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When I first opened the box and pulled out the interface, the first thing I know noticed besides it's beautiful red color is the weight it has. It feels as if it's built from very durable material when you pick it up. It doesn't come with a thunderbolt cord so I had to pick one up. After plugging it into my mac, I downloaded the focusrite software to control the functionality of the device. The software which focusrite provided is my only complaint, I feel like the software should be optional and they could of created a button for the air mode instead of relying strictly on a program for the device to work. When it was time to record, I turned on my phantom power and expected to get the best out of my Neumann tlm 102. It sounds clean from the second you plug it in. After doing a few test, I decided it was time to try the "air" mode. I read many reviews about this particular device before making my actual purchase, many reviews stated that the air mode took the device to another level. When I tried the vocal out on my mic, the sound was crystal clear, you could clearly hear whatever sound I made while recording vocals. I know this model is based off another focusrite pre-amp. Overall I WOULD give focusrite 5 stars because the device is amazing! But personally I could do without the software. I the 2pre and I'm recording mainly vocals so there was much of a need to control buses through focusrite's software.

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Absolutely awesome. Thunderbolt is extra speedy. Only my issue that I have is that you can't have independent headphone control. It's linked to the 2nd outputs on the on the back of the 2pre. I have to turn off my monitors while I'm recording. Not really huge, but a bit annoying. Other than that great interface

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