The Focusrite Clarett+ OctoPre is the eight-channel ADAT preamp for both the aspiring and established engineer. Eight high headroom, low noise, and low distortion Clarett+ preamps — featuring All-analogue Air with relay-controlled circuitry — capture drums, vocals, and acoustic instruments with superb clarity. Two JFET instrument inputs capture the true characteristics of guitars, just like plugging into an amp.

Main features of the Focusrite Clarett+ OctoPre include:

• Premium full size keybed 88 premium semi-weighted keys and 16 velocity-sensitive pads allow you to play with feeling
• Seamless DAW Integration Deep integration across all leading DAWs with immediate access to all the controls you need
• Powerful arpeggiator with Strum Mode Take your music to new melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic places and unlock more creative ideas
• Creative Scale and Chord Modes Three chord modes (fixed, scale and user) let you trigger chords with one finger
• Play anything Use Custom Modes and the MIDI output to take control of your favourite synths and hardware

High-quality A-D/D-A converters brings audio clarity to studio tracking sessions with high dynamic range, ultra-low noise, and ultra-low distortion. Exceptional D-A conversion ensures that audio quality is preserved when sending audio to analogue compressors, EQs, and effects. Add Clarett+ OctoPre to a 2Pre, 4Pre or 8Pre to expand your I/O easily and consistently via ADAT, so that you can record a whole band together while maintaining analogue purity and clarity as well as bringing the classic Focusrite Studio Console sound to your recordings.

Enjoy three years of warranty
Wherever you happen to be in the world, you can rely on a three-year warranty if any Focusrite hardware needs repairing or replacing due to a manufacturing fault.

Hitmaker Expansion included
Brainworx® Bx_console Focusrite SC
The preamps that made Focusrite what we are today to your music. No other plug-in offers the unique character of the iconic large format console, with ISA 110 preamps – the origin of the famous ‘Air’ we still hear on Focusrite interfaces today. Bx_console Focusrite SC is a full channel strip, offering EQ, de-esser, compressor, limiter, gate and expander.

Brainworx® bx_masterdesk
Get your record release-ready with the high-end analogue mastering system. Bringing a smooth and simple workflow to the art of mastering, allowing anyone, from first time-producer to industry pro to get studio-quality results quickly and effortlessly.

Brainworx® bx_oberhausen
The fully-analogue-modelled replica of a classic American polysynth. Bx_oberhausen is a component-by-component reproduction of an icon. With 32 voices, this digital model is capable of twice the count of today’s most valuable all-analogue synths – for lush chords and huge unison.

Focusrite Red 2 & 3 Plug-in Suite
Featuring a pair of meticulously captured digital models of the truly iconic EQ and Compressors which have made the Focusrite name a staple in world-class facilities across the globe. If you’ve kept up with major releases over the last 30 years, you’ve heard Red 2 and 3.

Antares® Auto-Tune® Access
For everything from natural sounding, near-real-time pitch adjustment for getting the best vocal takes, to lightning-fast Hip-hop-inspired pitching for adding a whole new sound to your tracks.

Relab LX480 Essentials
Get four reverbs, modelled on The Hit Factory NYC’s reverb unit, and used on countless hits. LX480 Essentials gives you the sounds of a studio which has played host to names from Springsteen, the Stones and Kool and the Gang, to The Weeknd, Pharell, Katy Perry, and everyone in between.
Softube® Marshall® Silver Jubilee 2555
The modern evolution of the iconic JCM800, brought to you by analogue-modelling experts Softube®. The Silver Jubilee offers everything from warm cleans, through classic crunch, and up to modern high gain tube amp sounds.

XLN Audio® Addictive Keys
Add beautifully captured piano to your tracks with the choice of one of four professional-sounding models from Steinway®, Yamaha® and the classic Rhodes®. Plug in your MIDI controller and play; instantly be transported to a professional recording studio set up to capture one of these beautiful pianos – right from your studio.

XLN Audio® Addictive Drums 2: Studio Rock
Add the sounds of a pro drummer to your songs easily. Featuring expertly captured samples from a high-end Tama® and Pearl® drums, and Paiste® and Sabian® cymbals, recorded at Decibel Studios in Stockholm.

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Get the classic Focusrite sound with All-analogue Air
Get closer to the origins of Focusrite with premium, relay-controlled analogue circuitry on every preamp that emulates the classic Focusrite ISA 110, as featured on the original Focusrite Studio Console. When Air is engaged it switches the impedance to 2.2kΩ and adds two cumulative high shelves, totalling a 4dB boost in the high frequencies.
 
Capture the truest version of your sound with Clarett+ Mic Pre  
Achieve clear recordings in any session. With 118dB of dynamic range and 129dBu EIN, the natural sound of source signals is preserved. The fully balanced signal path ensures inbound signals are clean and with ultra-low noise — giving sessions the professional Focusrite sound.
 
Stay plugged in with inserts on every channel
Clarett+ OctoPre’s eight dedicated channel inserts allow you to track through your favourite outboard and capture its true character. Easily add analogue equipment to the signal path with our flexible insert design.
 
Clear, accurate multi-tracking with improved A-D converters  
Multi-track with confidence and handle any recording session. Offering ultra-low noise and ultra-low distortion, Clarett+ OctoPre’s A-D conversion combined with the powerful preamps give professional-sounding tracks ready for mixing.  
 
Preserve your signature style with improved D-A converters  
Clarett+ OctoPre’s exceptional D-A conversion allows engineers to easily process audio in their signature style, confident that audio quality is preserved when sending audio to analogue compressors, EQs, and effects. Connect Clarett+ OctoPre to a Clarett+ 8Pre via ADAT and send 16 channels to a mixer.
 
Premium-quality audio over ADAT  
Add Clarett+ OctoPre to a 2Pre, 4Pre or 8Pre to expand your I/O easily and consistently via ADAT. Non-Clarett+ users can upgrade to a professional standard and bring the classic Focusrite sound to their recordings by connecting to an ADAT-enabled interface, benefitting from the premium quality offered by Clarett+ OctoPre.  
 
Preserve the natural tone of your guitar  
Capture the true characteristics of guitars with Clarett+ OctoPre’s JFET guitar inputs. Wide input bandwidth retains the purity of high frequencies and feels like you are plugging straight into an amp.

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Mic Inputs

Frequency Response 20-20kHz: ± < 0.03dB

Frequency Response 20-35kHz: ± < 0.15dB

Dynamic Range (min gain): 118dB

THD+N (-1dBFS, +20dB gain): -110dB

Noise EIN: -129dBu

Max input level: 18dBu

Gain range: +57dB

Line Inputs (Variable)

Frequency Response 20-20kHz: ± < 0.05dB

Frequency Response 20-35kHz: ± < 0.15dB

Dynamic Range (min gain): 118dB

THD+N (-1dBFS, min gain): -100dB

Max input level: 26dBu

Gain range: +57dB

Instrument Inputs

Frequency Response 20-20kHz: ± < 0.04dB

Frequency Response 20-35kHz: ± < 0.15dB

Dynamic Range: 116dB

THD+N (-1dBFS, min gain): -96.5dB

Max input level: 15dBu

Gain range: +57dB

Line & Mon Outputs

Frequency Response 20-20kHz: ± < 0.02dB

Frequency Response 20-35kHz: ± < 0.02dB

Dynamic Range: 124dB

Max Output level: 18dBu

THD+N: -106dB

Headphone Outputs

Frequency Response 20-20kHz: <0.06dB

Frequency Response 20-35kHz: <0.07dB

Dynamic Range: 118dB

THD+N: -104dB

Max Output level: 16dBu