#EXTERNAL USB AUDIO INTERFACE DRIVERS#
#EXTERNAL USB AUDIO INTERFACE DRIVER#

The DI input is a high headroom input for guitar or bass. It has a great preamp that has been upgraded over previous models as well as an excellent DI for your instruments. And, that’s exactly what you get with the third generation of the Focusrite Scarlett Solo. It needs to be easy to use, to perform well, preferably have phantom power and not be too expensive. If you are new to recording at home or are setting up your first home studio, your first audio interface is very important.

Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interfaceġ Focusrite Scarlett Solo (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface.

Tascam US-16×08 Rackmount USB Audio/MIDI Interface.

Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface.

M-Audio AIR 192|6 – 2-In 2-Out USB Audio / MIDI Interface.

PreSonus AudioBox USB 96 2×2 USB Audio Interface.

Steinberg UR22MKII 2-Channel USB Interface.

Universal Audio Apollo Twin High-Resolution USB Interface.

Focusrite Scarlett Solo (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface.

If you have the same issue, it will be immediately apparent - the difference in sound quality is massive. All you need is a USB mic, and another laptop to compare the recorded sound to. I would be very interested if other 9300/9500/9700 owners could confirm the problem. Again, hard to fathom given it renders the laptop useless for any recording work, so maybe it is something specific to my two machines that can hopefully be fixed but my hope is fading. I'm reluctantly leaning towards the conclusion it's something fundamentally wrong with the design or implementation of the XPS 9500 (and I assume the 93). I disabled Smart Sound (it's not an app, but you can find it under system drivers) and it made no difference. I don't have a powered USB hub, but like you said, that's a long shot anyway - especially since these USB C ports on the Dell should be supplying MORE power than the mic needs, and I don't have these issues via USB adapter on other laptops. I don't have these standalone USB-Mics yall are using, but I do have some 'gaming class' USB headsets.

I think my XPS-13 (9300) is same chipset as your 9500 and the other owner's 9700, but that would have to be verified.

#EXTERNAL USB AUDIO INTERFACE DRIVERS#

ISO, and load only Windows-10 drivers from Windows-Update ? (no manually installed drivers from Dell, Nvidia, Intel, etc.) Can you erase one of them, clean-install from Windows-10. Notice the machine in other thread is also a new model (but I think similar circuits, chipset, and drivers).īe sure your XPS-15 (9500) has the latest BIOS. Right, doesn't sound like a isolated malfunction, rather a compatibility problem. So, how close (motherboard and chipset) are these other computers to your XPS models?Ĥ. They are inexpensive, everyone needs one, and this way, Dell gets to more-determine which model customers use initially.Ģ. During beta-testing I suggested that Dell start including one. Good to see that Dell is including a basic adapter. If it were just one 9500 I'd assume an issue with that machine, but it's both.ġ. And of course, made sure the USB mic is actually being used, and not the internal mic.Ĥ.

#EXTERNAL USB AUDIO INTERFACE DRIVER#

I've also verified USB driver version is the same across the dell and non-dell machines. Moreover, using the same mic with the same adapters on my Surface and Lenovo laptops works perfectly. and a third party adapter and the problem is identical.

I am using adapters - I tried this with both the included XPS usb A/hdmi adapterĢ.

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