Focusrite Audio Monitor Coming In Left Ear Only

These are not standard headphones or ear buds. They are professional headphones for monitor live stream audio, etc. and do a great job. The audio quality is excellent! My only wish is that they were a little more comfortable for wearing for extended periods of time. I have a large head, so that may be the issue.

We use these to monitor audio out of the camera while we record. We aren't fans of on ear headphones so we wanted these because they are over the ear headphones. They are so comfortable and the only reason you know they're on your head is because of the noise isolation.

This is the first time I've used in-ear monitors and I didn't feel or hear a difference from my over head headphones. I like that these are discreet and are much easier to pack and travel with. When shooting hand-held doc footage I tend to have just one in one ear so that I can monitor the audio while still having a clear idea of what's going on around me. The biggest selling point to these is that I do not find the quality to be any different than my over ear headphones from Sony or Audio-technica. In the description these are marketed as being usable for regular listening to music. I definitely would not recommend these for that given that these are truly designed to monitor audio so they lack the bass that regular listening devices add - this is a good thing. In other words, it might sound weird if you intend to use these for regular listening to music. [I have received this product in exchange for my honest review]

I have used all types of lavaliers and for the price and ease of use, this one blows all of them away, Only drawback is there is no way to monitor the actual audio live, but if you set it up correctly, you'll have no issues. It has some great features like back-up audio while you record. Audio quality is very good and the interface is pretty self explanatory (read the manual once and you're good) and the price makes it easier to get more than one. instead of one very expensive lav, I'd choose more than one of this.

Maybe my right is to big but after a while I have to take it off because my ear gets sore. I can keep the left one on longer

is better than one plus ear buds. that one left side not working after use fews time .

I am very pleased with this Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 USB 2.0 Audio Interface (wnd Generation) I am getting clean audio sounds that I always dream to get from my equipment. However, I have finally bought the right equipment to give me that studio sound I was always looking for. Thank you B&H for your recommendation. Michael Rodriquez

After using a Focusrite audio interface for years, I recently purchased the MOTU M2 in the hopes of better compatibility with Resolve on Windows. In addition to being assembled in the USA, this unit sounds incredibly clear and has a lot more gain than my old red box.

Bought it to replace an old first-gen Focusrite solo, so far it's absolutely solid. Feels well built and looks fantastic imo. Drivers on Windows are stable and easy to use, and so far has worked flawlessly with Pro tools. The LED screen meters are really nice to have when recording or monitoring. Loopback functionality is a godsend for me, especially when conversing with clients via Zoom, I can easily route audio to them from my computer or Pro tools. I've only done simple foley and vocal recordings on it, so I can't really comment on the preamp's quality, but it works well for me. My only minor issue is that it can't quite drive my 600ohm DT880 headphones to the levels I need (which is unreasonable since it's USB powered and I need them very loud) but that's more of unrealistic expectations on my end. The unit has an RCA out for me to run my audio to an external headphone amp so no issues there. Overall a great entry level audio interface and perfect for my simple home workstation.

As most of you have noticed by now, it's extremely difficult to find software drivers in an audio interface that also work with 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound in Windows. Focusrite makes awesome drivers for Windows that work in both ASIO and WDM. I previously fought for over two years with an expensive Antelope Discreet 8 Synergy Core interface. Antelope's drivers on Windows are slow and unreliable AND they do not work in any way for 5.1 surround setups outside of the DAW. I consulted with the Antelope audio engineers and they said that their drivers will not work for 5.1 games or movies. I'm never buying another Antelope interface ever again! The Antelope hardware is great, but the drivers are garbage for Windows users. There's a night and day different between Antelope's drivers and Focusrite's drivers in Windows. The Focusrite Control software also searches and handles any firmware updates automatically. After you install the Focusrite Control drivers, in you Windows Sound options you can click on the Focusrite USB driver and get a Configure button at the bottom. Clicking on that Configure button takes you to the Speaker Configuration where you have the following choices: Stereo, Quadraphonic, 5.1 Surround, and 7.1 Surround. From there any games you play that have 5.1 surround like, Alien Isolation, Division 2, Tome Raider, etc. will work perfectly! Also movies going through my Cyberlink Power DVD software sound amazing! By the way, for my setup, I'm running the Scarlet 18i20 3rd Gen, two Adam A77Xs and three Adam A7Xs (looking to also get an Adam Sub8 in the near future). So if you are a 5.1 sound junky like I am, and you want your DAW, your games, and your movies to run through your audio interface with reliable drivers that just work in Windows... then you'll want to stick with Focusrite!