| Meet Mbox® 2 Mini - the world's smallest, most affordable Pro Tools LE™ system ever. Whether you're a singer/songwriter who's new to recording or a seasoned pro on the go, Mbox 2 Mini packs professional features into a robust, ultra compact, easy-to-use audio workstation to record and mix music wherever your inspiration takes you. And with its diminutive size, Mbox 2 Mini literally puts the power of Pro Tools in the palm of your hand.
Like its siblings, Mbox® 2 and Mbox® 2 Pro, Mbox 2 Mini delivers superior sound quality and includes plenty of powerful creation tools for composing, recording, and mixing music and audio. It comes with award-winning, easy-to-use Pro Tools LE™ software, which provides you with many of the same tools the pros use on major recordings and in films. And because Pro Tools is the industry standard, you can use your Mbox 2 Mini-recorded sessions in any Pro Tools-equipped studio around the world.
What’s Included
Mbox 2 Mini
USB cable
Pro Tools LE software DVD-ROM installer (includes electronic versions of user guides)
Registration information card
Minimum System Requirements*
768 MB of RAM
USB port for Mbox 2 Mini (USB hubs are not supported)
DVD-ROM or equivalent optical drive
Windows XP
Intel Pentium 4, Centrino, Core Duo, or AMD Athlon XP and 64-class processors and chips**
Windows XP Home or Professional, Service Pack 2
Mac OS X
G4 processor (933 MHz or higher), G5 processor, or Intel-based Macs
Mac OS X version 10.4
*Digidesign
is constantly working on supporting the latest computer configurations.
For the most up-to-date system requirements, compatibility information
and online support, please visit the Digidesign website.
**Please see Digidesign’s online compatibility information for specific details on supported processors and chip sets.
Hardware
Mbox® 2 Mini is professionally and durably built to withstand all the knocks and bounces it encounters as your traveling companion, and delivers superior sound quality.
- Professional sound quality (up to 24-bit/48 kHz)
- Two simultaneous analog inputs and outputs
- One XLR analog input for connecting a microphone
- Two 1/4" line-/instrument-level (DI) analog inputs for connecting guitars, basses, keyboards, synthesizers, drum machines, and more
- Zero-latency monitoring
- Compact, rugged metal enclosure for maximum portability and durability
- Powered by USB (USB 1.1 connection, cable included)
- Front-panel volume control and monitor mute switch
- Two 1/4" analog monitor outputs
- Stereo headphone output
- 48V phantom power
- Kensington Security Lock
Software
Digidesign® Pro Tools LE™ 7 software is the most powerful and easy-to-use application to produce professional-sounding music.
Software Features
- Award-winning Pro Tools® recording, editing, and mixing
- 32 simultaneous audio tracks (128 virtual audio tracks), expandable to 48 tracks*
- Fully integrated MIDI sequencing with 256 simultaneous MIDI tracks
- Over 50 processing plug-ins, virtual instruments, and compatible applications
- Support for streaming ReWire applications into Pro Tools
- Unique Beat Detective™ LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
- Support for the Digidesign Control|24™ and Command|8® control surfaces
- Huge selection of compatible third-party plug-ins and software options
- Works on Windows XP and Mac OS X computers
* Requires optional Music Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit™ 2
Bundled Plug-ins
In addition to Pro Tools LE™ 7 software, an impressive collection of over 50 valuable plug-ins and applications are included with every Mbox® 2 Mini system. These outstanding plug-ins have been used on countless professional recordings and many are exclusive to the Pro Tools® platform.
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Xpand! Sample-Playback/Synthesis Workstation
The first plug-in from Digidesign's Advanced Instrument Research group, Xpand!™ is a powerful instrument plug-in that puts more than 1,000 professional sounds at your fingertips.
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Free Bomb Factory® Plug-ins
The Free Bomb Factory® plug-ins offer powerful effects and utilities from the makers of some of the very best digital emulations of classic analog processors in the industry.
- Bomb Factory BF76 Compressor
- BF Essential Clip Remover
- BF Essential Correlation Meter
- BF Essential Meter Bridge
- BF Essential Noise Meter
- BF Essential Tuner
- Funk Logic Mastererizer
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Pro Tools Ignition Pack
The Pro Tools Ignition Pack™ includes a collection of powerful third-party instrument and effects plug-ins and other tools to help expand the power of your Pro Tools system.
- Ableton Live Lite 4 Digidesign Edition
- Propellerhead Software
- Reason Adapted 3
- FXpansion BFD Lite
- IK Multimedia SampleTank 2 SE
- IK Multimedia Amplitube LE
- IK Multimedia T-RackS EQ
- Celemony Melodyne uno essential
- Bunker 8 REX file CD
- Pro Tools Method One™ instructional DVD
- One-year membership to Broadjam.com
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DigiRack Plug-ins
DigiRack™ plug-ins offer a wide variety of professional real-time and file-based effects and studio utilities that are ideal for bringing your mixes alive.
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- 1-Band EQ
- 4-Band EQ
- Chorus
- Click
- Compressor
- D-Verb™
- D-Verb-AS
- DC Offset Removal
- DeEsser
- Delay
- DigiReWire
- Dither
- Duplicate
- Dynamics II
- Dynamics III
- EQ II
- EQ III
- Expander-Gate
- Extra-Long Delay
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- Flanger
- Gain
- Gate
- Invert
- Limiter
- Long Delay
- Medium Delay
- Mod Delay II
- Multi-Tap Delay
- Normalize-Gain Change
- Ping-Pong Delay
- Pitch Shift
- POWr Dither
- Reverse-DC Removal
- Signal Generator
- Short Delay
- Slap Delay
- Time Comp-Exp-Pitch Shift
- Trim
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