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Yesterday Focusrite issued another update for the Windows drivers on their 2nd gen Scarlett USB audio interfaces. This is like the fifth or sixth update since the new interfaces were released in June, so at least Focusrite’s developers are dedicated to improving things. The new driver version is 4.15. More specifically it’s 4.15.0.172. This is […]

Over the past four months Focusrite has been teaming up with software developers to give away a quality plugin for free each month to Focusrite customers (or anyone who sets up a Focusrite account). Instead of giving away a new plugin for December, Focusrite has decided to offer all four of the previous free plugins […]

Yesterday Focusrite posted new updated Windows drivers for their 2nd gen Scarlett audio interfaces. The new driver version is 4.14, more specifically 4.14.0.158. The previous version was 4.12 so I guess they’re skipping 4.13 altogether. The 4.14 driver claims to remedy two problems. Focusrite says they’ve fixed an issue that causes distorted audio when streaming […]

Focusrite has teamed up with Positive Grid to offer a free version of the BIAS FX guitar effects processor as part of the Focusrite Plugin Collective. The BIAS FX LE plugin is free to download for Focusrite interface owners (or anyone who registers an account with them, it seems) throughout the month of November. Just […]

If you have a Focusrite audio interface ranging from the 2nd gen Scarlett 6i6 and up, including the Clarett and Red interfaces, you may be interested to know that Focusrite has released a new app for the iPad and iPhone that lets you control your audio interface wirelessly. The Focusrite iOS Control app is free […]

If you have a 2nd gen Scarlett audio interface, Focusrite posted new updated Windows drivers for them a couple of days ago on their website (still no word on 1st gen updates, unfortunately). The new driver version is listed as 4.12.0. More specifically the new driver version on my PC is 4.12.0.141. The 4.12 update […]

Focusrite started a new thing a couple months back called the Focusrite Plug-in Collective where they are partnering with plugin companies to give away free plugins and offer special promotions. Through the month of September, Focusrite owners can get the Eventide 2016 Stereo Room Reverb plugin for free. It regularly sells for $199 so being […]

A couple of people have left comments over the past week saying that they were able to get their 1st generation Focusrite Scarlett interfaces to work with the Windows drivers designed for the new 2nd gen Scarlett audio interfaces. So I went ahead and gave it a try and it’s true. The 2nd gen driver […]