A small audio workstation that can make a big impact on your classroom's projects.

This educational edition of Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini Portable Audio Workstation is specially priced for educational institutions and their staff, post-secondary (college) students, and 501(c)(3) organizations. Proper documentation, such as a school PO, faculty/student ID, or IRS determination letter, must be provided in order to use and register this product.

Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini is an incredibly compact and easy-to-use USB Pro Tools LE audio workstation. Mbox 2 Mini is an ideal solution for beginners (like your students) getting into recording music on their computers or learning how to work with a mobile Pro Tools system. The Mini has two channels of simultaneous analog I/O, 24-bit/48kHz sound quality, an XLR jack with 48V phantom power, two 1/4" line-/instrument-level jacks, zero-latency monitoring, two 1/4" monitor outputs, headphone jack, and front-panel volume and mute controls. The compact design makes it perfectly portable, as does the USB-bus power support.

The Mbox 2 Mini also includes Pro Tools LE software with over 50 effects and instrument plug-ins from Bomb Factory, Digidesign, and more. There's enough here to get your pupils off and running, making music any which way they want.

Product Availability: Pro Tools 8.0.4
Free downloadable update offers Windows support (LE and M-Powered); improvements for all Pro Tools systems. Avid is pleased to announce the availability of Pro Tools 8.0.4, a free upgrade for all registered Pro Tools users. This latest update offers many performance enhancements and fixes, plus adds Windows 7 support for Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M-Powered systems.

Digidesign MBox 2 Mini Educational Features:

• 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
  
  Pro Tools LE 8 new features
• Award-winning Pro Tools recording, editing, and mixing
• 48 simultaneous stereo audio tracks (expandable with Toolkit options)
• Includes dozens of pro effects processing plug-ins and virtual instruments
• Professional MIDI sequencing with dedicated MIDI Editor window
• Integrated Score Editor based on award-winning Sibelius notation software
• Full Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch to easily adjust timing and pitch on your tracks
• Unique Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
• ReWire support for streaming your favorite applications right into Pro Tools
• Support for the Digidesign C|24 and Command|8 control surfaces
• Huge selection of compatible third-party plug-ins and software options
  
  Virtual Instruments
• Boom drum machine and sequencer
• DB-33 tonewheel organ emulator with rotating speaker simulation
• Mini Grand acoustic grand piano
• Vacuum monophonic vacuum tube synthesizer
• Xpand! multitimbral synth and sample workstation
• Structure Free sample player
• FXpansion BFD Lite acoustic drum module
  
  Effects, Sound-Processing, Utility Plug-ins
• 1-Band EQ III
• 4-Band EQ III
• 7-Band EQ III
• AIR Chorus
• AIR Distortion
• AIR Dynamic Delay
• AIR Enhancer
• AIR Ensemble
• AIR Filter Gate
• AIR Flanger
• AIR Frequency Shifter
• AIR FuzzWah
• AIR KillEQ
• AIR Lo-Fi
• AIR MultiChorus
• AIR Multi-Delay
• AIR Nonlinear Reverb
• AIR Phaser
• AIR Reverb
• AIR Spring Reverb
• AIR StereoWidth
• AIR Talkbox
• AIR Vintage Filter
• BF76 Compressor
• BF Essential Clip Remover
• BF Essential Correlation Meter
• BF Essential Meter Bridge
• BF Essential Noise Meter
• Celemony Melodyne Essential
• Chorus
• Click
• Compressor/Limiter
• D-Verb
• DC Offset Removal
• De-Esser
• Delay
• DigiReWire
• Dither
• Duplicate
• Eleven Free
• Expander/Gate
• Extra Long Delay II
• Flanger
• Gain
• Invert
• Lo-Fi
• Long Delay II
• Maxim
• Medium Delay II
• Multi-Tap Delay
• Normalize
• Ping-Pong Delay
• Pitch
• Pitch Shift
• POWr Dither
• Recti-Fi
• Reverse
• SansAmp
• Sci-Fi
• Signal Generator
• Short Delay II
• Slap Delay II
• Time Compression Expansion
• Time Shift
• TL AutoPan
• TL InTune
• TL MasterMeter
• TL Metro
• Trim
• Vari-Fi
• Works on Windows and Mac computers

Give your pupils a small, yet highly effective audio workstation to learn on. Order today!

Digidesign MBox 2 Mini Educational Specifications:

• Mic Input
• Connector: One balanced XLR jack
• Mic Phantom Power: 48V
• Equivalent Input Noise: -129 dBu
• Frequency Response: ±0.1 dB
• Dynamic Range: 103 dB/106dB A-weighted
• THD + N @ 1kHz: 0.0006% (-104db)
• Input Sensitivity, Pad off: +1dBu minimum gain, -52dBu maximum gain
• Input Sensitivity, Pad on: +21dBu minimum gain, -32dBu maximum gain
• Input Impedance (pad off): 9.5k ohm
  
  Line/DI Inputs
• Connector: Two unbalanced 1/4" jacks with independent gain controls
• Frequency Response: ±0.1dB
• Dynamic Range: 103dB/106dB A-weighted
• THD + N @ 1kHz: 0.006% (-84db)
• Input Sensitivity, Pad off: +1dBu minimum gain, -52dBu maximum gain
• Input Sensitivity, Pad on: +21dBu minimum gain, -32dBu maximum gain
• Input Impedance (pad off): Inputs are DI only
• Monitor Outputs
• Connector: Two 1/4" unbalanced jacks
• Frequency Response: ±0.25 dB
• Dynamic Range: 105dB/107dB A-weighted
• Output Sensitivity: +6 dBu maximum
  
  Headphone Outputs
• Connector: One 1/4" stereo jack
• Output Sensitivity: 1.6V RMS maximum gain
• Frequency Response: ±0.25 dB
• Dynamic Range: 99dB/101dB A-weighted
  
  Digital Specifications
• Supported Sample Rates: 44.1, 48kHz
• Maximum Word Length: 24 bit
• Host Connection: One USB 1.1 type B jack (cable included)
  
  Size/Weight/Power
• Height: 1.75"/ 4.44cm
• Width: 5.0" / 12.7cm
• Depth: 6.0" / 15.24cm
• Weight: 1.12lb. / 508 grams
• Power Requirements: Powered off USB bus only
  
  PC requirements: Intel Pentium 4, Centrino, Core Duo, or AMD Athlon XP and 64-class processors and chips; Windows XP Home or Professional, Service Pack 2 (Vista not supported); 768MB RAM; Open USB port (USB hubs not supported); DVD-ROM drive
  
  Mac requirements: G4 processor (933MHz or higher), G5 processor, or Intel-based Macs; Mac OS X version 10.4; 768MB RAM; Open USB port (USB hubs not supported); DVD-ROM drive
  
  Note:
• Pro Tools 7.4.2 is now compatible with Leopard 10.5.3. Version 7.4.2 is available for free download at digidesign.com