Focusrite's Hitmaker Expansion is back, and bigger than ever!
Complete your recording studio. New Scarlett users now get tools from Antares®, Softube®, XLN Audio®, Relab, Brainworx® and more.
Scarlett has already helped make more records than any other range of interfaces in the world. Now, following on from Clarett’s autumn 2020 offer, Hitmaker Expansion is back, featuring more tools for more interface users. Anyone can complete their recording studio with this new suite of plug-ins and software.
Create studio quality vocals, powerful guitars, luscious keys and huge drums, then mix and master with iconic Focusrite studio hardware – all in the box with your Scarlett interface.
Get inspired and capture ideas with Softube Marshall® Silver Jubilee 2555, Antares Auto-Tune® Access, Brainworx bx_oberhausen and XLN Addictive Keys and Addictive Drums 2: Studio Rock Kit.
FOR VOCALS
Antares® Auto-Tune® Access allows everything from natural sounding, near-real-time pitch adjustment for getting the best vocal takes – to lightning-fast Hip-hop-inspired pitching for adding a whole new sound to your tracks. What’s more, you won’t get Auto-Tune Access included with any other interface – get the original and best exclusively with Focusrite.
FOR VOCALS
Relab’s LX480 Essentials provides four reverbs, modelled on The Hit Factory NYC’s reverb unit, and used on countless hits. LX480 Essentials gives you the sounds of a studio which has played host to names from Springsteen, the Stones and Kool and the Gang, to The Weeknd, Pharrell, Katy Perry, and everyone in between.
FOR GUITAR
Plug straight into a hyper-realistic model of Marshall®’s Silver Jubilee 2555 – the modern evolution of the iconic JCM800 – brought to you by analogue-modelling experts Softube®. The Silver Jubilee offers everything from warm cleans, through classic crunch, and up to modern high gain tube amp sounds.
FOR KEYS
Add beautifully captured piano to your tracks with XLN Audio®’s Addictive Keys, giving you the choice of one of four professional-sounding models from Steinway®, Yamaha® and the classic Rhodes®. Plug in your MIDI controller and play; instantly be transported to a professional recording studio set up to capture one of these beautiful pianos – right from your studio.
ADD DRUMS
Add the sounds of a pro drummer to your songs easily. XLN’s Addictive Drums 2: Studio Rock Kit features expertly captured samples from high-end Tama® and Pearl® drums, and Paiste®and Sabian® cymbals, recorded at Decibel Studios in Stockholm. You can also add beats to get you started, and mix your drums quickly with high quality effects right in the plug-in.
AND MORE
Create a modern feel or get retro with Brainworx®’s bx_oberhausen: the fully-analogue-modelled replica of a classic American polysynth. Bx_oberhausen is a component-by-component reproduction of an icon. With 32 voices, this digital model is capable of twice the count of today’s most valuable all-analogue synths – for lush chords and huge unison. It’s the best of both worlds.
Mix and master with classic studio tools like Relab LX480 Essentials, Focusrite Red 2 & 3 Plug-in Suite, Brainworx bx_console Focusrite SC and bx_masterdesk.
BX_CONSOLE FOCUSRITE SC
Bx_console Focusrite SC brings the true sound of the preamps that made Focusrite what we are today to your music. No other plug-in offers the unique character of the iconic large format console, with ISA 110 preamps – the origin of the famous ‘Air’ we still hear on Focusrite interfaces today. Bx_console Focusrite SC is a full channel strip, offering EQ, de-esser, compressor, limiter, gate and expander. The plug-in also features Brainworx’s patented ‘TMT, to dial in as much or as little analogue character as you want.
Red 2 & 3 PLUG-IN SUITE
Red 2 & 3 Plug-in Suite features a pair of meticulously captured digital models of the truly iconic EQ and Compressors which have made the Focusrite name a staple in world-class facilities across the globe. If you’ve kept up with major releases over the last 30 years, you’ve heard Red 2 and 3.
MASTER YOUR MUSIC
Get your record release-ready with the high-end analogue mastering system: bx_masterdesk. Bx_masterdesk brings a smooth and simple workflow to the art of mastering, and allows anyone, from first-time-producer to industry pro to get studio-quality results quickly and effortlessly. Intuitive tone controls, de-esser, compressor and limiter put you in control of your sound and put pro studio mastering tools in your hands.
With software for every part of the writing, recording and production process – from inspiring new ideas to mastering and getting ready for release – Hitmaker Expansion is back and better than ever.
For Scarlett interfaces registered after October 1st, the Hitmaker Expansion is added to your account for free.