The Pro Tools Express + Mbox from Avid combines a 4 input/4 output USB interface with another iteration of the company's industry-standard software, Pro Tools Express. While partially restricted when compared to Pro Tools 10, Pro Tools Express still features many of its sibling's features.
The software has 16 mono/stereo audio tracks, and allows for 8 channels of simultaneous input and output (hardware dependant). Automatic Delay Compensation (ADC) is fully supported, as is video support. Maximum sampling rate is capped at 96kHz. The software also fully supports the use of third party plug-ins.
The Mbox is an ultra-portable third generation USB digital audio interface that allows for recording, editing and mixing performances and is perfect for the solo musicians and audio creators. Easily connect microphones, instruments, and monitors with a computer to capture and create studio-quality productions.
- Industry-standard recording software
- Full edit-screen display configuration
- Separate Edit and Mix windows
- Full Pro Tools file-support and session compatibility
- Full routing with sends, inserts and bussing
- High-quality virtual-instruments
- Dozens of effect and audio-processing plug-ins
- Professional-grade circuitry and premium audio conversion
- Capture and mix high-quality sessions with up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio resolution
- Connect and control equipment with 4 x 4 simultaneous channels of I/O
- Two XLR microphone/line combo inputs with a professional-grade microphone preamps and 48V phantom power
- Two 1/4" instrument inputs on front panel for easy access
- Two balanced 1/4" TRS monitor outputs
- Stereo headphone output on a 1/4" TRS connector
- One MIDI input, one MIDI output
- Monitor control section with Mono and Dim controls
- Dedicated monitor volume knob
- Built-in guitar tuner
- Set up flexible cue mixing and reverb effects with the onboard DSP
- Boom
- Structure Free
- Xpand!2
- 1-Band EQ III
- 4-Band EQ III
- 7-Band EQ III
- AIR Chorus
- AIR Distortion
- AIR Dynamic Delay
- AIR Flanger
- AIR Frequency Shifter
- AIR Lo-Fi
- AIR Multi-Delay
- AIR Phaser
- AIR Vintage Filter
- BF76 Compressor
- Click
- Compressor/Limiter
- D-Verb
- DC Offset Removal (AS)
- De-Esser
- DigiReWire
- Dither
- Duplicate (AS)
- Eleven Free
- Expander/Gate
- Invert (AS)
- Normalize (AS)
- Reverse (AS)
- Time Compression Expansion (AS)
- TL InTune digital tuner