Make The Best Recordings
- Eight natural-sounding Scarlett mic preamps
- Eight balanced line inputs
- Focusrite precision A-D conversion up to sample rates of 192kHz
- Dual front-panel instrument inputs
The Sound Of Scarlett - And More Of It
Scarlett OctoPre gives you eight additional inputs. It's the ideal way to expand your Scarlett – or any other interface with an ADAT input.
Eight Scarlett Mic Preamps
Scarlett OctoPre features eight Scarlett mic inputs – balanced line inputs too – all running through Focusrite precision 24-bit conversion at up to 192kHz resolution with 109dB dynamic range.
Dual Front-Panel Instrument Inputs
Two high-headroom instrument inputs will handle high output guitar pickups and are right there on the front panel for easy access.
Plenty Of Headroom. Pads For The Most Extreme Inputs
With high-headroom inputs and a pad on every channel, Scarlett OctoPre is ideal for tracking drums as well guitars, keyboards, vocals – and more.
Outputs For Live Or Standalone Use
Eight balanced line outputs, sourced directly from the inputs, allow Scarlett OctoPre to be used in a live situation whilst capturing the recording via the digital ADAT output.
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OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CUSTOMERS
Wherever you happen to be in the world, you can rely on our three-year warranty if any Focusrite hardware needs repairing or replacing due to a manufacturing fault.
What's In The Box
- Scarlett OctoPre
- Power Cable
- Focusrite – Red Plug-in Suite: accurately models our classic Red 2 equaliser and Red 3 compressor
- Softube – Time and Tone Bundle: four of Softube's world-class reverb, delay, mastering and distortion plug-ins
HITMAKER EXPANSION
Create studio quality vocals, powerful guitars, luscious keys and huge drums, then mix and master with iconic Focusrite studio hardware – all in the box. Every new Scarlett 3rd Gen, Clarett and Red interface comes with an unbeatable range of tried-and-tested studio tools from some of the biggest names in the business.
Hitmaker Expansion – available with every newly registered interface – is built to get you creating records immediately. These are all the plug-ins you need to write, produce, mix and master your music in studio quality.
Hitmaker Expansion features exclusive content from legendary Auto-Tune® creators Antares®, along with Brainworx®, Softube®, XLN Audio®, Relab and more.
Specifications in detail
We always quote 'real world' performance figures (measured to the AES17 standard).
Supported Sample Rates
44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
Microphone Inputs
- Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz +0.5/-1.5dB
- Dynamic Range 109 dB (A-Weighted)
- THD+N <0.001%
- Noise EIN -127 dBu
- Maximum input level (without pad) +8 dBu
- Maximum input level (with pad) +16 dBu
- Gain Range 50 dB
- Input Impedance 3 kΩ
Line Inputs
- Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz +0.5/-1.5dB
- Dynamic Range 109 dB (A-Weighted)
- THD+N <0.002%
- Maximum input level +22 dBu
- Gain Range 50 dB
- Input Impedance 49 kΩ
Instrument Inputs
- Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz +0.5/-1.5dB
- Dynamic Range 108 dB (A-Weighted):
- THD+N <0.01%
- Maximum input level +13 dBu
- Gain Range 50 dB
- Input Impedance 1 MΩ
Line Outputs
- Maximum Output Level (0 dBFS)+16dBu @ 0dBFS, or >21dBu where ADAT output is not used
- THD+N <0.001%
- Ouput Impedance 136 Ω (Balanced) - for units with serial number ≤ W860083007515, 576 Ω (Balanced) - for units with serial number > W860083007515