Avid Pro Tools Mbox with Pro Tools 9

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Pro Tools Mbox is designed by the same engineering team behind our top-of-the-line Pro Tools|HD systems. That means you get the exceptional audio quality and ease of use enjoyed by commercial studios in the comfort of your own home, project studio, or wherever inspiration takes you.

Sound amazing with Mbox

Whether you work solo or collaborate with others, you'll sound better than ever with the newly re-architected Mbox audio and MIDI computer recording interface.

• Get best-in-class sound quality and performance with professional-grade circuitry and premium audio conversion
• Capture and mix studio-quality sessions, with up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio resolution
• Connect and control your gear with:
• 4 x 4 simultaneous channels of I/O
• Two XLR mic/line combo inputs with professional-grade mic preamps and 48V phantom power
• Two 1/4" DI inputs on front panel for easy access
• Two balanced 1/4" monitor outputs
• One 1/4" stereo headphone output with volume control
• Stereo S/PDIF digital I/O
• One MIDI input, one MIDI output
• Monitor control section with Mono and Dim controls
• Dedicated monitor volume knob
• Access and perform Pro Tools functions easily with the assignable multi-function button
• Use Mbox with Pro Tools or with other audio software, including Logic, Live, Cubase, and more
• Track hotter signals without clipping with the soft-clip limiter
• Ensure your instruments are in tune with the built-in guitar tuner
• Set up flexible cue mixing and reverb effects with the onboard DSP
• Create anywhere you go with bus-powered USB 2.0 connectivity

Accelerate your creativity with Pro Tools software

• Please Note: Users are eligible for a free upgrade to Pro Tools 10 upon registering this product

Your dedication deserves the best tools available. Get everything you need to compose, record, edit, and mix - in the highest quality - with Pro Tools 10 software. Whether you work in a professional facility, home studio, or on the road, nothing gives you the quality, performance, reliability, and ease to create like Pro Tools, the most widely used digital audio workstation in the industry.

Mix it up-at higher resolution

With Pro Tools 10, you can mix multiple audio formats and bit depths within the same session - including interleaved - without any duplication to cause project bloat. Plus, with support for 32-bit floating-point formats, you'll get higher resolution sound when recording or importing, with more headroom to preserve the integrity of your audio from beginning to end.

Drive faster - with better performance

Pro Tools 10 is designed with the professional in mind, offering powerful yet easy-to-use tools and streamlined work flows that boost your efficiency. Gain better recording and playback performance when working on a laptop, with an external hard drive, or network-attached storage device. Speed up editing and mixing with Smart Tools, Clip Gain, and new AudioSuite work-flows. And handle the biggest plug-in heavy mixes with 16k of Automatic Delay Compensation (ADC).

Plug into legendary sound

Get the sound you want using a wide variety of Pro Tools plug-ins from Avid and our partners, some of the best audio designers in the industry. Pro Tools comes with over 75 virtual instruments, effects, sound processing, and utility plug-ins - some of which emulate the sounds of classic hardware processors, amps, and instruments, as well as the renowned EQ and dynamics of the System 5, one of the most sought-after consoles used to create some of the greatest mixes ever produced. Add more to expand your sonic palette even further.

Work the way you want

Record, edit, and mix music and sound for picture your way. Pair Pro Tools with your favorite Avid or third-party audio interface to record and monitor vocal and instrument performances. Capture virtual instrument performances using a MIDI keyboard controller. Or record and create with just your computer* and the software alone for ultimate portability.

* Pro Tools on Windows requires the presence of an ASIO-compatible soundcard.

Features/Specifications:

• Unleash your creativity with the award-winning toolset
• Get unrivaled sound quality, now with even higher resolution
• Work the way you want - with an interface or without
• Create bigger mixes, with up to 96 audio tracks
• Compose with virtual instruments and MIDI and Score Editors
• Work faster with Clip Gain, real-time fades, ADC, and more
• Add multiple audio formats to a session, without conversion
• Polish mixes with over 75 plug-ins, including the new Channel Strip
• Speed up mixing with industry-trusted automation tools

What's Included:

• Virtual instruments:
• Boom: Drum machine and sequencer
• DB-33: Tonewheel organ with rotating speaker
• Mini Grand: Acoustic grand piano
• Structure Free: Sample player
• Vacuum: Monophonic tube synth
• Xpand! 2: Synth and sample workstation
• Big Fish Audio 8 GB sound library
• Over 70 effects, sound processing, and utility plug-ins, including:
  • AIR effects: High-quality reverb, delay, flange, and other effects
  • Avid Channel Strip: System 5 EQ and compression modeler
  • BF 76: 1176 compressor emulation
  • D-Verb: Professional-grade reverb and ambience processing
  • Eleven Free: Guitar amp and effects emulator
  • EQ III and Dynamics III: High-quality EQ and compressors/limiters
  • Maxim: Peak limiter and mastering

System Requirements:

• Avid-qualified Mac or PC
• Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), Mac OS X Lion, or Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate (32- or 64-bit)
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB minimum required for Pro Tools HD)
• Minimum 15 GB free hard disk space for full installation
• USB port for iLok (plus, Internet connection for software download)
• iLok USB Smart Key (for software authorization)