Post by Rex on Aug 4, 2021 4:08:25 GMT
Got a Focusrite Scarlet Solo yesterday in an attempt to improve the quality of my audio recordings. To my ear it does seem like an improvement. But some of that is because it doesn't use my wimpy computer speakers and sound card for play back. I have it playing back through a Roland Micro Cube right now. So I really can't compare until I upload a new recording and then compare that with one of my old ones. I'll try to post such a comparison eventually.
The Scarlet is a mic preamp that also changes the analog signal of the mic into a digital signal that the computer can use. The computer does this with it's sound card. So does a cell phone if you are recording with that. But the sound circuits in those are not designed for recording music. The Scarlet also changes the digital signal back into analog for the output when playing back. It connects to the computer through USB.
The Scarlet also works with many types of mics. The mic on my computer or my phone isn't much. I can run my Shure SM58 or my Sennheiser e835 straight into the Scarlet so I'm starting with a better signal and I can boost that signal. Using a better mic and being able to control that signal seems like a vast improvement to me.
I'm using Audacity (recording software) with the Scarlet because I'm already familiar with Audacity. Scarlet comes with software bundles that have other DAWs (digital audio workstation) but I didn't want to learn those. Audacity covers my simple recording needs.
Listening to music from the internet is much nicer going through this into one of my amps.
Here is one fellows review:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzouH03LUM
The Scarlet is a mic preamp that also changes the analog signal of the mic into a digital signal that the computer can use. The computer does this with it's sound card. So does a cell phone if you are recording with that. But the sound circuits in those are not designed for recording music. The Scarlet also changes the digital signal back into analog for the output when playing back. It connects to the computer through USB.
The Scarlet also works with many types of mics. The mic on my computer or my phone isn't much. I can run my Shure SM58 or my Sennheiser e835 straight into the Scarlet so I'm starting with a better signal and I can boost that signal. Using a better mic and being able to control that signal seems like a vast improvement to me.
I'm using Audacity (recording software) with the Scarlet because I'm already familiar with Audacity. Scarlet comes with software bundles that have other DAWs (digital audio workstation) but I didn't want to learn those. Audacity covers my simple recording needs.
Listening to music from the internet is much nicer going through this into one of my amps.
Here is one fellows review:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzouH03LUM
Good audio gear isn't cheap. 
