I would also like to know where you got this info, is it in the specs on the website’s for each product? Because I would also want to research this prior to selecting one so I know what the max instrument level is.
Usually the max input is listed in the specs. I got the Zoom one from the U-24 spec on Zoom’s website.
Sometimes you have to grab the manual for this.
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It’s at the end of the manual in the specifications table.
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Maybe. You get an extra +3dB on the instrument input. Try turning down your active bass with the Zoom and see if you still get clipping.
An active bass can use the line input on the Focusrite. It has a max level of +22. That gives you another 13dB over the Zoom. The Instrument Hi-Z inputs/switches are only necessary for passive instruments.
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Marketing has such a tough job. Everyone is trying to sell brown paper lunch bags and they have to come up with a way to make theirs different and stand out.
Commonly heard in Engineering: “You said it would do what???!”
From Mad Men …
Ad agency asks Lucky Strike how they make cigarettes.
“Harvest the tobacco, toast it …”
“That’s it. Lucky Strike, It’s Toasted!”
“Everyone toasts their tobacco”
“But you’ll be the first”
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@DaveT ‘toasting’ in tobacco is the ‘cold-filtering’ of the beer business 
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It is not that I can’t get it to work, it is that I don’t like the limited amount of gain that I can use, and that I don’t have the option to turn the Hi-z off.
Part of this is me saying I want to Think that I will get better results if I can use an Input that I am not running right at the top edge of, and that at some point if I keep running at the upper limit, that I will find a result I can’t achieve because I run out of headroom, and if I get one with more headroom (and headroom might not be the right thing, but it sounds good to me, in my head) that if i get to that point, I will have the option to go up and achieve the result I want.
now of course, IDK what that result I am talking about is, and if it will ever come, but if it does, and I get something that can handle it, then I will be good.
So it boils down to me just wanting to change it damn it!!! 
So, the WANT is beating the NEED up.
This is what I was kind of saying what I wanted to think, so if it is reality, then the NEED is starting to make a comeback, it took a few rounds from the WANT. the WANT will probably win the bout by unanimous decision, but the NEED put up a good fight.
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Oh yeah, totally 
. That’s where I left off with the thread yesterday and then woke up to a revived conversation this morning. I’m always a fan of higher precision gear, mostly because it’s fun.
I use this DAI . . .
Even though it’s exceptionally high quality, I also like the fun metering lights and the feel of the knobs. I had the luxury of already owning it for system tuning before I started playing bass. I’d hook that thing up at a client’s job site and it would help to convince people I knew what I was doing. Confidence goes a long way with subjective topics subject to voodoo!
Run it hot!
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That is SICK. I want it.
How much does it cost, Like about how many basses is that worth?
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1 to 3.
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I found a FocusRite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen on Reverb for $87.99.
That is a great price. They are MFG refurbs. but I am fine with that, it comes with Everything that brand new would and a 3 year warranty, which is 1 year longer then the MFG warranty for new.
And it is about $30 or more less then new.
It is in my top 3. I just can’t get myself to get comfortable with the PreSonus iOne. It says it does what the others do, but it does not let me decide with a button whether I want Hi-z or not, it just says I will be good, and I don’t trust it.
Maybe I should read the manual and see if I am wrong.
But aty $109 on Amazon, it is over $20 more then that Scarlett Solo
I still like Behringer Uphoria U22, and I liked that Moukey with USB 3.0, but neither are available and amazon doesn’t say if they well be again or when
If I can get this reverb person to ship me that Scarlett Solo so it gets here by Friday, I will end up getting it.
Presonus is the only one I can order today and have tomorrow. Damn it.
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Dynamic range greater than 114 dB (in 24-bit operation).
That’s roughly 3x better than the lower end consumer units. I think Focusrite quotes 110db for the Scarlett. Zoom claims 120db on their new interface and I don’t think I believe them. 118db is the best I have ever heard of for studio rack mounts.
No switchable impedance on the TRS in - I am guessing you run XLR in through a DI?
It’s got a real headphone amp too, specced for 600 ohm 'phones. Very nice. Looks fantastic overall. It’s like a good rack mount audio interface in a box.
This is absolutely, 100% true. You FOR SURE want headroom before reachign the input spec limits. This is true of anything, not just DAIs.
The thing is, there’s a number of ways to achieve this. One of which is reducing the level of your bass signal input and make up for that by increasing the level in the DAW - it has level controls for a reason too. And you can also normalize up in it.
But you are totally right, you do not want to be running at the edge of the headroom.
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Link here for posterity:
new zoom DAI, looks positioned to compete with FocusRite. USB3 and they claim a really high dynamic range. Less convenient, fewer controls, and fewer in/out options than the U-24, but looks nicer 
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Yes, I saw these, but OUCH, Price OMG3x 2.5x what i was thinking of paying.
They are somewhat saturated on Reverb, and you can get most anything for $100 or under.
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I would actually prefer a U-24 over that by a mile. But you wanted a pretty one
Yeah, I deserve that.
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Correct. I use the XLR out of the DG Microtubes 500 to drive the USBPre2. It was originally purchased as test and measurement gear for situations where it would be terribly embarrassing to have something either unreliable or inaccurate in any way. I spent my time on cruise ships too, but my job always ended on opening day. Not that anyone thinks I bought this thing to record my finger slipping off the string!
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@DaveT What is it that you do?
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Audio / Video Systems Engineer
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So I guess this is the place to go. I don’t know if you would call it an upgrade, but my Peavey Fury 6 string had a good chip in the finish near the pots, and the 9v battery wire was welded back on fairly poorly.
As such I decided to tear it down. sand it down from 400 to 10,000 grit and give it another 2 or 3 coats of new clear coat. But in the mean time decided to do what I do with most of my basses, and alternate the tuners/machine heads.
Since I had gotten a set of these Celtic fret inlay stickers ( aluminum ) with my purchase of a green heavy duty strap for the thing when I thought it was going to weight as much as a house. I decided to toss them on the neck in the bane of either it will look cool or they will peel off and oh well.
But here’s what I have so far. now just to have a nice sunny day before fall really sets in so I can get another clear coat on the body, some tape wounds. and stick this thing back together. Who knows I may even buy a hipshot bridge and fit it onto the thing… so many options when its torn apart.
Wish me luck! hopefully I can keep my wallet from emptying on extra things to add before I’m done with the body!
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