Getting a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 (2nd gen) to work on Ubuntu and derivatives
This post has nothing to do with timing! I have recently been distro hopping around trying to find one that works for me. However, I have a focusrite scarlett 18i8 second generation, which requires some fiddling to make work on linux. This has been a process of trial and error, reading lots of forums and seeing what works. After the fourth time of doing it, I now have a method which works. I'm assuming you are using nano as your editor here, but feel free to replace with whatever you are using. Loading the driver correctly There has been a working driver for this device in the kernel for a little while, but it needs to be setup correctly. Run - lsusb | grep Focusrite This should give something like Bus 003 Device 012: ID 1235:8204 Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 18i8 2nd Gen Note the ID, we'll need this later Run - sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/scarlett.conf Add the following line, substituting vid and pid for the ID parts from stage 2 - options snd_usb_audio vid=0x1235 pid=0x8204 d