Avid Pro Tools + Mbox Pro

Capture and create using the highest audio standards with Avid Pro Tools® + Mbox® Pro,a powerful hardware/software bundle that gives you the best of both worlds—the most advanced and trusted music creation and audio production software on the planet, and a professional-grade, desktop hardware interface that consistently delivers best-in-class sound quality and performance all the time—every time.

With Pro Tools + Mbox Pro, you get everything you need to create music and audio on your Mac or PC—all in one affordable bundle that offers incredible value. And you’ll always sound amazing, as Mbox Pro was designed by the same team who created our top-of-the-line Pro Tools HDSeries interfaces, giving you the sonic clarity of interfaces costing much more.

Benefits:

• Get best-in-class audio quality and performance with hardware that’s optimized for Pro Tools
• Accelerate your creativity with Pro Tools software, the world’s most advanced music and audio creation/production platform
• Create studio-quality productions with audio resolutions up to 24 bit, 192 kHz
• Work faster and easier with advanced workflows, including a multi-function button and Automatic Delay Compensation
• Have the flexibility to work with Pro Tools and Mbox Pro, with just Pro Tools, or use Mbox Pro with other audio software
• Connect mics, instruments, monitors, and more to a variety of analog, digital, and MIDI I/O
• Work with your favorite outboard effects and monitor 5.1 surround*
• Get everything you need in one tightly integrated solution—all at a great price

Mbox Pro audio 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/192 kHz audio resolution
• Connect and control your gear with:
  • 8 x 8 simultaneous channels of I/O
  • Four mic inputs (two XLR mic/DI combo, two XLR) with professional-grade mic preamps, 48V phantom power, and high-pass filters
  • Four 1/4” TRS line-level inputs
  • Two unbalanced Alt line-level inputs (two RCA, one stereo mini 1/8”)
  • Six balanced 1/4” TRS line-level outputs
  • Two 1/4” stereo headphone outputs with discrete volume controls
  • Stereo S/PDIF digital I/O
  • One MIDI input, one MIDI output
  • Word Clock I/O
  • Monitor control section with Mono, Mute, Dim, Alt Source, and Speaker A/B/C switching controls
  • Dedicated monitor volume knob
• Access and perform Pro Tools functions easily with the assignable multi-function button
• Use Mbox Pro 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
• Connect up to three pairs of speakers for A/B monitoring or monitor 5.1surround
• Set up flexible cue mixing and reverb effects with the onboard DSP
• Get fast and easy desktop connectivity through FireWire

Pro Tools 9 Software:

• Have the flexibility to use Pro Tools software with your Mbox Pro or completely standalone
• Develop bigger, more complex productions with up to 96 simultaneous stereo audio tracks
• Create better sounding, phase-accurate mixes with Automatic Delay Compensation
• Be more creative with coveted pro features, including multi-track Beat Detective, full Import Session Data dialog, DigiBase Pro, and more
• Get inspired and polish mixes with over 70 professional sound-processing plug-ins, virtual instruments, and effects included
• Compose music quickly and easily with full MIDI and score notation tools
• Adjust tempo, pitch, and time on the fly with Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch
• Collaborate with other Pro Tools users directly, or with other audio/video software users using OMF/AAF/MXF file interchange
• Expand your creative palette with RTAS/AudioSuite plug-ins from Avid and others
• Work on a Mac or Windows
• Be more creative with coveted pro features, including multi-track Beat Detective, full Import Session Data dialog, DigiBase Pro, and more
• Get inspired and polish mixes with over 70 professional sound-processing plug-ins, virtual instruments, and effects included
• Compose music quickly and easily with full MIDI and score notation tools
• Adjust tempo, pitch, and time on the fly with Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch
• Collaborate with other Pro Tools users directly, or with other audio/video software users using OMF/AAF/MXF file interchange
• Expand your creative palette with RTAS/Audio Suite plug-ins from Avid and others
• Work on a Mac or Windows computer

System Requirements:

• Mac
  • Avid-qualified Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.2 or higher (32- or 64 bit)
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)
  • 15 GB free hard disk space for Pro Tools installation
  • One available FireWire port for Mbox Pro connection
  • One available USB port for iLok connection
• PC
  • Avid-qualified PC running Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate (32- or 64 bit)
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)
  • 15 GB free hard disk space for Pro Tools installation
  • One available FireWire port for Mbox Pro connection
  • One available USB port for iLok connection