Interim recorder

sagemacg

Hi everyone,

I just bought a mic (AT2035) and Scarlet 2i2 to improve the quality of my recordings. I don't use them at home - only at my rehearsal space - and I don't have storage at the space so I cart my gear around on practice days.

For a variety of unimportant reasons, the item that I really don't want to be lugging around is my laptop. I know I need to use it days that I'm working on songs, singing to backing tracks in my DAW etc. But most days I'm just recording my exercises. So I'm wondering if there is some compact piece of gear that is compatible with the Focusrite that will let me record simple audio at the rehearsal space. I could subsequently upload from it to the laptop to listen or edit.

Thank you!

Mysti

They support iPad with lightning adapter and a powered USB hub. Here is the article from their website.

https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115005430409-Can-I-use-my-bus-powered-Scarlett-with-iPad-

This article explains how to use it with GarageBand on iPad. It says it is for solo, but it should work the same on the 2i2.
https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/206850199-Using-the-iTrack-Solo-with-Garageband-on-iPad

sagemacg

Thanks you @Mysti, that's a great suggestion! My ipad is too old but I can look at newer options. Very cool.

Mysti

You're welcome. If you need to purchase something, you could potentially get a new laptop too. Something like this hp spectre 2-in-1 will also work and be just about as easy to carry around as a tablet. I have the 15" version from 2 years ago and my husband has the 13" version from last year. They both work well for us when we travel.

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-spectre-laptop-13t-4fj31av-1?intel=8gi5