Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 USB 2.0 Audio Interface with 8 Focusrite Mic Preamps

Handle anything that comes your way. The 18-in, 20-out USB audio interface can handle just about anything your band or studio can throw at it. Beautiful and rackmountable, it gives you the highest I/O of any Scarlett interface, pristine sound quality, separate stereo headphone mixes, extensive expansion options and round-trip latency as low as 2.74 ms, all in a 1U space.

Focusrite's Scarlett 18i20 is the latest in the company's new generation of multi-channel USB-based audio interfaces, featuring eight award-winning Focusrite microphone preamplifiers, designed specifically for the computer interface environment, delivering legendary Focusrite sound quality. Focusrite's mic preamps are found in the world's top studios and give the 18i20 an unequalled level of performance, with low noise, minimal distortion and enormous dynamic range. The Scarlett preamps offer exceptional headroom, and two front-panel inputs also offer 10dB pad buttons to handle the highest-level inputs without distortion.

Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Audio Interface Features:

• Eight Scarlett mic preamps with plenty of even gain, exceptional headroom, low noise and minimal distortion.
• Two instrument inputs, designed for seriously hot pickups.
• Class-leading digital conversion at up to 24-bit/192kHz.
• 10 balanced analogue outputs, including a dedicated stereo pair with anti-thump circuitry.
• Unrivalled Sound Quality: We've been perfecting audio conversion for over 20 years. Our class-leading digital conversion operates at up to 24-bit and up to 192kHz, so you capture every nuance of every performance in crystal clear audio without any unwanted noise or hum, even when you're playing softly.
• Commitment to Our Customers: Wherever you happen to be in the world, you can rely on our two-year warranty if any Focusrite hardware needs repairing or replacing due to a manufacturing fault.
• Focusrite Control: Configure your routing and monitor mixes from Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone or iPod touch with user-friendly control software Focusrite Control.
• Comprehensive inputs/outputs: With 18 inputs and 20 outputs, Scarlett 18i20 includes enough I/O to handle the vast majority of day-to-day studio tasks at maximum quality, with maximum flexibility. Scarlett 18i20 features six combo XLR/jack mic/line inputs plus two front-panel XLR/jack mic/line/instrument inputs with 10dB pad buttons, 10 analogue line outputs, two independent headphone outputs on the front panel, and ADAT and S/PDIF digital I/O, plus MIDI I/O and Word Clock out for digital synchronization when required. The ADAT interface can be used to bring in digital sources or to add extra preamps such as Focusrite's OctoPre Mk II, bringing the mic pre complement to 16 channels, ideal for recording a complete band and minimizing overdubs.
• Class leading digital conversion: This prodigious I/O capability is backed by Focusrite's class-leading precision digital conversion technology at sample rates up to 96 kHz, 24-bit, to ensure that you get the very highest quality into and out of your audio software - all major DAWs are supported.
• High channel count and Focusrite quality - now on USB 2.0 and iOS: Scarlett 18i20 is the USB complement of the tried and tested Saffire PRO 40 Firewire interface. Suitable for Windows, Mac and even iOS platforms, Scarlett 18i20's USB 2.0 connection suits almost any computer, helping you build a setup in which external storage and audio interfaces do not have to share the same computer bus (recommended for the best performance) - if you have Firewire drives, for example, a USB audio interface is the best choice.
• High-quality 24-bit/96kHz USB 2.0 interface compatible with Mac, Windows and iOS: Features high quality A-D / D-A at up to 96kHz, 24bit. Pristine audio quality and rock-solid synchronization are guaranteed on Mac and Windows as well as driver-free operation on the iOS platform.
• 18 inputs & 20 outputs: Scarlett 18i20 boasts an extensive range of analogue and digital I/O capabilities including ADAT I/O which can enable an additional eight inputs and outputs.
• Dual independent headphone buses: Give two artists independent, fully-customized monitor mixes - each with an independent front-panel level control.
• Scarlett MixControl ultra-low-latency DSP mixer/router: Maximizing routing flexibility and intuitive one-click set-up solutions, Scarlett MixControl provides an 18 x 8 DSP mixer with powerful routing and monitoring capabilities.
• Unmatched routing flexibility: Scarlett 18i20 is the most flexible interface in its class, enabling you to intuitively adapt it immediately to the needs of any recording session. Route any input signal or DAW output, or a mix of both, to any output.
• Comprehensive bundle of included software: Comes with Ableton Live Lite - ground-breaking production and performance software, Scarlett Plug-in Suite - EQ, compression, gating and reverb, Novation Bass Station - software model of the classic Novation analogue mono-synth, and 1GB of Loopmasters samples.