Focusrite Vocaster One

Korzystam już z niego od miesiąca - bardzo dobry interfejs.
Mimo, że jest bardzo prosty w obsłudze jeszcze ani razu mnie nie zawiódł. Małe, poręczne urządzenie - można zabrać je wszędzie. Dźwięk, który wypuszcza do komputera jest bardzo dobrej jakości, pozbawiony szumów - wraz z nim otrzymujemy dostęp do Vocaster Hub, gdzie możemy ustawić jak urządzenie będzie edytowało nagrywany dźwięk w czasie rzeczywistym. Interfejs ten udostępnia również opcję odsłuchiwania nagrywanego dźwięku w czasie rzeczywistym, podłączenie telefonu i nagrywanie dźwięku z telefonu. Vocaster posiada również zasilanie 48V Phantom dzięki czemu mogę korzystać z mojego mikrofonu pojemnościowego AKG P120 i brzmi niesamowicie. Bardzo polecam ten interfejs, z pewnością zadowoli każdego podcastera. Ma bardzo design-erską obudowę, dzięki czemu świetnie prezentuje się na biurku.
Bardzo polecam, udany zakup

Nearly perfect interface for anyone recording voice. It can drive Shure sm7b altho its still not perfect i would recommend external booster for untreated rooms and ppl with quite voice. It can power Beyerdynamics dt990Pro 250ohm with 0 noise and that was quite crazy for me especially looking at the price. The loudness on dt990Pro is over the top now i can hear every little thing in a song that i couldn't before on external audio card.

BUT It has big issue that i hope they fix with patch or something. Voice monitoring is always active and there is no way to disable it, so for stuff like discord u have to get used to it that you hear ur voice and stuff in ur room.

I'll compare the unit to the Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen that I've been using for years and was interested to replace with the Vocaster One, especially given its currently discounted price point (<50€). My main use cases is video conferencing, which seems to be closer to the advertised focus of the Vocaster line than the Scarlett line.

Build quality and basic functionality are great. It's a solid device. I basically got it working by plug & play alone, even on Linux. The physical buttons are well designed. I also liked having the XLR input on the back of the device, which allows me to hide one more cable on the desk. I've missed a mute on the Scarlett 2i2, so that one's nice to have.

For firmware updates and software-only settings, I need to connect to a Windows PC or Mac. That's disappointing, but as advertised.

The size of the device is puzzlingly large for the controls it has, but then again it handles well; all user-facing controls are big and clearly separate from each other. I can see operating it while recording yourself, more so than with the Scarlett.

My colleagues reported lower gain than they've become used to from my setup, and lower quality after I increased gain further. I did not spend much time optimizing the setup for reasons to follow, so take that with a grain of salt.

On the other hand, much to my annoyance, some features can not be controlled without their companion software (e.g. switching enhance modes, or muting individual inputs), 3rd-party software (e.g. _not_ mixing computer sound into the microphone audio), or not at all (turning off direct monitor; different gain for headphones and speakers).
Unfortunately, these limitations are deal-breakers for my use case.

Compared to the 2i2 that I have (which has a similar MSRP and _smaller_ physical size), the Vocaster One seems to provide little flexibility. If you do not want to use it solely for its poster use-case -- recording yourself for podcasts or videos -- you should probably stay away. For video conferencing, at least, the device is not suitable, at all.