Focusrite

Say „Focusrite" and you think Scarlett — the world's most popular audio interface, found in virtually every home studio. Yet the company started under very different circumstances: in 1985, legendary console designer Rupert Neve was commissioned by Sir George Martin (the Beatles' producer) to design a „no-compromise" microphone preamp and EQ for the console at AIR Studios in Montserrat. The result was the ISA 110 module (Input Signal Amplifier) — a transformer-coupled preamp paired with an EQ and a musical compressor, which immediately set a new benchmark for clarity. When Phil Dudderidge (today Focusrite's Executive Chairman) acquired the company in 1989, Neve left to later found his own company in Texas — but the ISA philosophy remained the brand's foundation. At the heart of the ISA circuit is the Lundahl LL1538 transformer — the exact same component the company has used in its preamps for four decades, still prized for its open, uncolored sound. In 1993, that same circuit found its way into the more affordable Red Range, and from there into today's fully digital products: the Clarett (Thunderbolt) interfaces and the RedNet Audio-over-IP line, built on the Dante protocol, in which Focusrite was one of the first studio manufacturers on the market. At Wired Tunes we carry the full Focusrite lineup — from the budget-friendly yet reference-quality Scarlett interfaces (including the anniversary-edition Scarlett 2i2 in the classic ISA-blue chassis), to the multichannel Clarett range, to the classic ISA One and ISA 828 MkII preamps. It's a brand for everyone — from the home producer recording their first podcast to the engineer working on gear whose lineage began alongside the Beatles.