underpins this new interface with four award-winning preamps 18 inputs and 8 outputsAll of the analogue and digital inputs you need for home multi-track recording. No need for breakout cables - every analogue input & output has a dedicated socket Two independent headphone outputs each with a level controlWith two fully independent headphone mixes the engineer and the artist can both listen to mix levels they need Rugged metal unibody chassisWhether you are in the studio or on the road your Scarlett 18i8 will not only look great, but also withstand the impacts sustained by a mobile recording rig High quality 24bit 96KHz audio interface for Mac, PC and iPad18i8 features professional conversion technology guaranteeing pristine audio quality and reliable synchronization on Mac, PC and iPad (or any iOS device) Unique gain halos for safeguarding your levelsUnique gain halo indicators make it clear when you have a good signal for recording. When the halos are green you have a good level, and when they turn red it means you need to turn the gain down. Scarlett MixControl ultra-low-latency DSP mixer and routerScarlet MixControl provides an 18 x 8 DSP mixer with flexible routing capabilities, intuitive one-click presets and lower than 1.4 ms latency Main monitor control with mute functionA large main monitor control knob keeps your volume levels right at your fingertips - there is also a mute button to instantly silence your monitors Software bundleScarlett 18i8 comes with Ableton Live Lite, the Scarlett Plug-in Suite, the Novation Bass Station soft synth and Loopmasters sample content