Macro Studio, Micro Design

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 LET software, Mbox 2 gives you essential tools to help you realize your creative vision.

Mbox 2 combines pristine sound and a wide range of connection options (including analog, digital, and MIDI) for professional performance in an incredibly compact package. Along with its flexible hardware interface, Mbox 2 includes the easy-to-use, award-winning Digidesign Pro Tools LE software, which offers many of the same features that top studios rely on to record, edit, mix, and master commercial albums and produce sound for blockbuster films. In addition, Mbox 2 comes with the Pro Tools Ignition PackT - an impressive collection of powerful plug-ins, creative applications, and additional tools to help you professionally produce and promote your music. With the addition of the Pro Tools Ignition Pack, Mbox 2 includes more than 50 plug-ins and instruments.

Meticulous Sound Mbox 2 delivers superior sound quality that easily surpasses the sound of almost any other bus-powered USB-audio interface. With Mbox 2, you can record your ideas more accurately and play them back in greater fidelity than ever before.

MIDI In/Out Mbox 2 features MIDI in and out ports for easy integration of MIDI controllers, hardware synthesizers and samplers, and virtual instruments.

Multiple Inputs Mbox 2 lets you to use two analog inputs and two channels of S/PDIF digital input at the same time to achieve four simultaneous channels of audio input.

Macro Studio With the massive production power of Pro Tools LE software plus the included Pro Tools Ignition Pack, Mbox 2 can be the foundation for a comprehensive, macro studio.

Micro Design Mbox 2 features a sleek, practical, and flexible hardware design that can be positioned vertically or horizontally to fit into any workspace.

Mbox 2 Software Features

• Award-winning Pro Tools LE software (Windows XP and Mac OS X)
• 32 simultaneous audio tracks (128 virtual audio tracks)
• Integrated MIDI sequencer with 256 simultaneous MIDI tracks
• 37 DigiRackT and 7 Bomb Factory plug-ins
• Includes the Pro Tools Ignition Pack software and tools
• Support for streaming ReWire applications
• Beat Detective LE groove analysis and correction tool

Mbox 2 Hardware Features

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

Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 and Ignition Pack 2 Pro

If you’re looking to make the most of your creativity, sometimes it’s good to think “inside the box.” There you’ll find either Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 or the premium Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro, which come bundled free with all Digidesign® Pro Tools LE® and Pro Tools|HD® systems. Both bundles offer an unprecedented, comprehensive collection of powerful effects and instrument plug-ins, creative compatible applications, high-quality sounds, artist promotion services, and other helpful utilities to professionally compose, perform, record, sequence, edit, mix, master, and promote your audio creations.

• Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 comes with all new Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Factory, Mbox 2 Mini, Mbox 2 Pro and 003 Rack.
• Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro comes with all new Mbox 2 Pro Factory, 003 Factory, 003 Rack Factory and Pro Tools|HD.
  

Mbox 2 Factory
For even more creative options right out of the box, there is Mbox 2 Factory. This bundle includes a complete Mbox 2 system and an iLok USB Smart Key with the following additional Digidesign and Bomb Factory® plug-ins pre-authorized:

• MaximT A must-have, world-class peak limiting and sound level maximizing plug-in that optimizes the overall level of audio input while preserving the integrity of the original sound.
  
• moogerfooger® Analog Delay A warm delay meticulously based on Bob Moog's classic analog design.
• JOEMEEK® SC2T Compressor A compressor with a unique edge, modeled after hardware units used by top producers around the globe.
• JOEMEEK VC5T Meequalizer® An equalizer that recreates a custom Joe Meek box that featured a treble and bass circuit with a sweepable mid control.
• Cosmonaut VoiceT An "out-of-this-world" plug-in that offers a telephone voice, interplanetary effects, distortion, squelch, and even an authentic tone culled from recently declassified Russian space footage, all through a funky-looking interface.

Price and Availability

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