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.

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

Software

Digidesign® Pro Tools LE™ 7 software is the most powerful and easy-to-use application to produce professional-sounding music.

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 system. These outstanding plug-ins have been used on countless professional recordings and many are exclusive to the Pro Tools® platform.

	Structure Free Sample Player for Pro Tools Developed by the acclaimed Digidesign® Advanced Instrument Research (A.I.R.) group, Structure Free is a free sample player that allows you to quickly and easily integrate a wide range of sounds into your Pro Tools sessions and tweak them to make them your own.
	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.
	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
	Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2/Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro The newly enhanced Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 and premium Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro bundles provide a wealth of professional plug-ins, virtual instruments, compatible applications, and sounds to inspire your creativity and refine your talents. Both bundles also include special artist promotion services to help you make your talents known to the industry and new fans around the world. Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 comes with 003 Rack, Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Factory, Mbox 2 Mini, and Mbox 2 Pro. The bigger Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro comes with 003 Factory, 003 Rack Factory, and Mbox 2 Pro Factory.
	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.
	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	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

• Separate source selection and gain control per channel
• Mic: XLR with 48V phantom power
• Mic preamp: >120 db EIN @ > 50 dB gain
• Line: 1/4"
• DI: 1/4"
• Maximum Input: 8.7 V RMS (balanced), or +21 dBu

• 24-bit clean to/from the computer
• USB type B socket (v. 1.1); cable included (does not support passive USB hubs)

• Maximum Output: +4 dBV into 1 kohm
• Unbalanced output connectors

• Sample Rate: 44.1, 48 kHz
• Dynamic Range: 106 dB (A-weighted), 103 dB (unweighted)^1,2
• THD+N (line input): 0.00079% (-102 dB) @ 1 kHz^1,3
• THD+N @ 40 dB gain (mic input): 0.006% (-84 dB) @ 1 kHz¹
• Mic EIN (unweighted): -120 dB @ 40 dB gain, 150 ohm source
• Frequency Response: +0/-0.5 dB, 20 Hz – 20 kHz³
• Maximum Input: +21 dBu
• Input Impedance (pad off): Mic=3.5 kOhm; Line=10 kOhm; DI= >1 MOhm

• S/PDIF I/O (24-bit)
• RCA jacks

• Sample Rate: 44.1, 48 kHz
• Dynamic Range: 106 dB (A-weighted), 103 dB (unweighted)^1,4
• THD+N: 0.003% (-90.4 dB); -1 dBFS @ 1 kHz^1,3
• Frequency Response: +/-0.5 dB, 20 Hz – 20 kHz³