Pro Tools + Mbox Pro & Artist Control Bundle, from Pro Tools LE

Highlights

• 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

 

Sound amazing with Mbox Pro

Whether you work solo or collaborate with others, you’ll sound better than ever with the newly re-architected Mbox Pro 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/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 5.1 surround*
• Set up flexible cue mixing and reverb effects with the onboard DSP
• Get fast and easy desktop connectivity through FireWire

Accelerate your creativity with Pro Tools software

Compose, record, edit, sequence, and mix with ease using the world’s most popular, most advanced music creation and audio production platform (learn more about Pro Tools 9).

• 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 multitrack 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

Artist Control Description:

Artist Control brings the unparalleled speed, resolution and DAW integration of Avid's high-end pro consoles to the personal studio in a revolutionary ergonomic, slim-line design. Artist Control fits perfectly between keyboard and screen, and can be connected to additional Artist Mix units to create a larger mixing control surface

Artist Control is loaded with power features to speed up and enhance your creativity with any media application.

Effortlessly switch between multiple applications and workstations at the touch of a button.

The Artist Control's high-resolution touch-screen interface, motorized faders and arsenal of rotary encoders, soft keys and transport controls instantly snap to the selected application to put multi-format metering, plug-in parameters, track information and much more at your fingertips.

Most importantly, software developers like Apple, Steinberg, MOTU and others have worked closely to integrate native support for Avid's EuCon control protocol into their DAWs to deliver an unmatched editing and mixing experience.

Features

1. Customizable Touch-screen Interface 
2. Record/Automation Keys 
3. Select/Assign Keys 
4. Function Keys (Shift Keys) 
5. Ethernet Port 
6. Footswitch Jack 
7. Transport Controls Jog/Shuttle/Zoom Wheel 
8. Track Navigation 
9. Application/Workstation Change 
10. Monitor/Control Room Level 
11. Assignable Soft Keys (12) 
12. Touch-sensitive Rotary Encoders (8) 
13. Touch-sensitive Motorized Faders (4)

EuCon is a high speed Ethernet control protocol developed by Euphonix that allows the Artist Mix to connect to any Mac OS X application. EuCon carries control information for faders, knobs, displays and more between the Artist Mix and whatever application is in focus on your computer.

EuCon is MIDI on steroids and is the next generation control protocol for working with music and video applications.

The EuControl application manages the Artist Mix's connection to the Mac, and the Artist Client application connects the EuCon control data to all the applications. The Artist Mix can connect to any application, but for fader and knob control, the application must be able to support either EuCon, HUI, or Mackie Control protocol.

DAWs and Video Edit applications which include EuCon, HUI or Mackie Control protocol include:

* Logic Pro 
* Final Cut Pro 
* Soundtrack Pro 
* Cubase 
* Nuendo 
* Digital Performer 
* Pro Tools 
* Reason 
* Live 
* and more...