Digidesign MBox 2 Factory USB Sound Card

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™ 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 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.

Mbox 2 Factory also includes over $1,000 worth of additional professional plug-ins, plus an iLok USB Smart Key to handle your plug-in authorizations.

• 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.
• Software - Pro Tools software is used in countless professional studios around the world, and includes all the tools you need to easily compose, record, edit, mix, and master your projects with pro results — every time.
• Bundled Plugins - 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.

Mbox 2 Factory Plug-in Bundle

• Cosmonaut Voice
• JOEMEEK SC2 Photo Optical Compressor
• JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer
• Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser
• Moogerfooger Analog Delay
• Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter
• Moogerfooger Ring Modulator

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

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
• 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 your favorite applications right into Pro Tools
• Support for the Digidesign Command|8® control surface
• Huge selection of compatible third-party plug-ins and software options
• Works on Windows and Mac computers

• Digidesign-qualified Windows Vista- (32-bit Business or Ultimate), Windows XP- or Mac OS X 10.5-based computer
• Minimum 1 GB of RAM
• DVD-ROM or equivalent optical drive for software installation
• Available USB port for Mbox 2 system (USB hubs not supported)
• Available USB port for iLok USB Smart Key

Digidesign is a subsidiary of Avid Technology and their flagship software product is Protools. There are 3 versions of Prot Tools; Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M-Powered. Digisdesign also makes a number of products for the Pro Tools platform inclduding several software plug ins. They also manufacture a wide variety of hardware add ons such as audio interfaces, MIDI interfaces, synchronisers and control surfaces.

Digidesign branded products will be phased out during 2010 and in future carry the Avid brand name.