Sonnox joins the Focusrite Group

We are delighted to announce that as of today Sonnox has joined the Focusrite Group.

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Leslie Gaston-Bird demonstrates RedNet R1

In our latest video series, we join sound editor and re-recording mixer Leslie Gaston-Bird, who explains how she uses RedNet R1 to streamline her Dolby Atmos workflow and details some of RedNet R1's many useful features.

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Linea Research Joins Our Extended Family

We're excited to welcome amplifier and electronics specialists Linea Research to the Focusrite Group of audio brands.

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Focusrite RedNet Components Chosen By ATK/Clair For Super Bowl Coverage For The Sixth Year In A Row

ATK Audiotek, a Clair Global company, employs its entire inventory of Focusrite RedNet for the Dante® networked audio system at Super Bowl LVI.

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New Ways To Take Control With RedNet MP8R

We are excited to announce that we recently teamed up with Solid State Logic to enable Focusrite RedNet MP8R 8-channel mic pres to work seamlessly with SSL System T consoles.

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Introducing RedNet Control 2.8.4

We've recently released an update to our RedNet Control software, which offers many additional features and improvements for Red range interfaces and RedNet R1.

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Synth brand Sequential joins the Focusrite family

Legendary synth brand Sequential has joined the Focusrite Group of audio hardware and software brands, to form an impressive and diverse portfolio of the audio industry's best and brightest companies. Sequential will retain its existing company structure as a separate entity, with Dave Smith leading engineering, product development and mentorship of Sequential's new breed of designers.


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Black Friday sale. Expand your studio for less.

Our first ever Black Friday sale is now on, and features great deals that make it easier than ever to expand your studio.

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Presenting New Workflow Solutions, Live. December 3rd.

Join Focusrite Pro on December 3rd for our At Home, At Home live stream event.

Experience live product presentations of the recently announced RedNet R1 and Red Range interfaces, Q&A's with industry-leading engineers and producers, and practical advice on upgrading to a modern home studio workflow in a post-COVID environment and much more.

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Windows 10 Thunderbolt Support For Red Range

We're excited to announce Windows 10 driver software for all interfaces in the Focusrite Red range of Thunderbolt™, Pro Tools | HD and Dante® interfaces.

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Four New Products Announced

We are very excited to unveil four new Focusrite products, designed specifically to meet the needs of modern audio professionals as well as new driver updates bringing the RedNet range to a world of PC users.

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RedNet preamp control comes to Yamaha RIVAGE PM consoles

Yamaha have included mic preamp control for Focusrite RedNet 4 and RedNet MP8R in the latest version (v.4) of firmware for RIVAGE PM consoles.

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Book a Focusrite Pro 'Introduction to Dante' webinar

Our education specialists are offering free 'Introduction to Dante' webinar courses at bespoke times to suit you and your students schedules. Let us become a part of your curriculum and help your students get a head start in the world of Audio over IP.

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An Update From Focusrite Pro

We appreciate that the current global situation is having a huge impact on the lives of audio professionals — our customers and clients — around the world. For those needing support and advice, we've compiled some guidance for the professional audio community and small businesses. Below, we've compiled some helpful links for people in the UK and the USA, but we encourage you to check your local networks for the latest advice in your area.


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The Focusrite Three-Year Warranty

We are excited to announce an extension to our standard warranty, which comes with all new Focusrite products. The three-year warranty is effective on purchases from 1st January 2018, and covers 36 months from the date of the original purchase.

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Brainworx Bx_Console Focusrite SC: Now Free For ISA & RedNet Customers

Designed and coded by the DSP geniuses at acclaimed software house Brainworx, the new bx_console Focusrite VST/AU/AAX plug-in for Mac and PC faithfully captures the sound, feel and styling of our original iconic hardware – and it's included for free with all Clarett, Red, RedNet and ISA hardware.

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Introducing Focusrite ISA 828 MkII, ISA ADN2 & ISA ADN8

We are excited to announce three new products in the ISA range, which bring the classic Focusrite sound to Dante Audio-over-IP networks.

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AES 19 - Things We Loved

The Focusrite team headed to New York to join the Audio Engineering Society's annual convention to see what's new and exciting in the audio world. Here are the top things we saw and loved at AES New York 2019.

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Introducing Tape Notes: The story behind the album

We can all list the albums that have shaped our lives. The songs that have moved us. Introducing Tape Notes; a podcast series hosted by Radio X New music champion John Kennedy that reunites artists and producers, leading them on a journey through their creative process. Read on to find out more.

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Spotlight On Graham Kirk, Director Of Sales And Marketing For AES

We had the chance to interview Graham Kirk, Director of Sales and Marketing for AES, about a number of topics including his biggest challenges, most memorable experiences, as well as providing us with helpful advice for first time attendees and exhibitors at AES. Read on for the full interview.

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Introducing RedNet Control 2.4

We are pleased to announce RedNet Control 2.4, a free update that adds Dante Domain Manager and AES67/AES70 compatibility, a background mode and other enhancements.

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IBC 2019: Focusrite Pro To Demo RedNet Control V2.4

Join Focusrite Pro at IBC 2019 for a demonstration of RedNet Control v2.4, which brings Dante Domain Manager (DDM) compatibility, among other new features, to Focusrite Red and RedNet devices.


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Welcoming ADAM Audio To The Focusrite Group

We are excited to announce that leading studio monitor company, ADAM Audio will be joining our family of brands.

This is a key step for us in realising our vision to create the most holistic creative experience for recording professionals and musicians alike.

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Rednet HD32R keeps it rolling for Steve Vai's marathon charity guitar jam

MW Audio Visual Inc. designs and creates a state-of-the-art performance venue for Hollywood’s Musicians Institute
The grand opening featured the “Big Mama Jama Jamathon” charity event, which saw scores of world-class guitarists joining Vai on stage to benefit nonprofit Extraordinary Families, and a pair of RedNet HD32R interfaces kept the recording rolling nonstop
Vai hosted all-star jammers including Dweezil Zappa, Al Di Meola, Dave Navarro, Moby, Steve Morse, Lee Ritenour, Andy Vargas, Souleros and others
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Peter Moshay Live From Daryl's House

Focusrite’s ISA 828 Eight-Channel Mic Pre Helps Engineer Pete Moshay Shape The Sound Of Live From Daryl’s House

As Live From Daryl's House readies its new season, the Focusrite ISA 828 Eight-Channel Mic Pre remains a key sonic element, as it has been for the past 80+ episodes since 2007

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RedNet In HollyWood

Twentyfourseven Sound, Westwind Media and the Formosa Group are just a few of the top Hollywood post houses leveraging the functionality and connectivity of Red and RedNet.

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Focusrite Rednet Employed by Peter Cole At Before Noon Post

This One-Man Studio City Audio Post-Production Facility Is Emblematic Of Hollywood's New Post Model That Emphasises High-Quality Boutique Shops That Offer Efficiency And Productivity And Can Focus Intensely On Creativity. RedNet Helps EMMY Award-Winning Before Noon Post Do Exactly That.

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Focusrite RedNet Components Employed at Post-Production House Pace Pictures

Independent post-production company Pace Pictures has relocated its facilities to Hollywood and adopted an innovative on-demand business model that allows clients to scale services and space up and down according to changing needs.

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Hear360 develops solutions for filmmakers with Red 8Pre

Greg Morgenstein, HEAR360's CTO and co-founder, remarks, “The Red 8Pre has the most connectivity of any device in that size, and we can interface with Pro Tools through mini-DigiLink or Thunderbolt 2 formats. And people may overlook the dual headphone connection, but we've found that to be critical for providing directors with custom mixes. It's an awesome device."

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Focusrite RedNet Red 16Line Interface Keeps Workflow Clean, Fast And Efficient For Commercial Music Composer And Sound Designer Peter Dyer

Whether in the studio or on stage, Peter Dyer is usually found surrounded by keyboards. Not surprisingly, Dyer – whose work as a musician, arranger, producer and composer has paired him with artists including Mariah Carey, Adam Lambert, Aloe Blacc, & St. Vincent; placed him as a member of the house band on the new season of ABC's American Idol

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Firehouse Productions Takes Focusrite RedNet on Tour with Jack White and Nine Inch Nails

Audio-over-IP has proven its worth in countless installed-sound applications. Now, as concert touring has become the single largest source of revenue for most music artists, AoIP (specifically the Dante™ protocol) is going out on the road, saving space, weight and time – all critical elements in the economics of touring – while Focusrite's RedNet range of Dante-networked audio converters and interfaces is making those audio networks utterly bulletproof.

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Rat sound looks to Focusrite Rednet for innovative solutions at Coachella

An estimated 300,000-plus came to Coachella 2018, which took place April 13-22, to see and hear artists including Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Lion Babe, LANY and Vance Joy. Meanwhile, sister festival Stagecoach, where artists such as Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban, Garth Brooks, Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves and more performed, set new records with over 75,000 per day over three days, April 27-29.


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The University of North Texas Builds On Its Extensive and Reliable Focusrite RedNet Networking Arsenal

Huge RedNet system installed nearly three years ago at UNT remains solid as a rock as new units are added and the network is further expanded

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Pixelogic Employs Focusrite RedNet Systems to Manage Complex Media Production And Post-Production Workflows

Pixelogic, a global provider of media and post-production services, has implemented a Dante™ network infrastructure and Focusrite's RedNet range of Dante-networked audio converters and interfaces to keep up with the diversity of media content and the rapid pace of its workflows.

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Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry Gets a New York City Outpost, and Focusrite RedNet Keeps the Locations Totally Connected

The Grand Ole Opry has been a cornerstone of country music for the better part of a century, moving across various venues in Nashville before landing at its current home at the current Opry House at Opryland. But it just made its biggest move ever when it opened its first satellite venue outside Nashville – the Opry City Stage – in Manhattan’s Times Square, last December. The connection between the two venues is being kept seamless with the implementation of a Dante™ network infrastructure and a contingent of Focusrite’s RedNet range of Dante-networked audio converters and interfaces.

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Focusrite RedNet Components Help ATK Audiotek at Super Bowl LII

ATK Audiotek deploys an expanded RedNet network at Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium for the live music performances at this year's Super Bowl event, linking field PA speakers, monitor speakers, wireless microphones and in-ear monitors for Pink's “Star-Spangled Banner," Justin Timberlake's halftime set and more.

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​Focusrite RedNet Helps AMV Ring in the New Year at the Times Square Broadcast with a Networked Approach to Signal Transport

A campus employing components from Focusrite’s RedNet range of Dante™-networked audio converters and interfaces provided flawless and comprehensive connectivity for multiple stages and locations throughout Times Square for the annual ABC broadcast of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, featuring performances by Nick Jonas, Mariah Carey, Neil Diamond, Andy Grammer and others.

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Vancouver’s CKPK and CJJR Employ Focusrite Red and RedNet Components

In Vancouver, CKPK means “102.7 THE PEAK," the best in modern rock, while sister station CJJR means “93.7 JRfm" and broadcasts 75,000 watts of “Today's Hot Country." Both benefit from Focusrite's Red 4Pre 58-In / 64-Out Thunderbolt™ 2 and Pro Tools | HD™ compatible audio interface and the RedNet AM2 stereo audio monitoring unit.

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GRAMMY® Award Winner Simon Franglen Employs Tools from Focusrite

Simon Franglen may not be a household name, but plenty of his music is. The London-born composer and record producer is known for his work on the landmark film Avatar (for whose theme song he received Golden Globe and GRAMMY® Award nominations), as well as a “Record of The Year" GRAMMY Award for being the co-producer of “My Heart Will Go On," the theme from the blockbuster Titanic, David Fincher's Se7en (for which he created the dystopian synthesiser programming) and arranging for the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre.

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Los Angeles Audio Design and System Integration Firm ChrisMix Shows How Focusrite RedNet Has the Right Solution

Chris Papastephanou has the well-earned reputation of being a pro audio handyman when it comes to studio design and system setup, gear installation/integration, and other technical aspects of highly specialised projects for a wide range of clients. Under the banner of his company ChrisMix, which provides expert computer and audio installation and integration for a wide range of pro audio clients throughout the Los Angeles area,

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Recording Engineer Math Bishop Relies On the Focusrite ISA 828

Math Bishop has amassed an enviable discography in just a relatively few years. Artists he's done engineering and editing for include The Killers, Taylor Swift, Two Door Cinema Club and most recently U2, on their newest LP, Songs of Experience. On the U2 sessions, Bishop employed the ISA 828 Eight-Channel Microphone Preamp from Focusrite for capturing The Edge's guitar and Adam Clayton's bass.

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First ever Thunderbolt™ 3 audio interface now available

Our highly anticipated 64x64 all-in-one interface, Red 16Line, is out today and available for purchase. The first ever Thunderbolt™ 3 audio interface, Red 16Line is a Pro Tools | HD™ and dual Thunderbolt™ 3 interface with ultra-low latency A-D and D-A conversion, Red Evolution mic preamps, up to 121dB dynamic range, ultra-low round-trip latency and expansion over Ethernet for networked audio.

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American Mobile Expands Its Focusrite RedNet Arsenal

Standard-setting remote production company American Mobile has further expanded its arsenal of tools from Focusrite's RedNet range of Dante™-networked audio converters and interfaces, acting as the signal-transport backbone of its portable systems. Last year, American Mobile invested in its first RedNet hardware to eliminate long analogue cable runs from stage.

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Announcing New Professional Division Focusrite Pro

We are announcing the launch of our Focusrite Pro division. Formed to serve the specific needs of audio professionals worldwide, Focusrite Pro is dedicated to removing creative and technical barriers by improving the workflows of audio professionals with scalable audio solutions that meet both their current and future requirements.

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New Red 16Line simplifies switching from Pro Tools | HD to a second DAW

The new Focusrite Red 16Line is a 64-in/64-out Pro Tools | HD and dual Thunderbolt 3 audio interface with ultra-low latency A-D/D-A conversion, Red Evolution mic preamps, up to 121dB dynamic range, ultra-low round trip latency, and expansion over Ethernet for networked audio. Since Red 16Line provides both DigiLink connectors and Thunderbolt connections, it's now easier than ever to switch from Pro Tools | HD to a second DAW, without the need to reconfigure option cards in the interface. The host mode can be simply changed either in the remote control software, or on the device front panel to change DAWs in seconds.

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Announcing the New RedNet X2P

We're pleased to announce the Focusrite RedNet X2P, a compact, robust 2x2 Dante™ audio interface featuring two Red Evolution mic pres, stereo line out and a stereo headphone amplifier.

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