FocusriteClarett+ 8Pre Studio-Grade 18-in/20-out Audio Interface for Established Producers —Eight High-Performance, Low-Noise, Low-Distortion Mic Preamps Capture Audio with Precise Clarity

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

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.

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

The media could not be loaded. 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.

The media could not be loaded. I've had the UAD, the Apogee and they are of course top notch. But you see the warmth and intelligence of this guy right here is so soothing! No over exaggeration of output, what you put in is what you get. The response to my plug-ins is just too awesome. This is my 3rd focusrite product. This stays with me.

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.

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.