PreSonus AudioBox USBThe PreSonus AudioBox USB 2x2 USB recording system is an excellent solution for achieving high-quality, professional-sounding recordings no matter where you are. The AudioBox USB is a USB bus-powered audio recording interface loaded with 2 microphone/instrument inputs with 48V phantom power, 2 balanced TRS outputs, and MIDI I/O so you can stay portable without sacrificing your sound. The AudioBox USB also comes with Steinberg's Cubase LE 4 48-track recording and production software so you can start recording right out of the box. PreSonus Audio has won numerous awards for designing quality microphone preamplifiers for all price levels. The AudioBox USB is loaded with preamps that deliver high headroom, low noise, and high gain to give you pure, full, and rich sound. Most USB recording devices operate at a 16-bit sample rate and use converters with dynamic range of less than 90dB which gives you a pinched and relatively small sound. The AudioBox USB, however, uses professional-grade analog to digital converters with a dynamic range of 102dB and 24-bit sample rate so that the digital conversion is big, quiet, and musical, making it one of the best sounding USB bus-powered interface on the market. The AudioBox USB is bus-powered giving you the flexibility you need with no wall warts, line lumps, or power cables. Just plug in to a powered USB port and you are ready to record. The AudioBox USB is housed in an all-metal chassis with metal knobs able to withstand the rigors of travel and your touring adventures. Just toss the AudioBox USB in your laptop bag and mobilize your music creation and production. Whether you're recording your shows, creating a mix on the plane, or writing songs in your hotel room, the AudioBox is ready to go.Cubase LE 4 Recording and Production Software Steinberg's Cubase LE 4 48-track recording and production is included with the AudioBox giving you a full-featured and powerful recording system right in the box. Cubase LE 4's features include 48-audio tracks, 64 MIDI tracks, MIDI & sequencing, EQ on each track, VST plug-in support, Virtual instrument support, Time stretching and pitch shifting, HALionOne Sample Player (w/ 60 Instruments, 400 MB sound library), Compressor, DualFilter, Distortion, PingPong-Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, AutoPanner, Vibrato, Rotary, MonoToStereo and Roomworks SE, DaTube, MIDI Gate, StepFilter, Bitcrusher, Chopper, Metalizer, Ring Modulator, Tranceformer, Grungelizer, Drum Editor, and more.
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Works great on my G4 Powerbook, plug-n-play. The Presonus Audiobox has the features I need most: stereo monitoring of input/playback, good clean preamps, bus-powered, full 48V phantom power, and instrument in for my guitar. Only thing really missing is a line-level input, so you cannot use this to digitize vinyl records for example. It takes condenser mics without a hitch. Dynamics like an SM57 will need max gain for spoken voice, while a guitar amp at room-level volume is fine. So be warned, this USB box doesn't have the gain needed to properly do speech with a high-gain-requirement dynamic like the SM57. Also, if your computer is too slow, too little RAM, you *will* get latency issues with this or any USB interface. There's latency compensation in your DAW but not without tradeoffs in what you can monitor. I have 1 gig of RAM and a 1.33 Ghz processor and anything slower would probably need a firewire interface instead. But at half the price of a Firebox, I'd say this is a darn good deal. I don't regret purchasing it, as it hasn't given me any glitches, noise problems, driver problems, or anything and sounds great.
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