FOR THE HARDWARE MUSIC MAKER.
Sitting on the desks of more producers than any other, the Scarlett range of audio interfaces means studio quality sound for more music making machines than any other. 8i6, with its dual mic-pres, fixed-line I/O and MIDI, gives you just the right connectivity to easily bring your hardware music making setup into the computer world.
- Six balanced line inputs, for connecting synths or other line-level audio, and four balanced outputs, for monitoring and effects sends
- Two of the best performing Scarlett mic preamps the range has ever heard – now with Air – for recording vocals
- Two high headroom instrument inputs, for plugging your guitar or bass straight in
- Loopback, for grabbing a stereo feed of any combination of hardware inputs and software playback, no cables needed, for simple sampling, streaming or podcasting
ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO PRODUCE RIGHT, NOW
Your 8i6 interface comes with a whole range of recording software, sounds and plug-ins to choose from:
Avid® Pro Tools® | First Focusrite Creative Pack: hundreds of virtual instrument sounds, 500MB of loops, and great-sounding effects
Ableton® Live Lite™:industry-leading music-making software
Three Month Splice Sounds Subscription:Get access to millions of high-quality, royalty-free one-shots, loops, and presets, with new releases daily
XLN Audio Addictive Keys:choose one of four inspiring virtual keyboard instruments
Softube Time and Tone Bundle:three of Softube’s world class reverb, delay and distortion plug-ins, and an an easy-to-use mastering tool
Focusrite Red Plug-in Suite:accurately models our classic Red 2 equaliser and Red 3 compressor
Focusrite Plug-in Collective: receive free versions of the most innovative software, as well as benefiting from discounts
Focusrite Control: route your audio and cue mix, loopback and monitor mixes, from your Mac®, PC, iPad®, iPhone® or iPod touch
What’s in the box
| • Scarlett 8i6 3rd Gen. |
| • 1 x USB cable (Type C-A) |
| • 1 x Power Supply |
Included Software
| ֠֠• Ableton Live Lite music making software |
| ֠֠• Pro Tools | First Focusrite Creative Pack |
| • Free 3-month Splice Sounds subscription with new Splice accounts |
| • Focusrite Red 2 & Red 3 Plug-In Suite |
| • A choice of 1 of 4 XLN Audio Addictive Keys virtual instruments |
| • Softube Time & Tone Bundle |
| • Access to the Focusrite Plug-in Collective |
Feature Specifications:
| Connectivity | USB Type-C | ||||||
| Protocol | USB 2.0 | ||||||
| Form Factor | Desktop | ||||||
| Simultaneous I/O | 8 x 6 | ||||||
| A/D Resolution | 24-bit/192 kHz | ||||||
| Number of Preamps | 2 | ||||||
| Phantom Power | YES | ||||||
| Number of Pads | 2 | ||||||
| Instrument Inputs | 2 | ||||||
| Line Inputs | 6 | ||||||
| Analogue Outputs | 4 | ||||||
| Headphone Outputs | 2 | ||||||
| Digital Inputs | S/PDIF | ||||||
| Digital Outputs | S/PDIF | ||||||
| MIDI I/O | YES | ||||||
| Loopback | YES | ||||||
| Bus Powered | NO | ||||||
| Included PSU | YES | ||||||
