I have Dayton EMM6, Scarlett Solo and Arta
Trying to measure my 3 way Speakers that are connected to PowerBox 6ProNcore (6channel, Hypex DSP and amps). Sounds OK when should sound fanastic. Measurements (if done correctly don’t look that good)
As a layperson, I don’t feel confident to experiment more incase I blow something.
I’ve gone this far, so I would like to finish the filter design and would like to contract (paying of course) you as a consultant if you would agree.

Kind regards Stefan

Have you run a test with a CENTRANCE MicPort Pro? 6 months ago I purchased a 2i2. I have a CENTRANCE in another location so different studio acoustics. I am going to run a test to compare the two with the same mic and DAW in the same place but I would greatly welcome any comments if anyone has run comparisons. Yes the CE has lower gain. I am using RODE mics, that for me just seem to suit my voice – and I think I prefer the CE (just listening to playback) so no scientific tests so far. The tech specs favour the 2i2, just, about

BUT I need to get a third device and don’t want to make the wrong choice as I rely on satisfied remote studios using my recordings and don’t want to make a solo choice. Thanks

I make electronic music and also sing. I haven’t performed live yet and I am trying to figure out if this is possible with my Scarlett 2i2.

My gear: Mac book, Scarlett 2i2, mic, iPad as midi controller, midi keyboard
I want to:
-have a mic connected to the 2i2 and sing live through that (with my effects from ableton)
-play notes live via midi keyboard
-have the triggered clips also go thru the 2i2

Are the two line outputs enough to make this happen? How exactly would I connect this with a PA?
-would there not be enough flexibility with just 2 line outputs?

I don’t have a mixer either, is that a problem?

Thank you!

I remember 15 or so years ago, if you wanted to write an audio CD, you were well-advised shut down all non-essential programs and walk away from your PC while the drive scorched through the write at 4x or even 8x speed, and if you didn’t, you could count on a duff CD-R.

I think I may have got a little complacent about the capabilities of modern PC’s, and need to get back to making sure the machine is dedicated to the task at hand when dealing with audio in real-time.

I first connected the 2i2 to a USB2 port in one of the multi-socket ‘break-out’ panels (the ones that clip in alongside PCI cards).

Not good – a LOT of noise, particularly on one channel, which fluttered around -85 dB with the 2i2’s input gain knobs set at 50% (12 o’clock), roughly where they’ll be for most consumer line-level inputs to get close to 0dB. Lot’s of discrete hum and buzz artifacts in the noise.

I changed it to a motherboard port (USB 3, as it happens), the noise dropped to -98dB at the same settings, and now pretty much nothing but ‘white’ (or is that ‘pink’) noise.

I’ve found that recordings made when programs are talking to an audio interface ‘directly’ via ASIO (the Scarlett 2i2 and a Xonar Essence STX in my case) are NOT the same as ones in which Windows provides the interface, even when the Windows mixer is set to identical bit-depth and sample rates as the software.

There are obvious differences in spectrographs of noise from quiescent sources, and the only time a flat frequency-curve is achieved is via ASIO.

Hence, I believe it’s **an imperative** to get your recording software to use ASIO (if it can – if not, switch to one that can), whether you’re concerned about latency or simply ‘bit-for-bit’ fidelity.

have to say – I could easily have completely missed all of this and commited a whole load of one-time vinyl transfers to ‘pseudo hi-res’, as Windows actually seems to do pretty-much perfect sample-rate conversion these days (don’t know how it manages bit-depth conversion).

Thanks for your sufferance.

No doubt I’m stating the blindingly-bleedin-obvious, but just so it’s clear to other amateurs (like me) who happen to be reading.