30 Jul
2024
30 Jul
'24
12:16 a.m.
I just unboxed a Forcusrite Scarlett Solo
I am very dissatisfied. Before I even turn it on there are serious problems. Do not buy
this, unless you familiar with the actual device
There is no documentation supplied
The labeling of the box is woeful. No little indication which is high-z input
Some ambiguous switches on panel ("air" WTF?)
The mic input is on the back where it is less useful
The promised software is not in the box (mēh!)
Very disappointed in it. Not well thought through in its design, presentation or
packaging
Worik
30 Jul
30 Jul
6:45 p.m.
On 29/07/2024 23:16, Worik wrote:
I just unboxed a Forcusrite Scarlett Solo
I am very dissatisfied. Before I even turn it on there are serious
problems. Do
not buy this, unless you familiar with the actual device
There is no documentation supplied
The labeling of the box is woeful. No little indication which is
high-z input
Some ambiguous switches on panel ("air"
WTF?)
The mic input is on the back where it is less useful
The promised software is not in the box (mēh!)
Very disappointed in it. Not well thought through in its design,
presentation or
packaging
Worik
I have a 3rd gen. Solo. Mine came with a leaflet. As your mic input is
on the back, I assume you have the 4th gen. The manual can be downloaded
here:
https://downloads.focusrite.com/focusrite/scarlett-4th-gen/scarlett-solo-4t…
The "Inst" button switches between instrument and line level input.
The "Air" button enables some classic pre-amp emulation.
The device, as new, can be mounted like a USB storage device - this is
how you access the bundled software. This mode can be disabled later.
HTH,
~g
6:48 p.m.
On 29/07/2024 23:16, Worik wrote:
I just unboxed a Forcusrite Scarlett Solo
I am very dissatisfied. Before I even turn it on there are serious
problems. Do
not buy this, unless you familiar with the actual device
There is no documentation supplied
The labeling of the box is woeful. No little indication which is
high-z input
Some ambiguous switches on panel ("air"
WTF?)
The mic input is on the back where it is less useful
The promised software is not in the box (mēh!)
Very disappointed in it. Not well thought through in its design,
presentation or
packaging
Worik
I have a 3rd gen. Solo. Mine came with a leaflet. As your mic input is
on the back, I assume you have the 4th gen. The manual can be downloaded
here:
https://downloads.focusrite.com/focusrite/scarlett-4th-gen/scarlett-solo-4t…
The "Inst" button switches between instrument and line level input.
The "Air" button enables some classic pre-amp emulation.
The device, as new, can be mounted like a USB storage device - this is
how you access the bundled software. This mode can be disabled later.
HTH,
~g
31 Jul
31 Jul
12:30 p.m.
On 30.07.24 18:48, GarryO wrote:
On 29/07/2024 23:16, Worik wrote:
I am using the 3rd gen a lot with Raspberry Pi 4B, and I am very
satisfied with the device (especially with the delay performance, it was
the best from all tested devices).
However, I noticed that the driver in the 6.X kernel is much less
reliable than the one in the 5.4 kernel (distorted sound, with some
samples in every buffer set to zero or random values). Increasing the
buffer size or number of fragments does not really help. Sometimes it
works well, but until now I could not find any pattern in it. I never
experienced this with the 5.4 kernel.
My guess is that this problem is related to the delay optimizations of
the USB driver in the 6.X kernel.
Best,
Giso
I just unboxed a Forcusrite Scarlett Solo
I am very dissatisfied. Before I even turn it on there are serious
problems. Do
not buy this, unless you familiar with the actual device
There is no documentation supplied
The labeling of the box is woeful. No little indication which is
high-z input
Some ambiguous switches on panel ("air"
WTF?)
The mic input is on the back where it is less useful
The promised software is not in the box (mēh!)
Very disappointed in it. Not well thought through in its design,
presentation or
packaging
Worik
I have a 3rd gen. Solo. Mine came with a leaflet. As your mic input is
on the back, I assume you have the 4th gen. The manual can be downloaded
here:
https://downloads.focusrite.com/focusrite/scarlett-4th-gen/scarlett-solo-4t…
The "Inst" button switches between instrument and line level input.
The "Air" button enables some classic pre-amp emulation.
The device, as new, can be mounted like a USB storage device - this is
how you access the bundled software. This mode can be disabled later.
HTH,
~g
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2:35 p.m.
I had some problems with random distortion too at first, but choosing a
USB socket that allowed the Focusrite to be the only device on a
particular USB bus solved that. (using lsusb command).
This is on a desktop system with 6.7 kernel, many USB sockets!
~g
1 Aug
1 Aug
6:04 a.m.
On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 5:30:05 AM CDT Giso Grimm wrote:
However, I noticed that the driver in the 6.X kernel
is much less
reliable than the one in the 5.4 kernel (distorted sound, with some
samples in every buffer set to zero or random values). Increasing the
buffer size or number of fragments does not really help.
Is that problem just with ARM processors like Rasberry Pi, or does it affect
x86_64 as well? This is the standard snd-usb driver used for essentially
every audio device these days? Seems surprising that would go unnoticed and
unfixed for so long.
--
Chris Caudle
12 Aug
12 Aug
12:53 p.m.
On 8/1/24 06:04, Chris Caudle wrote:
Is that problem just with ARM processors like Rasberry
Pi, or does it affect
x86_64 as well? This is the standard snd-usb driver used for essentially
every audio device these days? Seems surprising that would go unnoticed and
unfixed for so long.
In my case it affects x86_64 as well, see
https://autostatic.com/2024/02/01/new-notebook-the-verdict/
So check your kernel ring buffer and if there are any warnings with
lower latencies try enabling implicit feedback.
Jeremy
2:42 p.m.
On 01.08.24 06:04, Chris Caudle wrote:
On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 5:30:05 AM CDT Giso Grimm
wrote:
Until now I tried only on Raspberry Pi (both 32 and 64 Bit versions,
with 4B). On the same Raspberry + OS version where I have problems with
the Focusrite Scarlett solo 3rd gen it works perfectly fine with other
sound cards (e.g., EVO16 24-channel device, which does not really work
on Raspberry Pi with the 5.4 kernel). Therefore I am not sure if is
really a general problem in the driver or just a corner case with this
specific audio device + kernel + Raspberry Pi 4B combination.
I will also try on x86_64 with the 6.X kernel, and on Raspberry Pi 5 (I
think there it works).
Best
Giso
However, I noticed that the driver in the 6.X
kernel is much less
reliable than the one in the 5.4 kernel (distorted sound, with some
samples in every buffer set to zero or random values). Increasing the
buffer size or number of fragments does not really help.
Is that problem just with ARM processors like Rasberry Pi, or does it affect
x86_64 as well? This is the standard snd-usb driver used for essentially
every audio device these days? Seems surprising that would go unnoticed and
unfixed for so long.
26 Aug
26 Aug
6:14 a.m.
https://fael-downloads-prod.focusrite.com/customer/prod/s3fs-public/downloa…
Il giorno mar 30 lug 2024 alle ore 00:17 Worik <root(a)worik.org> ha scritto:
I just unboxed a Forcusrite Scarlett Solo
I am very dissatisfied. Before I even turn it on there are serious
problems. Do not buy this, unless you familiar with the actual device
There is no documentation supplied
The labeling of the box is woeful. No little indication which is high-z
input
Some ambiguous switches on panel ("air" WTF?)
The mic input is on the back where it is less useful
The promised software is not in the box (mēh!)
Very disappointed in it. Not well thought through in its design,
presentation or packaging
Worik
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