New Focusrite Interfaces-Clarett Range... These look great! Improved mic pres? I don't doubt it but if they sound better than the pres in my Scarlett I'm going to have to get my hands on one of these in the not so distant future! More GAS!!
http://us.focusrite.com/clarett-range
 
 
 

 

Right now they are only Mac compatable. I guess that is a reason for the wait.

I hope they will be available for Windows at some point. They sure do look great and I'll bet they sound even better.
 

Hey Geo524. fix the link you posted in the 1st post, will you? It's not working for me. I click it and it takes me to a Facebook page. LOL
 

Ooops. Sorry 'bout that thomasbarnes. Should take you to the Focusrite site now!

Yeah, the link's working, now. Thanks, but I went earlier to check out those new interfaces. :)
 

Been here for a while. They state "latest thunderbolt technology" - is this thunderbolt 3,? If not it's already starting to look obsolete LOL.. Not that I wouldn't say no to any of these products...
 
I think I will wait for Thunderbolt 3/USB-C interfaces myself. That's probably another year.

Well... guess I'm a bit behind the times. Lol. I see some of the Scarlett interfaces are USB 3.0 now. Thunderbolt USB! Now that's worth waiting for.

Just checking out the page (googled it). Cripes I've totally ignored the whole Thunderbolt thing so I have no idea what exactly I could hook these buggers up to. It doesn't use USB3 (or 2) ports does it?
 
I think my MOBO has a TB connector somewhere but to be perfectly honest any interface I buy... well I prefer USB simply because I want to be able to use the buggers on any computer I want.
 
However they are showing Clarett Octopres and I was interested in the older Octos to expand my 18i6 so TB doesn't come into play.
 
They would certainly be wise to add an optional USB connection on TOP of the TB connection (that is if TB doesn't actually hook up to something like USB3 or something).
 
Semi off topic... it's been a while since USB3 has been out. I figured we'd be seeing more USB3 interfaces getting released at this point. Considering those ports are on almost everything now I'm not sure what the hold up is. I'm sure there is some smart person/tekky reason for it but seems odd (and maybe a bit lazy).
 
Edit: and now reading some of the latest replies I guess perhaps these things are indeed happening and I shoudl start paying more attention. lol

I lost track too Beepster. When I first upgraded my interface a year or two ago I bought the Focusrite Pro 40 but everyone kept saying Firewire was on it's way out for Windows and that USB was the way to go so I lost interest. I sent the Pro 40 back and got the Scarlett 18i20 instead. If Focusrite does release 3.0 driver's for the Scarlett series that'll be worth waiting for.