Support for 2ND GEN Focusrite Scarlett: IT DEFINITELY EXISTS!!!
The following is a statement directly from the Focusrite website regarding its lack of support for the Linux ecosystem;
https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/ ... ith-Linux-
"Is my Focusrite Product compatible with Linux?
2 years ago Updated
This applies to All Focusrite Products
None of our products are supported for use on Linux.
Our USB products (Scarletts and Clarett USB) are Class Compliant USB Devices and may work in a Linux-based setup that supports this class of device, but we do not offer support for doing this and cannot verify the performance you may experience.
In addition, you will need a Windows or Mac computer in order to install the Control Software for your interface. "
What we know is that Focusrite wants users to download their drivers ( which are predominantly written for Windows and Mac users ). It's definitely not in the financial interests of Focusrite to support Linux. There are so many different distros - perhaps in the view of some vendors way too many
In the same breath that it's said that there is no support for use on Linux, it's also said that the devices are class compliant. The reality is that the devices are supported - but by the Linux community.
In fact, I've found out in my own experience that it's relatively easy to configure and setup Focusrite interfaces for use on Linux.
I've found a reference to configuring JACK Audio dating back to 2015 which apparently is still very much current. This was highly instrumental in connecting my Scarlett to the Toshiba Laptop. I use Zorin 16 for my distro. That being the case I think that these instructions in the link should be helpful to the users of the more popular distros out there as well - MX Linux, Mint, EndeavourOS, Debian, Manjaro, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.
The article title is Demystifying JACK – A Beginners Guide to Getting Started with JACK
https://linuxaudio.github.io/libremusic ... -jack.html
This link was written very clearly, very concisely. It took me maybe about ten to fifteen minutes to get through. Shortly afterward, I was making and recording tracks in Audacity with my AXL Strat knockoff