Comments on: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 measurements

By: John Reekie

John Reekie — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:04:52 +0000

Hello, sorry for the late reply. I have not used the Solo but I assume it would work fine for measurements. However, it won’t be able to do a timing loopback which is necessary for accurate acoustic timing measurements. There are workarounds but none as convenient as just doing the loopback.

By: Francesco

Francesco — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 08:27:12 +0000

Hello, thank you for posting this, it is very useful. I have a question: would the Scarlett Solo be suitable for measurements as well? It’s the smaller sister, avalaible for a little less money…

By: John Reekie

John Reekie — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:38:54 +0000

Hi Rainer, as you can see from the graphs above I had no issue with getting a response to above 40 kHz. I suggest checking the settings the recording software that you are using, as well as your OS. On the Mac, look at the sample rate in Audio MIDI Setup (sorry no idea how to do the equivalent in Windows). Hope that helps 🙂

By: Rainer

Rainer — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:31:13 +0000

I wonder if you might be able to help;

I’ve just acquired an 2i2. Recordings made (via line-in) at 96KHz are sharply band-pass limited above 22KHz, dropping to effective digital silence by 24KHz.

This is causing me some concern, because if this filtering is being applied in the digital domain then it entirely defeats the purpose of using high-resolution sample-rates (88.2, 96), as it’s precisely this kind of digital filtering that is problematic during ADC/DAC at 44.1 and 48 KHz (ringing, phase-shifting etc.’).

How were you able capture content up to 40KHz?

By: Juan Ortiz

Juan Ortiz — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:01:54 +0000

Hi there.
I tried today a Scarlet 2i2. I use Windows 7 and the ARTA software analysis. I have not gotten that to work 24/96KHz Scarlet, to reach a frequency of 40Khz analysis. In panel a fall occurs from 20Khz. From the control panel of the Scarlet driver I can only access the buffer size. There is no sample rate option. The Scarlet does not change Sample frecuency when the software asks.