Driverspack would create a restore point (in case of corruption, so you can restore to the previous state), and your audio interface would be automatically installed, once installed, I’ll recommend you restart your system, and that should get it up and running.

This is what you are here for, to install your audio interface driver, click on the Drivers tab, in the left side, and you should be left with this option, untick Computer diagnostics - based on DriverPack Cloud, and lastly, click on install to download and install the driver: (The obfuscate part is where you will see the version number, I blurred it out to avoid confusion).

Doing this makes installing your audio interface manufacturer driver a breeze (Focusrite Scarlett in this case). Click on the Protection and Cleanup tab, again, untick all ticked boxes.

Having done that, click on Software on the left side, and make sure you untick all the ticked software listed in that section.

Driverpack would normally show the below image, “ Do not click install all automatically” as we only want to download an audio driver and no additional software that came bundled with DriverPack, click on the expert mode (look at the section the arrow is pointing to in the below image):

Let me save you from downloading additional software when installing your audio interface driver.

Run the program, and let it analyze your computer system, you should see something like this:.

Plug-in your USB audio interface (This would make the below steps detectable).

Now that you know why you need a sound card, let me work you through the steps of installing a driver automatically. Audio interface driver is necessary if you want your computer to know how to translate the signal from the computer to the sound card (Internal or external).

If you don’t want to mess with installing drivers manually or the hurdle of finding a compatible driver for your PC, then this is the recommended way of installing a USB audio interface driver, it would automatically check the device/hardware plugged into your system, and find the correct drivers for you.īefore, I show you the steps you need to take to install a driver automatically using a driver software, let me quickly give a very short explanation of why you need to install a driver anytime you buy a USB audio interface.Ī driver is a software or files provided by a hardware manufacturer which tells your operating system how to best communicate with the hardware. Method 1.) Install Focusrite Scarlett Driver Using A Driver Software

Method 2.) Install Focusrite Scarlett Driver Manually.

Method 1.) Install Focusrite Scarlett Driver Using A Driver Software.

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