theonly thing i can see it doesnt have is hi-z (instrument) inputs so your son could plug his guitar/bass directly in to the board, but that can be solved by either buying an SM-57 microphone and/or DI-box (silent recording) :-)Ī similar and cheaper tascam mixer/firewire interfaceĪctually the most rad add-on rather than a DI-box is the line 6 pod, for $200 it's maybe the most popular (because it's really good) guitar processor effect today, and it can run straight into the alesis or other mixing board since it can convert the impedance of the signal from hi-z to line level. i havent tested the mastercontrol but the feature set is really really really compelling (btw, i think tascam even has one too in a similar feature set). Product features, specifications, system requirements, and availability are.
Mbox 2 pro system requirements pro#
Packing an impressive variety of connection options into a compact interface, Mbox 2 Pro puts powerful multitrack recording and mixing capabilities into your hands, so you can create wherever inspiration strikes. The IDAutomation OCR-A and OCR-B Font Advantage Packag 7.2 demo is available to all software.
Mbox 2 pro system requirements software#
This download is licensed as shareware for the Windows operating system from font software and can be used as a free trial until the trial period ends (after an unspecified number of days). doing these things with a mouse/keyboard really is not the best way to learn, and if you want the same thing in protools you're talking about > $2,500, or buying a mackie device to go with the presonus is also a few grand. With Mbox Pro, you get everything you need to create music and audio on your. Overview The Mbox 2 Pro is a portable, high-definition audio/MIDI production system that delivers truly professional sound quality. OCR-A and OCR-B Font Package 7.2 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs. the mixing board is designed to connect to the computer DAW software to let you move things without your mouse, which is awesome. so it's not expandable at all, complete vendor lock-in, except for vst plugins that would work in them all.Īnyway if you're considering spending the money for the mbox 2 pro (~$800?), I recommend you look at the alesis master control (url link below) which has 2 microphone inputs, lots of 1/4" inputs/outputs and it is a real mixing board that can give real hands-on feel to recording/mixing music. the DAW software interface for recording is really important though and protools hardware is good for protools DAW software ONLY. if you pick a presonus device, the firestudio project is a great choice for a gift.
i've been doing computer recording for ~10 years now btw and have used lots of interfaces. I have a presonus firestudio (not the project version) and am pretty happy with it.