Focusrite Audio Engineering, Ltd. Scarlett 18i8 1st Gen - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Scarlett 18i8 1st Gen is a Focusrite USB Audio hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Focusrite Audio Engineering, Ltd.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_1235&PID_8014.

1. Install Focusrite Audio Engineering, Ltd. Scarlett 18i8 1st Gen driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Focusrite Audio Engineering, Ltd. Scarlett 18i8 1st Gen driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 4.63.24.564 released on 2019-06-27.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 1683095 bytes (1.61 MB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 27103 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install Focusrite Audio Engineering, Ltd. Scarlett 18i8 1st Gen driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Focusrite Audio Engineering, Ltd. Scarlett 18i8 1st Gen driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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