Epic Pro Tools Desktop Interface!

Heads up! As of version 10.3, Pro Tools is officially compatible with Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

It's time to get serious about your interface. If you want to make professional-quality music, you're going to need a rig that can step into the ring and deliver. There are two way to do this: you can spend a ton of scratch on a load of gear and figure out the details from there, or you can just buy the right gear the first time. The Avid Pro Tools Mbox Pro IS the right gear. You need amazing converters and killer preamps? The Pro Tools Mbox Pro gives them to you. More specifically, you get a whole set of 24-bit/192kHz converters that smoke many of the standalone converters out there, and four amazing preamps that have all of us wondering how in the heck this interface can be so affordable. No joke, no exaggeration - these freakishly quiet and transparent preamps are so good that it simply doesn't make sense.

That's just the beginning. How about this, each of the Pro Tools Mbox Pro's four channels has a dedicated insert, so you can hook up whatever outboard gear you want. Even better, onboard DSP for cue mixing removes the need for some of that gear. Now you can track vocals and send a custom mix with a touch of reverb or delay back to the singer - and there's no latency whatsoever! How about this? Each of the Pro Tools Mbox Pro's preamps has a Softclip tape-saturation-style limiter, the kind Avid's new HD interfaces come with. In addition to keeping your inputs from clipping, they add incredible warmth to your sound when you hit them hard. Next, there's a guitar tuner built in, always a handy feature.

Need to mix in 5.1 surround? No problem - the Pro Tools Mbox Pro has enough outputs. How about this? There's a front panel multi-function button that lets you pull off some handy tricks inside Pro Tools 9 (included, in case you didn't read the thing at the top of the page), like duplicating the track you have selected and then record arming it while disarming the old track - great solo recording tool. Want to use a DAW other than Pro Tools? Go ahead! These new drivers are ready for anything. Heck, you can even use your Pro Tools Mbox Pro to get higher-quality audio out of iTunes... even on a PC. Yup, these new drivers even include WDM support. Oh, and by the way, this amazing interface also comes with Pro Tools 9... you know, the latest version of the industry standard DAW that even more powerful and flexible than ever before? So, go ahead, get serious about music, get serious about gear, get yourself an Avid Pro Tools Mbox Pro!

Avid MBox Pro FireWire Recording Interface Features at a Glance:

• Includes Pro Tools 10 software
  
• Also compatible with most major audio software, including Pro Tools LE, Logic, Live, Cubase, and more
  
• Includes all-new ASIO, Core Audio, WDM, MME, and multiclient drivers
  
• 8 x 8 simultaneous channels of I/O
  
• 4 x mic inputs with 48V phantom power and highpass filter (2 x XLR/DI combo, 2 x XLR)
  
• 4 x 1/4" TRS line inputs
  
• 2 x unbalanced Alt line inputs (2 RCA, 1 mini 1/8")
  
• 6 x 1/4" TRS balanced line outputs
  
• 2 x discrete 1/4" stereo headphone outputs with separate volume controls
  
• Stereo S/PDIF digital I/O, MIDI I/O, and Word clock I/O on included breakout cable
  
• FireWire connection
  
• Professionalgrade circuitry and converters deliver exceptional audio performance
  
• Up to 24bit/192kHz sample rates (up to 96kHz sample rates supported with Pro Tools LE)
  
• Softclip limiter lets you track hot signals without clipping, providing a classic overdriven tape saturation sound
  
• Builtin guitar tuner
  
• Onboard DSP offers flexible cue mixing and reverb effects
  
• Assignable Pro Tools multifunction button on interface gives you fast access to software functions
  
• Connect up to 3 pairs of monitors or do 5.1 surround mixing (Complete Production Toolkit required for 5.1 surround mixing in Pro Tools LE)
  
• Monitor control section with Mono, Mute, Dim, Alt Source, and Speaker A/B/C switching controls
  
• Dedicated monitor volume knob
  
• Dimensions: 13.74" x 7.56" x 2.28"
  
• Weight: 6.17 lbs.

Minimum System Requirements - Mac

• OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3
  
• 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
  
• 6GB free disk space
  
• Intel processor (no PowerPC support)
  
• 1 x FireWire 400 port

Minimum System Requirements - PC

• Windows 7 32-bit Native, or Windows 7 64-bit Native
  
• 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
  
• 5GB free disk space
  
• 1 x FireWire 400 port