DIGIDESIGN MBOX 2 FACTORY BUNDLE WITH PRO TOOLS 8 LE

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 ever. Combining high-performance hardware and award-winning, industry-standard Digidesign® Pro Tools LE™ software, Mbox 2 gives you essential tools to help you realize your creative vision.

Mbox 2 Factory Bundle

For added creative processing options right out of the box, Digidesign presents the Mbox 2 Factory bundle " a complete Mbox 2 system plus a set of potent Digidesign and Bomb Factory plug-ins (a retail value of more than $1,050!) with an iLok USB Smart Key that has those plug-ins preauthorized. Mbox 2 Factory plug-ins include:

• moogerfooger® Analog Delay
• JOEMEEK® SC2™ Photo Optical Compressor
• JOEMEEK VC5™ Meequalizer®
• Cosmonaut Voice™
• Digidesign® Maxim™

Mbox 2 Basics

Mbox 2, Digidesign's Pro Tools LE™"based portable studio, offers novices and pros alike command of any project and full session compatibility with other Pro Tools® systems, all the way up to Pro Tools|HD® systems. The Pro Tools LE software included with Mbox 2 shares many of the same features as the award-winning software used by professionals worldwide. With its spectrum of features, Mbox 2 " Digidesign's most affordable Pro Tools LE product " works hand in hand with your creativity to bring your ideas to life.

The physical design of the Mbox 2 hardware unit is both distinctive and functional: It can be positioned horizontally or vertically for easy placement. Mbox 2 comes with two faceplates, which are easily swapped using the included hex wrench. One faceplate features a large handle that makes the unit easily portable. The second faceplate, which offers a rubberized grip, allows Mbox 2 to sit flat on a desktop and reduces the space required when the unit is packed for traveling.

The Essentials

Mbox 2 is a full-featured, USB-powered studio-in-a-box that works with your Window XP- or Mac OS X-based computer to give you a compact, portable, professional-quality audio production system. With a distinctive hardware interface that delivers exceptional sound quality, Mbox 2 works in conjunction with your computer and your Pro Tools LE software to provide the creative power you need to achieve professional results. Complementing the hardware interface's analog, digital, and MIDI I/O, Pro Tools LE software offers 32 tracks of simultaneous recording and playback, 128 virtual tracks, 256 MIDI tracks, and a host of additional features. As with all Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools LE systems, Mbox 2 also ships with the Pro Tools Ignition Pack™ " an impressive array of added composition and production tools to extend the power of your system. From beginning to end, Mbox 2 places you in an ideal position to realize your creative vision.

Enhancers

While Mbox 2 is a fully functional system, many additional products are available that can increase the scope and performance of your Pro Tools LE environment. High-powered RTAS® (real-time) and AudioSuite™ (file-based) plug-ins, designed and built by Digidesign and Digidesign Development Partners™, are available for virtually every signal processing, sound design, and specialized editing purpose. These plug-ins work in conjunction with Pro Tools LE in both real-time and non-real-time formats, frequently improving upon the hardware counterparts that they emulate. The addition of a FireWire drive is also a wise choice, improving the performance of your system by increasing throughput and data transfer speeds. As a registered user, you always have access to software upgrades and free updates as Digidesign continues to develop new ways of improving your Pro Tools experience.

Hardware Features

As a complement to the comprehensive collection of intuitive software products included with the Mbox 2™ system, the hardware interface is both powerful and easy to use, featuring a distinctive external design, impressive sound quality, and extensive input and output options. Just route your audio or MIDI through the Mbox 2, launch a new Pro Tools® session to build and manage your project, and you're in an ideal position to create " from beginning to end, in a fully self-contained environment. The Mbox 2 system's hardware and software interact seamlessly, offering you all the power and flexibility of a Pro Tools workstation in a results-oriented micro studio.

Features

• Superior sound quality
• Four simultaneous inputs and outputs with analog and digital I/O*
• Two analog inputs (XLR and 1/4" jacks) and two analog outputs (1/4" jacks)
• Two channels of S/PDIF digital I/O (RCA)
• 48V phantom power for condenser microphones
• 24-bit/48 kHz audio
• MIDI in/out
• Zero-latency monitoring
• 100% USB powered
• * Four simultaneous inputs require two channels of digital input plus two analog channels.

Specifications

Analog Inputs

• Separate source selection and gain control per channel
• Mic: XLR with 48V phantom power
• Mic preamp: >120 db EIN @ > 40 dB gain
• Line: 1/4"
• DI: 1/4"
• Maximum Input: 8.7 V RMS (balanced), or +21 dBu

Analog Line Outputs

• 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: 14.9cm; with handle: 17.7cm; with handle cover: 15.6cm
• 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)
• THD+N (line input): 0.003% (-90.4 dB) @ 1 kHz
• THD+N @ 40 dB gain (mic input): 0.006% (-84 dB) @ 1 kHz1
• Mic EIN (unweighted): -120 dB @ 40 dB gain, 150 ohm source
• Frequency Response: +0/-0.5 dB, 20 Hz " 20 kHz3
• 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)
• THD+N: 0.003% (-90.4 dB); -1 dBFS @ 1 kHz
• Frequency Response: +/-0.5 dB, 20 Hz " 20 kHz

System Requirements

• PC requirements: Intel Pentium 4, Centrino, Core Duo, or AMD Athlon XP and 64-class processors and chips; Windows XP Home or Professional, Service Pack 2 (Vista not supported); 768MB RAM; Open FireWire port (FireWire hubs not supported); DVD-ROM drive
• Mac requirements: G4 processor (933MHz or higher), G5 processor, or Intel-based Macs; Mac OS X version 10.4; 768MB RAM; Open FireWire port (FireWire hubs not supported); DVD-ROM drive

New in Pro Tools 8 software

Features

• Award-winning Pro Tools® recording, editing, and mixing
  
• 48 simultaneous stereo audio tracks (expandable with Toolkit options)
  
• Includes dozens of pro effects processing plug-ins and virtual instruments
  
• Professional MIDI sequencing with dedicated MIDI Editor window
  
• Integrated Score Editor based on award-winning Sibelius notation software
  
• Full Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch to easily adjust timing and pitch on your tracks
  
• Unique Beat Detective™ LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
  
• ReWire support for streaming you favorite applications right into Pro Tools
  
• 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

In addition to M-Audio Torq LE DJ software and an incredible 8 GB collection of pro-quality loops from industry sound heavyweights Big Fish Audio, Pro Tools software includes a comprehensive bundle of amazing virtual instruments, effects, and utility plug-ins.

Virtual Instruments
Boom drum machine and sequencer DB-33 tonewheel organ emulator with rotating speaker simulation Mini Grand acoustic grand piano Vacuum monophonic vacuum tube synthesizer	Xpand!2 multitimbral synth and sample workstation Structure Free sample player FXpansion BFD Lite acoustic drum module
Effects, Sound-Processing, Utility Plug-ins
1-Band EQ III 4-Band EQ III 7-Band EQ III AIR Chorus AIR Distortion AIR Dynamic Delay AIR Enhancer AIR Ensemble AIR Filter Gate AIR Flanger AIR Frequency Shifter AIR FuzzWah AIR KillEQ AIR Lo-Fi AIR MultiChorus AIR Multi-Delay AIR Nonlinear Reverb AIR Phaser AIR Reverb AIR Spring Reverb AIR StereoWidth AIR Talkbox AIR Vintage Filter BF76 Compressor BF Essential Clip Remover BF Essential Correlation Meter BF Essential Meter Bridge BF Essential Noise Meter Celemony Melodyne Essential Chorus Click Compressor/Limiter D-Verb DC Offset Removal De-Esser	Delay DigiReWire Dither Duplicate Eleven Free Expander/Gate Extra Long Delay II Flanger Gain Invert Lo-Fi Long Delay II Maxim Medium Delay II Multi-Tap Delay Normalize Ping-Pong Delay Pitch Pitch Shift POWr Dither Recti-Fi Reverse SansAmp Sci-Fi Signal Generator Short Delay II Slap Delay II Time Compression Expansion Time Shift TL AutoPan TL InTune TL MasterMeter TL Metro Trim Vari-Fi

System Requirements

Mac

• Digidesign-qualified Mac OS X 10.4 based computer
• 768 MB of RAM (1 GB highly recommended)
• DVD-ROM (or equivalent) drive for software installation
• Available USB port (USB hubs not supported)
• Minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution

PC

• Digidesign-qualified Windows XP based computer
• Windows Vista 32bit Business, Ultimate
  
• 768 MB of RAM (1 GB highly recommended)
• DVD-ROM (or equivalent) drive for software installation
• Available USB port (USB hubs not supported)
• Minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution