Physical Routing with the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20

The Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 has 18 inputs and 20 outputs.

Inputs

• 8 analog via the 8 microphone/line preamps
• 2 digital via S/PDIF
• 8 digital via ADAT at 44.1/48 kHz or 4 digital at 88.2/96 kHz

Outputs

• 10 analog via the 1/4-inch balanced outputs
• 2 digital via S/PDIF
• 8 digital via ADAT at 44.1/48 kHz or 4 digital at 88.2/96 kHz

Routing from your DAW

• If you want to route audio between your DAW and a physical source such as a mixer using your Scarlett 18i20, your DAW’s I/O needs to correspond to the I/O within Mix Control.
• In Mix Control, analog inputs 1-8 are inputs 1-8. The 2 digital inputs via S/PDIF correspond to inputs 9-10, and the 8 digital inputs via ADAT correspond to inputs 11-18.
• The analog outputs are outputs 1-10 in Mix Control. The 2 digital outputs via S/PDIF correspond to outputs 11-12, and the 8 digital outputs via ADAT correspond to outputs 13-20.

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