The music production package that has everything you need to create anything you want.
2-in 2-out audio interface
Sounds as good as it looks. Works as great as it feels.
We've taken care of all the tedious stuff — calibration, setup, the
works. You can concentrate on having fun instead: making music. With two
channels of pristine audio recording, and with inputs for all your
gear, your instruments are always connected and you are always ready to
record.
Integrated music recording environment
Balance is perfectly integrated with Reason and Reason
Essentials. With Clip Safe you'll never lose a good take to distortion
again. Big Meter lets you tune your guitar and set the levels from
across the room. Use it with our software, other pro audio apps, or even
iTunes™ — Balance works with everything.
Reason Essentials
Reason Essentials packs all the recording, editing,
effects, instruments, and mixing tools you need to sound great. With its
generous sound bank and familiar creative flow, it's the software that
lets you focus on the music and finish that song. Need more? Upgrade to
Reason for even more instruments, sounds, and effects.
Features:
- Clip Safe records your take on two channels, one at a lower volume.
If your recording clips, it lets you substitute it for the other one.
- Reason Essentials’ Recording Meter lets you tune your guitar and set the levels from across the room.
- Two microphone preamps with phantom power, high impedance guitar and bass inputs with pads, and four line inputs.
- Use the buttons on the front panel to select the active inputs.
- When a Reason Essentials audio channel is active and armed for
recording, the Ready LEDs light up. Just hit record and play. The
software will take care of the rest.
- Large main output and headphone level controls
- Output muting and Direct Monitoring
- Hit the Mute button once to mute the main outs. Press and hold the
button to activate direct monitoring of the input channels, for latency
free recording or standalone use.
- Powerful headphone amp offers ‘ear shattering volumes with even the quietest of headphones’.
- Plug and play – Balance is powered through the USB port. On the Mac,
no drivers are required. On Windows, the drivers come pre-installed
with Reason Essentials.
Specs:
- 2-in by 2-out audio interface
- USB 2.0 – bus powered
- Hi-end pre-amplifiers
- Hi-end 24-bit ADC/DACs, 44.1 to 96kHz
- Low latency design
- Clip Safe — Never again a lost take because of inadequate level
settings. The “built-in recording engineer” watches over your session
and automatically heals any clipped recordings.
- Mac OS class compliant (no driver on Mac OS). ASIO drivers for Windows installed with the software.
- Built-in Propellerhead Ignition Key
- Direct monitoring (for stand-alone or DAW use)
- Two XLR microphone inputs w. 48V phantom power
- Two 1/4″ guitar inputs with padding
- Four 1/4″ line inputs (two stereo pairs)
- One 1/4” headphone output
- Two 1/4″ TRS balanced main outputs
- Hardware input source selection
- Input level control
- Separate output and headphone level control
- Output muting
System Requirements:
Windows
- Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Opteron or better (multiple cores highly recommended)
- 1GB RAM
- DVD drive
- Windows XP SP3, Vista or Windows 7 (Vista or Windows 7 required for 64-bit)
- 3 GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
- A MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
- Free USB 2.0 port
- Internet connection for registration
Mac OS X
- Intel Mac (multiple cores highly recommended)
- 1 GB RAM
- DVD drive
- Mac OS X 10.6.3 or later
- 3 GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
- A MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
- Free USB 2.0 port
- Internet connection for registration
