"When we released our highly successful Mbox over four years ago, we were very excited to make Pro Tools available at just over £300," says Dusty DiMercurio, marketing manager of Digidesign's personal studio product line. "With Mbox 2 Mini, we're proud to expand our Mbox 2 family to include a solution under £200, reaching a new level of affordability for a Pro Tools LE hardware/software system."
Powered by Pro Tools LE software, the Mbox 2 Mini ships with a powerful set of creation tools for composing, recording, and mixing music and audio. Mbox 2 Mini includes some of the same tools used by many audio professionals including DigiRack plug-ins, Bomb Factory plug-ins, the Xpand! sample-playback/synthesis workstation, and the Pro Tools Ignition Pack, which features an extensive collection of creation tools from Ableton, Propellerhead Software, IK Multimedia, Broadjam.com, and more.
Features include: two simultaneous analogue inputs and outputs; one XLR analogue input for connecting a microphone; two ¼" line-/instrument-level (DI) analogue inputs for connecting guitars, basses, keyboards, synthesizers, drum machines, and more; powered by USB (USB 1.1 connection, cable included); two ¼" analogue monitor outputs; stereo headphone output; and 48V phantom power.
"Mbox 2 Mini represents the perfect intersection of customer requests and Digidesign passion," says Matt May, product manager for the Mbox 2 Mini. "Mbox 2 has been very well received, but some people asked to take the idea even further, requesting a smaller, stereo I/O box. Our engineers were intrigued, and worked on their own time to create the Mbox 2 Mini. And while some might think small price equals small performance, we insisted that Mbox 2 Mini achieved the high-end specifications like its bigger Mbox 2 brothers. We're thrilled to offer Mbox 2 Mini, which gives you the massive power of Pro Tools in a small metal box!"
(Chris Henry)
