Product Description
Mbox® 2 is a next-generation USB-powered audio/MIDI production system that builds on the performance and simplicity of the original Mbox Digidesign's most popular personal studio system ever. Featuring a wide range of connection options, including analog, digital, and MIDI I/O, Mbox 2 delivers professional performance in an incredibly compact package. Mbox 2 also includes award-winning, easy-to-use Pro Tools LE 8 software, which offers many of the same features that top studios rely on to produce Grammy®-winning albums and Academy Award winning film sound. Projects created with Mbox 2 and Pro Tools LE 8 software also open on Pro Tools|HD® and Pro Tools M-Powered systems - providing instant compatibility with countless Pro Tools equipped project and professional studio around the globe.
Hardware
The Mbox 2 hardware interface is both powerful and easy to use, featuring a distinctive industrial design, impressive sound quality, and extensive input and output options.
Features
- 100% USB powered for maximum portability
- 2 analog inputs, 2 analog outputs
- 2 channels of S/PDIF digital I/O
- 1 MIDI input and 1 MIDI output (16 channels in/16 channels out)
- Zero-latency monitoring
- Superior sonic performance
- 48V phantom power for condenser microphones
- Separate source selection and gain control per channel
- Headphone output with dedicated volume control
- Dedicated studio monitor volume control
Software
- Digidesign Pro Tools LE 8 software is the most powerful and easy-to-use application to produce professional-sounding music.
- Award-winning Pro Tools recording, editing, and mixing
- 32 simultaneous audio tracks (128 virtual audio tracks), expandable to 48 tracks*
- Fully integrated MIDI sequencing with 256 simultaneous MIDI tracks
- Over 50 processing plug-ins, virtual instruments, and compatible applications
- Support for streaming ReWire applications into Pro Tools
- Unique Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
- Support for the Digidesign C|24 and Command|8 control surfaces
- Huge selection of compatible third-party plug-ins and software options
- Works on Windows and Mac computers
* Requires optional Music Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit2
Create
Pro Tools LE 8 software offers an unparalleled breadth of creative options when developing ideas. Easily import audio and MIDI files and loops. Take advantage of an unmatched range of unique, nondestructive audio editing tools like Beat Detective LE, which enables you to automatically correct timing on individual tracks. Develop MIDI compositions with the Pro Tools integrated, easy-to-use MIDI sequencer. Choose among a wide-range of effects and instrument plug-ins like the Xpand!™ sample-playback/synthesis workstation to develop the sounds you're after, or integrate your favorite ReWire-compatible applications right into your mixes.
- Audio manipulation with world-class editing tools
- Import MIDI, REX, ACID, WAV, AIFF, AAC, MP3, and CD audio files
- Built-in DigiBase file management tool
- Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
- Fully nondestructive editing
- Powerful, intuitive MIDI sequencing
- Real-time audio and MIDI processing
- Advanced virtual instrument integration
- Wide-range of compatible third-party creative software options (AudioSuite™, RTAS®, and ReWire-compatible applications)
Record
Pro Tools LE systems with Pro Tools LE software offer superior features and functionality to capture ideas quickly and easily. Choose the professional-sounding Pro Tools LE hardware interface to perfectly suit your recording needs (Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Pro, Mbox 2 Mini, 003, or 003 Rack). Use loop recording to capture several takes of a solo. Set an automatic punch-in/punch-out range to effortlessly fix a passage. Even create individual cue mixes for everyone in the recording session.
- Superior sound quality
- Record up to 24-bit/96 kHz (Mbox 2 Pro, 003, or 003 Rack) or up to 24-bit/48kHz (Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Mini)
- Truly mobile recording options
- Low-latency monitoring while recording
- QuickPunch functionality
- Powerful loop recording options
Mix
Pro Tools LE software offers the ultimate in mixing power and flexibility. Choose among a variety of professional plug-in effects to develop a mix. Take advantage of the most powerful automation in the industry to add motion to your music. Put more real-time plug-ins to work in your sessions via improved RTAS plug-in performance. Finally, connect a control surface such as Command|8 to your system and enjoy the familiar feel of a tactile faders and controls when mixing.
- Industry-standard Pro Tools mixing environment
- RTAS real-time effects processing
- Advanced automation features
- Wide-range of professional third-party processing options
- Control surface options for hands-on mixing
Share
When you work with Pro Tools software, you're working with the standard for professional audio production. Enjoy full compatibility with countless Pro Tools equipped professional and personal studios around the world. Exchange entire sessions, individual session elements, or stereo mixes for easy collaboration with your friends. Plus, export to numerous other standard audio file formats, including MP3.
- Powerful options for importing a wide-variety of audio/MIDI files and session data elements
- DV Toolkit option for desktop post production features
- Session compatibility with Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools M-Powered systems
- Multiple export options
Bundled Plug-Ins
In addition to Pro Tools LE 8 software, an impressive collection of over 50 valuable plug-ins and applications are included with every Mbox 2 system. These outstanding plug-ins have been used on countless professional recordings and many are exclusive to the Pro Tools® platform.
Structure Free Sample Player for Pro Tools Developed by the acclaimed Digidesign® Advanced Instrument Research (A.I.R.) group, Structure Free is a free sample player that allows you to quickly and easily integrate a wide range of sounds into your Pro Tools sessions and tweak them to make them your own.
Xpand! Sample-Playback/Synthesis Workstation The first plug-in from Digidesign's Advanced Instrument Research group, Xpand!; is a powerful instrument plug-in that puts more than 1,000 professional sounds at your fingertips.
Free Bomb Factory® Plug-ins The Free Bomb Factory® plug-ins offer powerful effects and utilities from the makers of some of the very best digital emulations of classic analog processors in the industry.
- Bomb Factory BF76 Compressor
- BF Essential Clip Remover
- BF Essential Correlation Meter
- BF Essential Meter Bridge
- BF Essential Noise Meter
- BF Essential Tuner
- Funk Logic Mastererizer
Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 The newly enhanced Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 and premium Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro bundles provide a wealth of professional plug-ins, virtual instruments, compatible applications, and sounds to inspire your creativity and refine your talents. Both bundles also include special artist promotion services to help you make your talents known to the industry and new fans around the world.
DigiRack Plug-ins DigiRack plug-ins offer a wide variety of professional real-time and file-based effects and studio utilities that are ideal for bringing your mixes alive.
1-Band EQ - 4-Band EQ - Chorus - Click - Compressor - D-Verb™ - D-Verb-AS - DC Offset Removal - DeEsser - Delay - DigiReWire - Dither - Duplicate - Dynamics II - Dynamics III - EQ II - EQ III - Expander-Gate - Extra-Long Delay - Flanger - Gain - Gate - Invert - Limiter - Long Delay - Medium Delay - Mod Delay II - Multi-Tap Delay - Normalize-Gain Change - Ping-Pong Delay - Pitch Shift - POWr Dither - Reverse-DC Removal - Signal Generator - Short Delay - Slap Delay - Time Comp-Exp-Pitch Shift - Trim
Specifications
Analog Inputs - 2
- Separate source selection and gain control per channel
- Mic: XLR with 48V phantom power
- Mic preamp: >120 db EIN @ > 50 dB gain
- Line: 1/4"
- DI: 1/4"
- Maximum Input: 8.7 V RMS (balanced), or +21 dBu
Analog Line Outputs - 2
- Maximum Output: +4 dBV into 1 kohm
- Unbalanced output connectors
Headphone Output
- Separate volume control—1/4" output
- > 6 mW into 50 ohm
Digital I/O
- S/PDIF I/O (24-bit)
- RCA jacks
Misc.
- 24-bit clean to/from the computer
- USB type B socket (v. 1.1); cable included (does not support passive USB hubs)
Dimensions - measured with Mbox 2 in horizontal (handle-down) configuration
- Height, box: 4.9cm; with handle: 7.7cm; with handle cover: 5.6cm
- Width: 22.4cm
- Depth: 18.4cm (includes knobs)
- Weight: 1.23 kg.
A/D
- Sample Rate: 44.1, 48 kHz
- Dynamic Range: 106 dB (A-weighted), 103 dB (unweighted)(1,2)
- THD+N (line input): 0.00079% (-102 dB) @ 1 kHz(1,3)
- THD+N @ 40 dB gain (mic input): 0.006% (-84 dB) @ 1 kHz(1)
- Mic EIN (unweighted): -120 dB @ 40 dB gain, 150 ohm source
- Frequency Response: +0/-0.5 dB, 20 Hz – 20 kHz(3)
- Maximum Input: +21 dBu
- Input Impedance (pad off): Mic=3.5 kOhm; Line=10 kOhm; DI= >1 MOhm
D/A
- Sample Rate: 44.1, 48 kHz
- Dynamic Range: 106 dB (A-weighted), 103 dB (unweighted)(1,4)
- THD+N: 0.003% (-90.4 dB); -1 dBFS @ 1 kHz(1,3)
- Frequency Response: +/-0.5 dB, 20 Hz – 20 kHz3
1 Measurement made using balanced connectors
2 ADC measured -60 dBFS method with minimum gain setting
3 Measured relative to level at 1 kHz
4 Measured with digital input at -60 dBFS @ 1 kHz
Additional Information
| Manufacturer | Digidesign |
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