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3 stars for me. Started to hear a buzzing noise about 2 months after purchase. Thought is was coming from speaker cables. Changed cables and still heard buzzing. Noise went away for a quick moment and went to chain, external mic pre, compressor, and then to audio interface and the buzzing came back. I would love to trade this in and buy something else from Focusrite. I have used focusrite for over 15 years and had no issues until this unit. I do believe that Focusrite has a great design here but I have way too much gear and need a dedicated source along with my Mytek converters. Looking for a new interface.

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My first impression hooking up this interface. Wow. The kit is very well done, from the hardware, firmware and software. There is a standard AC cord plug in the back and a power switch on the front. There are eight inputs with only two being instrument-capable inputs. You'll have to get a pre-amp or an additional Scarlett if you need more. I have a couple of stereo keyboards (GS e7, Yamaha reface) that eat up half my inputs. You can chain additional Scarletts together to act as one interface. Although I don't foresee a need to update the hardware, hopefully backward compatibility is considered for a (future) Gen 5. I had some difficulty getting enough gain on the Scarlett while keeping the noise down. Auto-gain feature is nice but I find it silly on this type of equipment, as any musician will manually adjust their gain how it is needed. In the end, I adjusted the pre-amp and ran the Scarlett gain 'warm'.The software and firmware updating is excellent. Needed an update out of the box, was quick. And within a week later another update was available and automatically applied with no fuss. Easy Peasy.