Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen: The Ultimate Audio Interface for Music Creators

Recording Made Easy with the New Scarlett Solo

The Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen is designed to make recording and releasing your music easier than ever before. Perfectly engineered for today’s music creators, simply plug in, record, and produce ready-to-go tracks with the best sound quality you’ve ever had. Connect your microphone to the detailed Scarlett preamp, and it will sound great right away. Plug your guitar into the high-headroom Hi-Z instrument input, and it will feel like playing through an amp. The top-class converters with a huge 120 dB dynamic range deliver studio-quality sound, ensuring your music shines in any setting.

Key Features of the Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen

Legendary Scarlett Microphone Preamp

The Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen comes equipped with a classic Scarlett microphone preamp, designed to capture every nuance of your performance. Whether you’re recording delicate vocals or loud guitars, this preamp provides clear, rich detail to everything you record.

Hi-Z Instrument Input for Amp-Like Sound

The Hi-Z instrument input on the Scarlett Solo makes guitars sound amazing. Electro-acoustic guitars come through with power and detail, while electric guitars connect seamlessly to your favorite amp simulators.

Dynamic Halo Indicators

Scarlett’s dynamic halo indicators make setting levels quick and easy, so you always get great recordings. If you see red, just dial it back to green, and you’re good to go.

Redesigned Air Mode

For standout lead vocals and instrument tracks, the redesigned Air mode adds a unique character to your sound, pushing it to the front of the mix. This mode enhances brilliance and adds rich harmonics, emulating the sound of a classic large studio console. Trust us—you’ll never want to record without it.

Hitmaker Expansion

Start working with Ableton Live Lite or Pro Tools Artist (both included), and the Hitmaker Expansion pack offers everything you need to give your tracks a huge, studio-quality sound. This pack includes an unbeatable range of studio tools from industry-leading names.

What’s Included

• Ableton Live Lite: The iconic DAW provides everything you need to start— instruments, effects, and Live’s signature clip and scene launching for developing ideas or performing live.
• Three-Month Subscription to Avid® Pro Tools® Artist with Complete Plugin Bundle: A three-month subscription to Avid Pro Tools Artist and Avid Complete Plugin Bundle with 25% off Avid Pro Tools Artist after the subscription period or 33% off Avid Pro Tools Studio.
• Splice Sounds: A three-month membership to Splice Sounds for new Splice accounts—offering millions of high-quality, royalty-free one-shots, loops, and presets with new releases daily.
• Hitmaker Expansion: This includes Antares® Auto-Tune® Access, Softube® Marshall® Silver Jubilee 2555, Native Instruments® MASSIVE, XLN Audio® Addictive Keys, Addictive Drums 2: Studio Rock, Relab LX480 Essentials, Sonnox VoxDoubler, Brainworx® Bx_console Focusrite SC, and Focusrite Red 2 & 3 Plug-in Suite.

Specifications for the Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen

• Number of Microphone Preamps: 1
• Phantom Power: Yes
• Instrument Inputs: 1
• Line Inputs: 1
• Air Mode: Yes
• Line Outputs: 2
• Headphone Outputs: 1
• Loopback: Yes
• Connectivity: USB Type-C
• Protocol: USB 2.0
• Simultaneous I/O: 4 x 2 (including Loopback inputs)
• Bus Power: Yes (900mA)
• Supported Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz

Input Specifications

Microphone Inputs:

• Frequency Response: 20-20kHz ± 0.06dB
• Dynamic Range: 113dB (A-Weighted)
• THD+: -100dB at minimum gain
• Noise EIN: -127dBu (A-Weighted)
• Maximum Input Level: 9.5 dBu
• Gain Range: 57dB
• Impedance: 3kΩ

Line Inputs:

• Frequency Response: 20-20kHz ± 0.05dB
• Dynamic Range: 113dB (A-Weighted)
• THD+N: -100dB at minimum gain
• Maximum Input Level: 22dBu
• Gain Range: 57dB
• Impedance: 60kΩ

Instrument Inputs:

• Frequency Response: 20-20kHz ± 0.15dB
• Dynamic Range: 112dB (A-Weighted)
• THD+N: -80dB at minimum gain
• Maximum Input Level: 12dBu
• Gain Range: 57dB
• Impedance: 1MΩ

Output Specifications

Line Outputs (Balanced):

• Frequency Response: 20-20kHz ± 0.02dB
• Dynamic Range: 120dB
• THD+N: -109dB
• Maximum Output Level: 16dBu
• Impedance: 200Ω

Headphone Outputs:

• Frequency Response: 20-20kHz ± 0.1dB @ 33Ω / 300Ω
• Dynamic Range: 112dB @ 33Ω; 115dB @ 300Ω
• THD+N: -97dB @ 33Ω; -102dB @ 300Ω
• Maximum Output Level: 2.5dBu at 33Ω; 10dBu at 300Ω
• Maximum Output Power: 32mW at 33Ω; 22mW at 300Ω
• Impedance: 50Ω

A/D Converter

• THD+N: -110dB
• Dynamic Range: 120dB

D/A Converter

• THD+N: -115dB
• Dynamic Range: 130dB (A-Weighted)

Software Compatibility

The Scarlett Solo is class-compliant, so it will work with any modern Mac, Windows PC, or USB-C iPad.

Power Requirements

• USB-3.0 Bus Power 5V @ 900mA 4.5W
• External Power Supply (not included): 5V @ 1000mA