Focusrite Clarett+ 8 Pre audio interface

• Technically enhanced Clarett preamps
• High-quality converters with significantly greater dynamic range and less distortion than the previous series
• The analogue Air circuit can be switched on as required – an impressive enhancement to the sound at the touch of a button!
• Powerful, clean and clear headphone outputs – also suitable for high-impedance headphones!
• High-impedance JFET instrument inputs
• Optical input and output – expandable by up to 8 I/O channels
• Bus-powered via USB-C ports with 15W output or operation using the supplied mains adaptor
• Compatible with Focusrite Control software on PC, Mac and iOS devices
• MIDI I/O
• SPEDIF I/O

Contents:

• 2x USB cables to support standard USB ports and USB Type-C ports
• 1x power supply

Hitmaker expansion:

• Antares Auto Tune Access
• Sonnox VoxDoubler
• Softube Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555
• Native Instruments Massive
• Two-month Landr Studio subscription plus five free masters
• Brainworx bx-console Focusrite SC
• Focusrite Red 2 & 3 Plug-in Suite
• XLN Audio Addictive Keys
• XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2: Studio Rock
• Relab LX480 Essentials
• FAST Balancer
• Klevgrand Essentials including Kompressor and REAMP
• Avid Pro Tools Intro+

An outstanding signal path

The Focusrite Clarett+ 8 Pre offers excellent sound combined with solid build quality and an intuitive design. Thanks to Focusrite’s high quality standards, none of the Clarett+ audio interfaces need to shy away from competitors costing twice as much. Whether it’s the 2 Pre, 4 Pre or 8 Pre – the Clarett+ range impresses with extremely low noise (-129 dBu), an ultra-linear design and very low distortion. The clear, open and transparent sound, which accurately captures every sonic detail of the original signal, is clearly the main focus here. The dynamic range of up to 124 dB at the output is equally impressive and can , of course, be enjoyed on both Mac and PC via a USB 2.0 connection – or better still. Decades of experience in the development of analogue circuits, combined with 24-bit / 192 kHz A/D and D/A conversion, result in an outstanding signal path.

Preamps, USB connection and control software

The eight low-noise, low-distortion Clarett microphone preamps, featuring high headroom and a fully analogue ‘Air’ circuit with impedance selection and relay control, capture vocals, drums and acoustic instruments with impressive clarity. Two JFET instrument inputs allow you to connect suitable devices directly and preserve the natural sound of your guitar – just as if you were plugging into a real amplifier. The connection to your computer is via USB and USB Type-C cables – both included in the package – so nothing stands in the way of direct recording. This brings another advantage: the extremely low latency allows you to use amp simulations and plug-in effects in real time. Added to this is the user-friendly control software for Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, which is perfect for configuring routing and monitor mixes.

Additional software to get you started straight away

So that you can start letting your creativity run wild straight after unpacking and plugging in, you’ll receive Ableton Live Lite – a popular DAW for all kinds of music production – free of charge! Recording, mixing and editing tools will help you achieve your musical goals!

But that’s not all: benefit from a three-month Splice membership to gain access to hundreds of sounds.

To give you a taste of another DAW, Focusrite includes the Intro+ version of Avid Pro Tools so you can produce hits with that too; this version never expires and remains in your arsenal.

The software package is rounded off by the Hitmaker Expansion, which features AntaresAuto-Tune Access, a Softubemodelling amp, the popular Massive synth from Native Instruments, the Klevgrand Essentials package featuring an intelligent compressor ( Korvpressor ) and ReAmp (an amp and tape simulation), and much more! (All included products are listed in the features section)