To record onto the track, 'record enable' the track by clicking 'R':Įnsure the gain dial for the input you are connected to on the Scarlett is turned up so that the light around the gain dial lights up green when you play your guitar/speak into the microphone. To listen to your incoming audio - turn on 'Input Monitoring' on the track by clicking 'I': If connected to input 2, change the track in Logic to input 2: If you have your microphone, guitar, bass etc connected to input 1 of the Scarlett, ensure the track is set to record of input 1. This will place a new mono audio track into the project. Set the Scarlett as both the input and output device:Ĭreate a new audio track by going to the 'Track' tab (across the top of the screen) > 'Insert new audio track'. Open a new or existing project and navigate to 'Logic Pro X' > 'Preferences' > 'Audio'.

The steps below will guide you through how to set up your Scarlett with Logic:Ĭonnect your Scarlett to your Mac's USB port using the supplied cable and open up Logic Pro X. When you are happy with the settings hit start to render.Īs you're using a Mac, you don't need to install a driver. This will then bring up the rendering window where you can choose what you are exporting and other details: From here you'll be asked to choose a name for the file as well as it's location. You can then export this by going to 'File' > 'Export' and selecting the desired format (we would recommend WAV unless you have a reason to choose something else). With these settings you can then press Record and Play to record your audio which will appear as a waveform once recorded: To get input from a microphone, go to an insert channel and select the input as the appropriate input: Bradford Cox Audio Engineering 1 & Audio for Video of 6 AE1Lab02cMicSetup. A professional practices until they can’t it wrong. Make sure the output is set to Focusrite (in this case we are using Output 1 and 2). Pro Tools I/O & Microphone Setup An amateur practices until they get it right. Go to the mixer window ('View' > 'Mixer') and click on the master channel. You can change the buffer size from the ASIO Control Panel, which you can open by clicking 'Show ASIO Panel'. You'll also need to set 'Playback tracking' to either 'Hybrid' or 'Mixer'.

Open the 'Options' menu, go to 'Audio Settings' and set the device to 'Focusrite USB ASIO'. If it isn't already, right click it and select 'Set as Default Device'. In the 'Playback' and 'Recording' tabs, make sure the Focusrite/Scarlett option is selected as the default device. Once you have installed the driver go to your computer's 'Control Panel' > 'Sound' option.

The steps below will guide you through how to set up your Scarlett with FL Studio:

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