Pro Tools Announce Carbon Pre: Add More Channel Preamps

Hot on the heels of Avid announcing the MBOX Studio, they have just announced the Carbon Pre for expanding your Pro Tools | Carbon-powered studio up to 24 channels of premium mic/line preamps and more. Each Pro Tools | Carbon Pre delivers the same world-class audio performance as Carbon, providing eight premium mic/line preamps with variable input impedance for greater tonal flexibility, stacked ADCs for maximum dynamic range, and 32-bit conversion to capture every sonic detail. Plus, Ethernet connectivity enables you to remotely control all channels from Pro Tools and tap into the Hybrid Engine for low-latency processing.

Carbon Pre isn’t just for Pro Tools | Carbon—it can be used as an 8-channel mic preamp expansion unit with an existing Pro Tools | HDX or HD Native system to scale up your I/O. Or replace an ageing Pro Tools | PRE audio interface and enjoy better performance and pristine sound quality. Integrate up to nine Carbon Pre interfaces with a single Pro Tools | HD system through your interface’s ADAT inputs, with the flexibility of remotely controlling and recalling all preamps right from Pro Tools.

Key features

· 24 x 24 simultaneous I/O

· 192 kHz / 32-bit conversion

o 8 mic/line preamps with Variable Z (impedance) on inputs 5-8

o 2 Hi-Z instrument inputs

o 8 x 8 line I/O (DB25)

o 16 channels ADAT I/O

o Word Clock I/O

o 2 Ethernet ports

· Internal power supply

· AVB port for I/O expansion of Pro Tools | Carbon (sold separately)

· Standalone preamp operation

· Preamp control from Pro Tools

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