FocusriteVocaster One
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New retail price (MSRP)
$150
Used market: $90*
Specifications
6 of 12 values have a recorded source- Type
- Audio Interface·
- Bus powered
- yes·
- Maximum gain
- 70✓
- Analog inputs
- XLR (Mic) · 3.5mm TRRS Phone In·
- Analog outputs
- 2x 1/4" TRS Balanced · 1/4" TRS Headphones · 3.5mm TRS Camera Out·
- Digital inputs
- USB-C·
- USB power draw
- 4✓
- Headphone output
- 1.64 Vrms, 5 Ω·
- Maximum input level
- 12.5✓
- Maximum sample rate
- 48·
- Phantom power provided
- yes·
- Indexable Locales
- en·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Headroom notes
Focusrite publishes no EIN for the Vocaster line - the one number that would say how clean those 70 dB actually are. Gain range and noise are different questions, and only the first is answered here.
Gain staging
70 dB is the most gain in this price class and it exists for one reason: dynamic broadcast microphones. An SM7B or RE20 at podcast distance sits comfortably inside that range with headroom left over.
Production Warning
48 kHz is the only sample rate. For a podcast box that is a deliberate choice, not a limitation, but it rules the Vocaster out as a general-purpose music interface.
Setups using this gear
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~60% retained value).