Focusrite Clarett+ 2Pre USB-C Bus-Powered Audio Interface for Music Production, with Two Professional Quality Pre-Amps and Powerful and Transparent Headphone Outputs/Instrument Inputs

Amazing product. A great option in lieu of a mixing board. Provides a direct signal that doesn’t add color to the sound.

system: Reaper v7.12 on a Beelink GTR6 Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 32 gb, running Windows 11 Pro. I kind of worry whenever I spend over $500 on a piece of music gear. I worry it won't be worth it. I upgraded from a Focusrite Scarlett Solo, and the difference is stark. It's totally worth it. It's built like a tank, the sound quality is outstanding, zero latency, headphone power is great, and the combination of dedicated headphone volume controls and the separate output mixes you can setup with the downloaded Focusrite control software is really great. It's leagues above the Scarlett series. Best $630 gear dollars I ever spent.

Very happy with Focsurite Clarett+ 4Pre for recording grand piano. Audio in attached video recorded using a matched pair of Soyuz SU-013 mics (75%) and a matched pair of AKG C414 XLII mics (25%) with a Focusrite Clarett+ 4Pre on standard (non-air) setting.

Definite step up from Scarlett. Cleaner sound. Recommend for home recording

I liked the sound quality and the range, 24 bit is a quite native but does not support 24 bit and 192 kHz at the same time which is a weird thing, many products are much cheaper than it and they support it. If you activate 24bit with 192kHz the device has Alzheimer's disease or madness, frankly, I was confused about what exactly and nothing can be done but factory reset. regardless what a problem I faced it is a quite good audio interface.

Big step up from the scarlet I would recommend it and its very easy to use.

I bought this audio interface after some research on audio interfaces. The reason I bought it is because I also bought the Shure mic, which needs an audio interface. This would be my first audio interface. Unfortunately, I ended up returning all products. Not because of the product but because my lack of audio engineering. In my setup, this is connected directly to the Square Mic, the sound is so low even after I turned the gain to max. Some research indicated I might need the "Cloud" booster device. that leads to the final return decision. My mistake here is not knowing enough audio engineering. So be warned, this is not for everyday users. So be warned, if you plan to use this with the Shure mic, you also need a signal booster. My recommendation is just use the USB mic and be done with it. It is really not worth it to get all those products and go through a whole course of "audio engineering" just to make a somewhat "working" system.

My wife kept asking me for more 4 Pre so I got this one. I myself enjoy 4 Pre, so I figured it would be a win-win. However, when it came in the mail I showed it to her and she just sighed. I don't know what to make of that, but I'm very happy with my unit.

Sehr hochwertiges Interface in professioneller Qualität zu einem unglaublichen Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis 2xMic/Line/Hi-Z + 2xMix/Line auf der Vorderseite und noch 4xLine(Klinke TRS bal.) auf der Rückseite = 8 analoge Eingänge! 4xLine(Klinke TRS bal.) analoge Ausgänge

Avec un micro AT2020,c'est une cure de jouvence du son,ca donne envie de jouer parce que l'on se reconnait bien dans le son. Les deux sorties casques sont plus que puissantes avec de la marge , meme avec des casques a haute impedance. Bien reactif avec les DAW's comme reaper,audio tools,ableton... Je n'ai exploité qu'une infime des possibilités,j'ai le temps...

Unlike many other brands of cheaper USB audio interface, the Clarett+ 2Pre has enough microphone gain to max out the USB audio headroom. M-Track audio and Behringer units don't seem to be able to do this. I've done lots of recordings in Audacity and everything is as you'd expect it to be. The Focusrite control software (downloadable) is more than a little confusing, though. I found I didn't need it to get the unit up and running, and you may never need it. Remember to install Focusrite's ASIO driver too. One thing I found that has been reported by other users is a potential issue with selecting the Clarett for sound OUTPUT from the PC. If I plug this into a USB-C socket on my laptop (Acer Nitro 11th gen i7) then sometimes when I try and select the Clarett as the sound output device, I get sound for just a second or two, then it cuts out. Selecting the device through Windows doesn't help, nor does reinstalling drivers, etc. My fix is to run the unit from another USB socket on my laptop (I have a combined hub / SSD unit) and then it works. Of course, if you're not connecting to USB-C then you need to use the power adapter as no other socket type will provide the power required for the unit (power light will flash and the unit won't work). I think the recommendation is USB-C or USB-2, and don't use a USB-3 socket. No idea why (noise perhaps?) This problem is only apparent with playback sound output. Recording sound input to the PC always works, even on my USB-C socket. Users have pointed to driver problems as the cause. I think it could be about how Windows prioritises one audio device over another, regardless of the settings you change. But given the ultra-low noise and distortion and the flat frequency response over the audible range, this unit has to be high on your buy list. It's useful not just for home recording but also for audio analysis as you can't argue with the accuracy of the results obtained. If you're reading this and you like the positive comments about the MIC gain but don't want to spend out on the Clarett+ 2Pre, I'd recommend trying the Scarlett range on the basis that if Focusrite have seen fit to provide decent MIC gain on this unit, they have probably done the same on the Scarlett range too, although I can't confirm this. Worth a try.

É boa, mas tem coisas que não são tão boas. A primeira delas é o ganho do preamp de microfone, insuficiente para o Shure SM7B por exemplo. O segundo problema é que ela ressalta muito os médios-agudos, mesmo sem usar o AIR, deixando o som um pouco irritante, cansativo. Os graves não são muito definidos, se for usar um subwoofer e para jazz e música clássica vai deixar a desejar.

Fantastic high quality audio interface, low latency, good driver support, perfect recording quality can ask for more of a high end product