r/Focusrite

I've tried changing the Sample Rate and changing drivers and that doesn't work unless there are better drivers out there somewhere.

Only fix currently is unplugging and plugging back in every time it happens.

I've ran through all of the troubleshooting tips, hints and guides on the focusrite site but still can't get it hooked up correctly.

I've got it to the point that it Focusrite Control recognises it for a few seconds, shows some device settings and then goes back to 'No Hardware Connected'.

I'm not using a USB hub, just USB-C straight into my macbook and have tried multiple cables. My Solo lights up and the halo light reacts to my guitar input sometimes, but other times only the USB and 'Direct Monitor' light up. Could it be a defective unit? Its weird that it sometimes sees my device, but only for a few seconds.

Does anything have any other troubleshooting advice?

Hi i'm using a Focusrite Scarlett Solo interface. When using garage band i can here the guitar loud and clear. When using logic, its crackling, phasey, dropping in and out. I have tried reinstalling logic, direct is switch is off on my focusrite, track is armed, no plug-ins, focusrite is my input and output. But sill this is happening. Any suggestions? Thanks

Hi there,

I’m currently in musician in residence for the NHS Newcastle Hospitals Charity. I’m designing a Music trolley to be used on the wards. The trolley will feature an iPad, a synth, a record player and various other instruments. I have acquired a launch control XL and a focusrite Scarlett. I want the Scarlett to be the main hub, and the launch control to act as the main controls.

My current predicament is how to monitor audio through the Scarlett (since focusrite control is obsolete). I am thinking AUM might be good, as it’s midi mappable, so some of the faders on the launch control could be permanently mapped to the record player volume, with mute and solo buttons too?

I am disappointed to learn that the transport controls aren’t mappable, so I can’t assign them to Ableton Note, for example. Is there a workaround for this?

Would really appreciate some help! The trolley will be operational soon. Thanks so much!

I have a focus rite solo and a sm58 mic. It worked completely fine everywhere until recently out of no where I get a buzzing noise in the aground of my vocals. It stopped once then never stopped again. I did try changing the cable did not work. I plugged my buddies sm57 in with his cord into my focusrite no buzz. I would hate for it to be a buy a new mic type deal I just got this like 6 months ago

Hello,

Why aren't scarlett drivers offered as a separate download, with a release history?

How do you downgrade to a previous version in case there are problems?

I am considering a scarlett 4th gen (never use focusrite before), and this is a bit of a red flag.

Thanks

Hello All,

For those who play guitar though a Scarlett interface into GarageBand, can you please advise on my issue?

This morning it was working fine. I came back from lunch and no matter what I do I CANNOT get any signal from my guitar to GarageBand. The ring on the Scarlett lights up when I play - so the guitar/scarlett connection is fine. GarageBand recognises this Scarlett too. But the meter doesn’t move when I play and indeed nothing gets recorded.

I’ve quadruple checked the inputs and outputs. I’ve killed the core audio in the terminal. I’ve rebooted the Mac. I’ve done seemingly everything but no luck in getting it to pick up guitar signal.

Any help appreciated! Thanks

I’ve been troubleshooting my XLR mic setup for a while and I’m trying to figure out whether this is a mic issue, interface issue, USB/power issue, driver issue, or software issue.

Setup:
Mic: Lewitt LCT 440 PURE
Interface: Focusrite Scarlett Solo (3rd Gen)
Phantom power (48V) enabled

The mic only starts detecting input after I plug the interface into USB, Disconnect/reconnect at the interface or disconnect/reconnect at the mic. After doing that, the mic works briefly, but then the input slowly fades away shortly after and after ~20 seconds it may randomly come back again. Sometimes if I turn the gain all the way up, I can barely hear my voice, but it sounds extremely quiet and radio static-like. Adjusting the gain knob sometimes causes a grainy distortion sound.

This may have just been a coincidence but the issue seems worse after logging into Windows-on the Windows lock screen, the mic/direct monitor behaves normally but once I log in, it starts disconnecting/fading out. Oddly, after the PC has been running for a while, the issue sometimes becomes less severe and smoother.

Things I’ve already tried:

• Replacing XLR cable
• Different USB ports
• Phantom power on
• Reconnecting everything multiple times
• Testing direct monitoring

At this point I’m not sure if the mic is failing, the Scarlett Solo is failing, phantom power is unstable, USB power/drivers are causing issues, or Windows/software is interfering after login.

Any ideas on what component sounds most likely to be the problem?

Hi,

I have a hardware problem with my Scarlett solo 3rd gen.

My Mac, for some reasons, instead of providing 5v through USB, sent 12v to my Scarlett solo. Now it is obviously not working :-( My mac is fixed but not my sound card..

When I power my scarlet with a normal usb-c (5v), the smell of burnt electronics increase. I have already open it and not obvious burnt component is visible.

Does someone had the same problem and found a solution ?

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My MIDI Keyboard is not sending any sounds on Logic Pro, even tried with Garageband. The builtin keyboard in Logic Pro does make sounds through my speakers from my focusrite interface, but MIDI keyboard through my focusrite just wouldn't make a sound.

Is it the issue with the MIDI cables?

Hey! TLDR: Ive been trying to figure out a way to split my scarlet solo 3rd gen inputs on windows so it recognizes the two separate line inputs (xlr and quarter inch)

Me and my friends play DnD online and I wanted to play some music and ambience during our sessions, the problem is with one monitor it’s hard to balance it all. Though I have a iPad so I thought to myself what if I just buy a quarter inch to USB c adapter than I can play the audio via my iPad and still be heard over discord…

That went horribly wrong since discord did not like the continuous audio and ended up just glitching out my main xlr mic.

I then found a program that allows my to use an internal input via a discord bot so that it can join and play the audio I need. The only issue is that since windows recognizes the solo as analogue l+r and the program does as well it would just cause an echo. So I then tried to research ways to split the audio so that windows recognizes both line inputs and it’s been hours and I can’t find a solution. Any help would be appreciated. I just want input one only my mic on discord and the input two only the music on the program.

I also record the sessions for notes via reaper the daw and use ASIO drivers for that so I know windows can recognize two seperate inputs or at least a DAW can.

Thank you in advance cause I’m stumped