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The Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Audio Interface (3rd Gen), transform your project, home, or professional studio setup to the next level. Ideal for musicians and producers.
Eight of the best-performing mic preamps the Scarlett range has ever seen, now with switchable Air mode to give your recordings a brighter and more open sound.
High-performance converters enable you to record and mix at up to 24-bit/192kHz.
Two high-headroom instrument inputs to plug in your guitar or bass.
Four monitor outputs with anti-thump technology and speaker switching, and onboard talkback functionality with built-in, front panel talkback mic.
Eight balanced line inputs for connecting synthesizers, drum machines, and other line-level sources.
The Focusrite Scarlett range has equipped studios, musicians, and producers around the world with the tools they need to capitalise on their creativity for decades. Transform your project, home, or professional studio set up to the next level, allowing you a best-in-class experience when producing, recording, and mixing. The Scarlett 18i20 provides you with superior sound quality, talkback functionality, and onboard speaker switching.
Housed in a 1U rack-mountable enclosure, the third-generation 18i20 boasts extensive simultaneous I/O comprising eight mic preamps, 18 inputs, and 20 outputs in total. The improved A-D and D-A conversion ensures your recordings and playback will sound clear and pronounced up to 24-bit/192kHz, vital to helping you perfect your mix.
Main Features
The Scarlett 18i20 features eight of Focusrite’s best-ever-performing third-generation Scarlett mic preamps: with optional Air setting to reproduce the Air effect of their original ISA mic preamp, giving your vocal or acoustic recordings a brighter and more open sound. There’s also a pad on every mic preamp to accommodate higher-level signals without clipping. The two front-panel high-headroom instrument inputs allow you to record guitars and basses without any clipping or unwanted distortion.
Speaker-switching technology allows you to switch between main and alt monitors to get a new perspective on your mix, and the new built-in talkback mic lets you communicate with your recording artist at the touch of a button, helping you capture that perfect take.
A pair of virtual loopback inputs allows you to capture a stereo feed of any combination of hardware input and software playback channels – making podcasting, live streaming and sampling tasks easier.
Scarlett 18i20 is designed to stand up to days on the road and connects straight to your Mac® or PC via USB cable. It comes with all the software tools you need to get started: two comprehensive digital audio workstations, Ableton® Live Lite™ and Three Month Avid® Pro Tools® Subscription; Focusrite’s Red Plug-in Suite; a choice of one of four of XLN Audio’s Addictive Keys.
Focusrite Control
Configure your routing and monitor mixes from Mac®, PC, iPad®, iPhone® or iPod touch® with the user-friendly control software Focusrite Control.
Control output levels
Control software playback levels and panning
Control hardware input levels and panning
Control mute and dim
View input and output metering
Control preamp features available on your connected Focusrite interface
Approve devices for control
This is Your Cue
To work with Focusrite Control, just install the free iOS app on your iPad®, iPhone® or iPod touch®, ensure you're connected to the same network, and approve the iOS device in the desktop app. It is included with the Scarlett USB audio interfaces, Clarett Thunderbolt™ and Clarett USB Focusrite ranges. All you have to do is register your gear, and Focusrite Control will be featured in your Focusrite account.
If that wasn't enough, Focusrite has partnered with Splice to give 3rd Gen. interface owners a free 3-month Splice Sounds subscription when setting up a new Splice account. Splice Sounds offers millions of high-quality, royalty-free one-shots, loops, and presets, with new releases daily from your favourite producers, sound designers, and artists. Creators use Splice to make all kinds of music, including chart-topping pop, Grammy-winning albums, underground mixtapes, and cinematic scores.
Warranty
And as with all Focusrite products, you’ll also benefit from a 3-year warranty, and award-winning customer support.
Key Features:
Eight of the best-performing mic preamps the Scarlett range has ever seen, now with switchable Air mode to give your recordings a brighter and more open sound
High-performance converters enable you to record and mix at up to 24-bit/192kHz
Two high-headroom instrument inputs to plug in your guitar or bass
Four monitor outputs with anti-thump technology and speaker switching, and onboard talkback functionality with a built-in, front panel talkback mic.
Eight balanced line inputs for connecting synthesisers, drum machines, and other line-level sources
Included Software:
Ableton Live Lite
Three Month Avid® Pro Tools® Artist Subscription with Complete Plugin Bundle
Splice Sounds
Hitmaker Expansion
Native Instruments® MASSIVE
FAST Balancer
Antares® Auto-Tune® Access
Brainworx bx_console Focusrite SC
Focusrite Red 2 & 3 Plug-in Suite
Relab LX480 Essentials
Softube® Marshall® Silver Jubilee 2555
XLN Audio® Addictive Keys
XLN Audio® Addictive Drums 2: Studio Rock Kit
What's Included:
Scarlett 18i20 3rd Gen.
1 x USB cable (Type C-A)
IEC Cable (Power cable)
Check your computer's operating system (OS) is compatible with the Scarlett 18i20 with the Focusrite Online OS Checker
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