I own a Scarlet 2i2, with a mic (XLR) and an electroacoustic guitar (6") plugged in a Mac, using it with GarageBand and Ardour. Can't voice a general conclusion

I own a Scarlet 2i2, with a mic (XLR) and an electroacoustic guitar (6") plugged in a Mac, using it with GarageBand and Ardour. Can't voice a general conclusion since everyone has different requirements, but it's a very potent device, great bang for the buck. Maybe gain is a bit weak for my mic, I used to turn it way up which obviously makes it pick up other sounds (guitar, background noise) which might be unwanted. Now I set the gain right before unwanted sound is picked up, which is ~2/3, then tune the gain/EQ baseline up in GarageBand and Ardour for that channel to get a solid sound. Cannot commend on Linux usage, but it's a class device alright so it should be fine. When using Ardour, and only on one of my machines†, I did also get some kind of buffer/timing drift that produced progressively more garbled sound, I identified it to come from other USB devices and/or the USB hub. The issue is not present when using GarageBand. † MacBook Pro 13" 2018, among the ones which you should not charge on the left side. I think USB is hopelessly borked on these devices.