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Your cart is empty.Whether recording vocals and instruments or composing in the box, Clarett+ 2Pre is the audibly impressive, pure-sounding, bus-powered* USB-C interface for PC and Mac to take with you on your creative journey. Two Clarett+ mic preamps — featuring All-analogue Air with impedance switching and relay control — capture superbly clear recordings with high headroom, low distortion and ultra-low noise. Two JFET instrument inputs let you plug straight in and preserve the natural tone of your guitar, just like plugging into an amplifier. Independent A-D and D-A converters bring you closer than ever to your music and let you hear the truth, whether you’re in the studio or on the road. Greatly improved D-A dynamic range enables you to hear every detail and have greater control over your mix. Lower A-D converter distortion lets you capture signals with more clarity, for greater transparency and sonic accuracy. Clarett+ 2Pre is the interface that accompanies you as you grow. Expandable using ADAT, you can connect devices such as Clarett OctoPre for a 10-input tracking environment. *15W USB-C capabilities required for bus-powered operation. Find out if you have a 15W USB-C port. https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000245805-Clarett-2Pre-USB-Bus-Power-Update
Drew's music
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2025
Definite step up from Scarlett. Cleaner sound. Recommend for home recording
Federico
Reviewed in Italy on September 15, 2024
Ottima scheda. Qualità eccellente.
tony davis
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2024
Big step up from the scarlet I would recommend it and its very easy to use.
RavelShouldHaveWon
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2024
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gordonzu
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
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.
Mr. Joe P. J. Adhemar
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2024
After having all sorts of problems with my previous interface (Antelope Audio are awful!) I got this and have been recording at 96k and I’m loving the results!Yet to delve into the routing or ADAT but if you like things simple and uncomplicated this is a great option.
EJD
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024
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.
Johan
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2024
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.
wilson joel
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2023
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Techmelodic
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023
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Baumer
Reviewed in Germany on April 10, 2023
Für mich die beste variante für usb interface... Akustikgitarre mit passiven TA...klarer natürlicher Sound...kopfhörer ausgang super... Monitorfunktion für Amp (Marshall) sehr gut ...
Pietro Lacirignola
Reviewed in France on September 25, 2022
Formidable en tous points. Seul bémol pas d'fx sur le programme d'écoute sans latence
Fahad
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022
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.
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