Recording: General Troubleshooting Guide

Are the speakers turned on and showing the power light?

Is the interface showing 3 green lights? If not, the USB cable isn't fully plugged in at the back of the interface. Don't use a USB hub — plug the other end directly into your laptop.

Are the two yellow speaker cables connected to LINE OUTPUTS 1-2 at the back of the interface?

Still no luck? Reset the Focusrite Control software.

Disconnect your laptop, turn the interface off at the back, and leave it off for a couple of seconds.

Turn it back on and reconnect your laptop.

This should fix the issue, though you may need to repeat it more than once.

Connect the mic directly into Channel 1 on the interface.

Turn on the 48V button on the interface, next to Channel 1.

Choose Channel 1 as the input source on the mic track — not Channel 1-2, as that's stereo.

Check all the switches on the mic are set to the middle position, and the gain switch is on 0dB (not -10 or -20dB).

Arm a track/channel to record and monitor in your DAW. In Logic Pro X: click the red "R" and yellow "I". In Ableton/FL Studio: click the record icon at the bottom of the mic track.

Using FL Studio? Press F10 to open System Settings (or choose Audio Settings from the Options menu). Click the Audio tab, and in the Input/Output section, select USB from the audio driver dropdown.

A quick reset often does the trick. If you're using a Focusrite interface, here's how to reset it.

Have a Minifuse 4 and can't get sound from the 2nd pair of headphones? See this article.

Otherwise, plug the headphones directly into the interface port if they reach.

If the mic is loose and moving, check the cradle directly under it — a few turns to tighten should do it. Watch a short video here.

Go to Preferences > Audio.

If the Driver Type is set to "MME/DirectX", change it to "CoreAudio" or "ASIO".

Then change Audio Input Device and Output Device to Focusrite.