Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (4th Gen) USB-C Audio Interface Pop Filter Recording Bundle with Gator RI-POPFILTER 6-Inch Pop Filter and 3-Foot Balanced XLR Cable

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (4th Gen) Pop Filter Recording Bundle: Plug In a Mic and Track Clean

This bundle is built for the home recordist setting up their first real signal chain at the desk: the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (4th Gen) to convert and power the mic, a Gator RI-POPFILTER to stop plosives before they reach the capsule, and a 3-foot balanced XLR cable to make the connection clean and short. The 2i2 is the hero — a 2-in/2-out USB-C audio interface with two 4th-generation preamps, Air Mode, Auto Gain, and Clip Safe. The pop filter and short cable are the two pieces a buyer always has to source separately the moment they bring a microphone to the interface. Here they ship in one box, so the day the mic arrives there is nothing left to buy before the first take.

Two 4th-Generation Preamps With 69 dB of Gain and a 120 dB Dynamic Range

The Scarlett 2i2 gives you two combo XLR/TRS inputs, each with a 4th-generation preamp delivering 69 dB of gain range and -129 dBu EIN. That is enough clean gain to drive a quiet dynamic mic without the hiss that forces you to fix levels in post, and clean enough to keep a sensitive condenser transparent. 24-bit/192 kHz conversion with a 120 dB dynamic range means the interface is never the weak link in your chain. Two inputs let you track a vocal and a guitar at once, run two mics for a podcast, or record a singer-songwriter performing live — both sources on their own channel.

Auto Gain, Clip Safe, and Gain Halos Built for the First-Time Recordist

Setting levels is where new recordists waste the most time and ruin the most takes. The 2i2 answers both problems in hardware. Auto Gain listens to your source and sets the optimal input level with one press — no more guessing. Clip Safe monitors the signal 96,000 times a second and automatically pulls the gain back the instant a peak threatens to clip, so a loud word or a strummed chord does not blow out the take. Dynamic Gain Halos ring each gain knob with a color readout so you can see your level at a glance. Upgraders moving from a single-input interface get the second channel they needed; first-timers get a setup that protects them from their own mistakes.

Air Mode Adds the Analog Polish Buyers Notice on Vocals

Air Mode is the 2i2's signature tone feature, modeled on the classic Focusrite ISA transformer console preamps. Switch it on and each channel gets a Presence lift that opens up the high end plus a Harmonic Drive that adds subtle analog-style saturation. On a vocal it is the difference between a flat capture and a recording that already sounds finished — the polish reviewers describe as professional straight out of the interface. Because it works per channel, you can add air to a vocal and leave a DI guitar clean in the same session.

The Gator RI-POPFILTER Stops Plosives Before They Reach the Capsule

The moment you put a microphone close to your mouth, hard P, B, and T sounds fire bursts of air straight at the capsule and pop the recording. The Gator RI-POPFILTER puts a 6-inch single-layer nylon mesh screen between you and the mic that scatters those air bursts before they land. Its 11.5-inch powder-coated steel gooseneck is fully flexible, so you set the working distance — the variable that actually controls plosive reduction — to exactly where you need it and it holds. The padded C-clamp grips standard 5/8-inch mic-stand tubes and most desk arms without scratching the finish. The single-layer screen scatters plosives without dulling the top end the way heavier dual-mesh filters can on a bright condenser.

A 3-Foot Balanced XLR Cable Made for a Desktop Run

The included 3-foot XLR cable is the right length for a desktop chain — long enough to reach from a desktop stand or short boom arm to the 2i2's combo input, short enough to keep slack off the recording surface. It is a balanced 3-pin cable with REAN by Neutrik metal connector shells and twisted-pair shielded conductors, so common-mode rejection cancels 60 Hz mains hum and RF interference across the whole run. The female end plugs into the microphone, the male end into the interface. It is the clean, quiet patch that finishes the signal path from capsule to converter.

How the Interface, Pop Filter, and Cable Work as One Desktop Recording Setup

Each piece solves the next problem in the chain. The Scarlett 2i2 converts and powers the microphone and gives you two clean inputs. The 3-foot XLR cable carries that signal from the mic to the interface with the noise rejection a balanced run provides. The RI-POPFILTER protects the very front of that chain — the capsule — from the plosives that would otherwise ruin a close-mic vocal. Add your own microphone and you have a complete desktop recording front end: nothing to adapt, nothing missing, every link accounted for.

For the First Home Studio, the Upgrader, and the Buyer Comparing Interface Bundles

If this is your first interface, you get the two pieces every guide tells you to buy alongside it, already in the box. If you are upgrading from a single-input USB mic or a 3rd-gen interface, you get the second channel, the better preamps, Auto Gain, and Clip Safe — plus the pop filter and cable to put them to work immediately. And if you are comparing 2-input interface bundles, this one pairs the 2i2 with a genuine Gator pop filter and a REAN-connector balanced cable rather than throwaway accessories. Add a mic and record today.