The heart of your setup. High channel count. Professional quality audio. Pro features, including talkback mic and speaker switching. 18i20 makes any space a studio. The eight 3rd Generation Scarlett mic preamps sound great, with enough IO to record a full band straight out of the box. Air mode recreates the legendary effect of Focusrite's ISA mic pres and makes vocals and guitars shine. The high-impedance, high-headroom instrument inputs are great for recording guitar or bass without clipping. Ten balanced outputs, with Anti Thump speaker switching, are hum-free for pristine monitoring and are ideal as FX sends. Two powerful headphone outputs with individual level controls let you monitor, mix and master however you want.
Had these for over a month now and they're my first Focusrite gear. The preamps so far has been clean and you can hear the difference when the Air mode has been activated. Comes with some additional free software to get you going. For the price this is a steal.