OUR BEST SCARLETT PREAMPS EVER
Focus on your music without worrying about your recordings. Feeding into class-leading 24-bit/192kHz converters, the Scarlett 3rd Gen mic preamp is high in gain, low in noise and supremely transparent. We’ve been making preamps for 30 years, and our decades of experience mean Scarlett sounds just like you.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR
Activate the Air circuit on Scarlett 3rd Gen’s upgraded mic preamps to make your guitars and vocals sound instantly brighter and more spacious, giving them a lustrous sheen that can make all the difference in the mix. Air emulates the technology of the same name from our legendary ISA preamp – just ask your local hit record producer how big a deal that is.
THE HEART OF YOUR STUDIO
Scarlett interfaces sit at the heart of more music-making, recording and production spaces than any other range, and 18i20 is Scarlett’s most versatile interface. The rack-mountable 3rd Generation 18i20 gives you 18 inputs and 20 outputs of incredible sound quality. Enough to make any space into a fully-fledged recording studio.
✔ Eight of the best performing Scarlett mic preamps the range has ever heard – now with Air – for miking up guitars or recording vocals
✔ Two high headroom instrument inputs, for plugging your guitar or bass straight in
✔ Four monitor outs, featuring anti-thump tech and speaker switching
✔ Built-in talkback mic, for talking to the band from your studio
ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO PRODUCE RIGHT, NOW
Your 18i20 interface comes with a whole range of recording software, sounds and plug-ins to choose from:
- Avid® Pro Tools® | First Focusrite Creative Pack:
hundreds of virtual instrument sounds, 500MB of loops, and great-sounding effects
- Ableton® Live Lite™:
industry-leading music-making software
- Three Month Splice Sounds Subscription:
Get access to millions of high-quality, royalty-free one-shots, loops, and presets, with new releases daily
- XLN Audio Addictive Keys:
choose one of four inspiring virtual keyboard instruments
- Softube Time and Tone Bundle:
three of Softube's world class reverb, delay and distortion plug-ins, and an an easy-to-use mastering tool
- Focusrite Red Plug-in Suite:
accurately models our classic Red 2 equaliser and Red 3 compressor
- Focusrite Plug-in Collective:
receive free versions of the most innovative software, as well as benefiting from discounts
- Focusrite Control:
route your audio and cue mix, loopback and monitor mixes, from your Mac®, PC, iPad®, iPhone® or iPod touch
Focusrite SCARLETT 18I20 3rd Gen: USB 2.0 Audio Interface, 18-in/20-out
Specs
AIR?
SUPPORTED SAMPLE RATES
44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz
MICROPHONE INPUTS
Frequency Response
- 20Hz - 20kHz ± 0.1dB
Dynamic Range
- 111dB (A-weighted)
THD+N
- <0.0012%
Noise EIN
- -128dB (A-weighted)
Maximum Input Level
- 9dBu (at minimum gain)
Gain Range
- 56dB
Impedance
- 3kΩ
LINE INPUTS
Frequency Response
- 20Hz - 20kHz ± 0.1dB
Dynamic Range
- 110.5dB (A-weighted)
THD+N
- <0.002%
Maximum Input Level
- 22dBu (at minimum gain)
Gain Range
- 56dB
Impedance
- 60kΩ
INSTRUMENT INPUTS
Frequency Response
- 20Hz - 20kHz ± 0.1dB
Dynamic Range
- 110dB (A-weighted)
THD+N
- <0.03%
Maximum Input Level
- 12.5dBu (at minimum gain)
Gain Range
- 56dB
Impedance
- 1.5MΩ
LINE/MONITOR OUTPUTS
Dynamic Range (Line Outputs)
- 108dB
THD+N
- <0.002%
Maximum Output Level (0 dBFS)
- 15.5dBu
Impedance
- 430Ω
HEADPHONE OUTPUTS
Dynamic Range
- 104dB (A-weighted)
THD+N
- <0.002%
Maximum Output Level
- 7dBu
Impedance
- <1Ω