User Manual

OVERVIEW

WARNING: Excessive sound pressure levels from earphones and headphones can cause

hearing loss.

WARNING: This equipment must only be connected to Thunderbolt™ ports.

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this Clarett 8PreX, one of the family of Focusrite professional

Thunderbolt™ audio interfaces incorporating newly-designed, high quality Clarett analogue

pre-ampliﬁers with the unique AIR function. In conjunction with the Focusrite Control application,

you now have a highly versatile and professional solution for routing high quality audio to and from

your computer recording system with extremely low latency.

You can also use the Clarett 8PreX as a “stand-alone” interface to any other type of recording device,

once you have conﬁgured it using Focusrite Control software.

This User Guide provides a detailed explanation of the hardware to help you achieve a thorough

understanding of the product’s operational features. We recommend that you take the time to read

through the Guide, whether you’re new to computer recording or a more experienced user, so that

you are fully aware of all the possibilities that the Clarett 8PreX has to offer.

If either of the Guides do not provide the information you need, be sure to consult

http://www.focusrite.com/answerbase, which contains a comprehensive collection of answers to

common technical support queries.

System Requirements

IMPORTANT: As well as this User Guide, you will need the Focusrite Control

Software Guide which can be downloaded from

http://uk.focusrite.com/downloads.

This contains full details of Focusrite Control, the software application that has been

designed speciﬁcally for use with the Focusrite Clarett range of interfaces.

IMPORTANT – Please visit the following link for up-to-date information on computer and

operating system compatibility for all Clarett products: