FocusriteScarlett Solo (Gen 3)
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New retail price (MSRP)
$99
Used market: $60*
Specifications
5 of 12 values have a recorded source- Type
- Audio Interface·
- Equivalent input noise
- -128✓
- Bus powered
- yes·
- Maximum gain
- 56✓
- Analog inputs
- XLR 3-Pin Female · 1/4" Line/Inst TRS·
- Analog outputs
- 1/4" TRS Balanced (L/R) · 1/4" Headphone Jack·
- Digital inputs
- USB-C·
- USB power draw
- 2.5✓
- Maximum input level
- 9✓
- Maximum sample rate
- 192·
- Phantom power provided
- yes✓
- Indexable Locales
- en·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
Industry-standard entry level interface with clean low-noise converters.
Gain staging
The Solo 3rd Gen user guide prints 56 dB of microphone gain. A microphone that needs more than that at speaking level runs out of preamp; the clean fix is an inline booster, not a guessed knob position.
Setups using this gear
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* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~61% retained value).