They are great sounding units once you get it figured out. I had to get them to send me their latest driver - it was newer than what was available at the time on their website.Ĭheck the ASIO settings in Reaper preferences window too - their are setting you have to make there as well. Make sure you are using the Focusrite ASIO not the generic one. I have a trouble ticket in with Focusrite and they will get back to me on Mon I'm sure.Īfter all this I'm sure I'm doing something really silly and obvious - I'll have to sheepishly come clean here. I deeply appreciate everyone's kind advice and willingness to help. This is a bit frustrating, not only that I can't play w my new toy, but this is usually the easiest part of an installation. The next thing I'll try is to get another computer in here and see if the problem stays the same, which points to a bad 18i8 or if it works with my laptop then my computer is wonky in some way. So I feel my driver is good, MixControl is good, reaper can see the AISO driver, but just can't communicate to the 18i8. When I unplug the USB cable, MixControl shrinks down to a window that says 'Hardware Can't Be Found.' You’ll find the products you own from all of our brands in one place, streamlined to get you what you need, as fast as possible, with a single sign-on for all. I do have communication with Mix Control, a screenshot of that confirmation is attached to this post. We are a family of brands, all committed to removing barriers to creativity. Man, great suggestion! Thanks (thanks also go Goldreap) That will tell you the problem is most likely with the drivers and/or the hardware, and not with Reaper, if that does not work. for application developers as well as changes in drivers that can be made to support low latency audio. I would see if you have control of the scarlet through mix control, by trying to route from the mic input (or any input) to the outputs. 06GHz dual, 12GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. I have a Scarlett 18i8 as well and never hand any trouble with it. Having said all that isn't Focusrite one of the ones where you have to install driver and mix control in a specific order and turn the soundcard on and off as part of that install? I still wonder what you see when you click on the 'ASIO Configuration' button in Reaper Device settings and if you click on the little down arrow to the side of the 'input' box on the devices page is there anything there? - just wonder if it is blank because you havn't selected anything yet - the list is maybe below the blank space you currently see. I eventually got it back to the default Mix control settings and everything was ok. Of course, nothing worked, then when I did install it I messed about with the settings without knowing what I was doing. I asked about Mix control because I naively thought 'what do I need a mixer for, I have one in Reaper'.

It didn't like a powered hub extension and certainly not one of the front-of-case slots.

I have a 8i6 and I remember it was a bit fussy about which USB port I used it in.

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