AVID PRO TOOLS CARBON Hybrid Audio Production Interface System

 CARBON  AVID 

 Hybrid Audio Production System with Pro Tools 

For artists, bands, and producers, Pro Tools | Carbon is a new breed of audio interface that is built to capture brilliance. It’s a hybrid audio production system that features incredible sound quality and combines the power of your native CPU with onboard HDX DSP acceleration. You can push your computer to the limit when you mix and record through AAX DSP plugins with near-zero latency monitoring. 

This hybrid audio production system works collaboratively together with Pro Tools, putting power at your fingertips to record with AAX DSP plugins and monitor performances in real time. Pristine converters, double resolution clocking, and a mic preamp design to capture clarity. With 25 x 34 simultaneous ins and outs, including four headphone outs to handle cue mixes, you have all the connections you need to capture the best performances, from solo artists to an entire band. 

Avid Pro Tools Carbon Includes:

• Pro Tools | Carbon audio interface

• Pro Tools software

• 1-year subscription with a Pro Tools perpetual parachute

• 115 AAX plugins (over 70 AAX DSP plugins), including UVI Falcon, the Avid Complete Plugin Bundle, and HEAT

• 5.4 GB sound library

• Standard support

Avid Pro Tools Carbon Features:

• Pro Tools integration with the Hybrid Engine that allows you to maximize the performance

• Create and shape sounds with premium plugins included

• Capture every detail with pristine converters

• Connect all the gear you need. Carbon comes loaded with a full complement of analog and digital I/O at your disposal. With the ability to run 25 x 34 simultaneous ins and outs—including eight mic pres and four headphone outputs—you can record any ensemble, from a solo musician to an entire band.

• Thermal design that quietly keeps Carbon cool, even when stacked with other gear in the rack

Avid Pro Tools Carbon Specifications:

INPUTS

• Combo mic/line inputs: 8 balanced XLR/TRS with Variable Z (impedance) on inputs 5–8

• DB25 line inputs: 8 balanced via 25-pin D-sub

• Instrument (Variable Z) inputs: 2 unbalanced ¼-inch TS

• Digital inputs:

• ADAT: 16 channels @ 44.1–96 kHz

• ADAT: 8 channels @ 176.4–192 kHz

A/D CONVERSION

Mic preamps:

• Dynamic Range: 126 dB (A-weighted)

• THD+N: -105 dB (0.00056%)

• Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB

• EIN: -129 dB (A-weighted)

Line inputs:

• Dynamic Range: 125 dB (A-weighted)

• THD+N: -103 dB (0.0007%)

• Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB

Line inputs (true bypass):

• Dynamic Range: 126 dB (A-weighted)

• THD+N: -114 dB (0.0002%)

• Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB

Instrument inputs:

• Dynamic Range: 125 dB (A-weighted)

• THD+N: -103 dB (0.0007%)

• Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB

OUTPUTS

• DB25 line outputs: 8 balanced via 25-pin D-sub

• Monitor outputs: 2 balanced ¼-inch TRS

• Headphone outputs: 4 stereo ¼-inch TRS

• Digital outputs:

• ADAT: 16 channels @ 44.1–96 kHz

• ADAT: 8 channels @ 176.4–192 kHz

D/A CONVERSION

Line outputs:

• Dynamic Range: 120 dB (A-weighted)

• THD+N: -110 dB (0.0003%)

• Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB

Monitor outputs:

• Dynamic Range: 120 dB (A-weighted)

• THD+N: -110 dB (0.0003%)

• Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB

Headphone outputs:

• Power: 100 mW into 300 ohm; 200 mW into 32 ohm

• Dynamic Range: 116 dB (A-weighted)

• THD+N (32 ohm): -87 dB (0.0045%)

• THD+N (300 ohm): -100 dB (0.001%)

• Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB

DSP ACCELERATION

• HDX DSP: 8 HDX DSP processors (2.8 GHz aggregated processing)

• Supported sample rates: 44.1 kHz–192 kHz; 32-bit, 192 kHz max

• Host connection: Ethernet

• Power supply: Single (internal)

• Chassis: 1U 19-inch rack-mountable unit

SALE: $4199.99 

FREE S&H in continental US (e-mail for international / offshore USA rates)