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PreSonus - AUDIOBOX USB

Description

Capture your ideas wherever you are with the PreSonus AudioBox USB 2x2 USB recording system. The AudioBox USB is a USB bus-powered audio recording interface featuring 2 microphone/instrument inputs with 48V phantom power, 2 balanced TRS outputs and MIDI in/out.

The AudioBox USB is bundled with PreSonus Studio One Artist - our groundbreaking music creation program - and over 4 GB of virtual instruments, plug-ins, loops and samples to get you started making music immediately.

Pedigree Preamplifiers

PreSonus Audio has won numerous awards for designing the highest quality microphone preamplifiers in the industry at all price levels. The AudioBox USB is loaded with preamps that out perform any USB-based interface hands down. The preamplifiers in the AudioBox deliver high headroom, low noise and high gain giving you pure, full and rich sound.

Professional 24-bit converters

Most USB recording devices operate at 16-bit sample rate and use converters with dynamic range of less than 90dB. This translates into a pinched and relatively small sound. The AudioBox USB uses professional-grade analog to digital converters with dynamic range of 102dB and 24-bit sample rate so that the digital conversion is big, quiet and musical.

USB bus-powered

The AudioBox USB is USB bus-powered allowing you to take it anywhere inspiration hits. No wall warts, line lumps or power cables; just plug into a powered USB port and you are ready to record.

Ready to hit the road

There's no plastic here. The AudioBox USB is housed in an all-metal chassis with metal knobs ready to withstand the rigors of travel. Toss it in your laptop bag and mobilize your music creation and production. Whether you want to record your shows, mix on the plane or write songs in your hotel room, the AudioBox is ready.

Studio One Artist plus gigabytes of creative resources

The AudioBox USB is bundled with an exceptional software package featuring PreSonus Studio One Artist, the amazing new DAW software for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Vista that makes producing high-quality projects easier than ever before. As part of the Studio One Artist package you get 20 new PreSonus Native Effects plug-ins and virtual instruments and a generous bundle of third-party loops, software and instrument sounds.

Compare Studio One Artist and bundled extras to what comes with competing mobile interfaces:

All-meat, no-bloat music-creation software with an intuitive, practical, single-window interface.
Unlimited tracks, insert effects, sends, virtual instruments, buses and effects channels.
Powerful drag-and-drop functionality.
Content browser with convenient sort options and preview player.
Full-featured, flexible automation.
Powerful, real-time auto/manual time-stretching and resampling engine.
Control Link (advanced MIDI mapping made easy).
Twenty, 32-bit Native Sound plug-ins including reverbs, amp modelling and EQ.
Four new virtual instruments including a sampler and an analog-type subtractive synth.
Ability to control the software mixer in any FireStudio-series interface to create zero-latency cue mixes.
Gigabytes of third-party resources including Native Instruments Kore Player with custom SoundPack (150 instruments), Native Instruments Guitar Rig LE, Toontrack EZDrummer Lite and over 1.4 GB of loops!