Maschine 2.7.2 mbox 2 pro asio
It might sound like I’m singing high praises about the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, and to be perfectly honest, I am. But The Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Isn't Perfect… This is incredibly handy for soundchecking and monitoring your levels while recording. Green means you're getting a good signal, and red means your recording is clipping (at which point you should reduce the gain). While recording, the gain knob will light up. I also like how the interface has halo signal indicators. Now THIS is true zero-latency monitoring, as you’re hearing the audio in real time. What this does is it will route the audio input directly to your headphones and speaker outputs without having to pass through your computer. If you’re really sensitive to latency, you'll see that there's a direct monitor switch on the interface. It comes down to about 6ms, so there’s no noticeable audible delay when recording a vocal and monitoring it through headphones.
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The latency while monitoring is also amazingly low with the Scarlett 2i2. Even at a buffer size of 77 samples, there were no cracks, pops or dropouts while playing a session from Logic. It’s great how it runs perfectly with low buffer settings (almost as good as my Firewire interface) without being a CPU hog. I personally don't bother because the difference in quality is negligible to me, but your tastes may be different so I thought it'd be worth mentioning. Unlike the Focusrite Saffire 6 (their older audio interface) which is only capable of recording at 44.1 or 48 kHz, you can use the Scarlett 2i2 to record in 24-bit resolution and a sample rate of 96 kHz.
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And what good is an audio interface if the audio quality is crap? Since balanced outputs give less noise and hum than unbalanced ones, I can connect my studio monitors to the interface without any dips in audio quality.ĭuring my tests, I found that the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2’s audio quality is crisp and pristine, and even brings out some traits of the song that I didn’t even know was there. On the other hand, the Scarlett 2i2 has 2 balanced outputs for 1/4-inch connectors. Plus, 1/8-inch connectors just aren’t very sturdy in my opinion. This means there’s no way to connect powered studio monitors to the interface without dumbing down the signal. But while the Apogee One’s mic inside feature makes it really tempting, I decided against it because it only has a 1/8-inch unbalanced output.