Avid is introducing Pro Tools | Carbon — a breakthrough audio interface that represents a new chapter in the company’s history of innovative designs. Pro Tools | Carbon is aimed squarely at artists, producers, and engineers who are searching for tools that will inspire the creative process by streamlining their studio workflow. Avid presents Pro Tools | Carbon as a hybrid production system that merges native CPU with onboard HDX DSP acceleration to make Pro Tools more powerful than ever, and it comprises cutting-edge converters and eight pristine preamps to capture brilliance in stunning detail.
Seamless Pro Tools Integration
Pro Tools has been the DAW of choice for countless industry professionals and amateur recordists for decades, due in part to its intuitive, console-style workflow; expansive routing options; and timesaving production tools including Elastic Audio and Beat Detective. Pro Tools | Carbon optimizes the performance of this already formidable DAW with its hybrid engine, which allows you to use native CPU and HDX DSP processing simultaneously to enjoy latency-free, real-time processing during recording and mixdown.
Create Without Constraints
Pro Tools | Carbon comes equipped with eight HDX DSPs that empower you to create without constraints. Load up a host of virtual instruments, effects, and sound shapers without bogging down your CPU; and inspire performances by monitoring through effects or by printing them in real time with virtually no latency. And there’s no need to use an external application to take advantage of Pro Tools | Carbon’s latency-free monitoring — it works right from the DAW with the push of a button. Moreover, Pro Tools | Carbon includes a serious software package with 115 AAX DSP plug-ins from the Avid Complete Bundle, UVI’s Falcon sampler and synthesizer, virtual instruments from Native Instruments, Dave Hill’s HEAT harmonic enhancer, and a slew of hardware emulations, amp sims, and more from Plugin Alliance and McDSP. And, unlike many DSP plug-ins, AAX DSP plug-ins can be used both in DSP and native domains, meaning you can run them without having Carbon connected — a huge plus for remote collaboration!
Engineered for Sonic Excellence
Avid engineered every element of Pro Tools | Carbon to provide pristine sound quality with exceptional depth and detail. It all starts with four top-notch analog-to-digital converters per channel, each boasting an exceptional 126dB dynamic range to capture every nuance of a performance, from the quietest to the loudest passages, with negligible noise and coloration. Eight stellar preamps with four channels of variable impedance ensure you’re getting the most from your microphones — whether you’re using condensers, dynamics, or ribbons — guitars, basses, synths, drum machines, and more. And, if you would rather use some favored outboard gear, Pro Tools | Carbon gives you the option to bypass any preamp for an ultra-short signal path.
Plenty of I/O
Whether you’re working in a small project studio or in a large recording facility, Pro Tools | Carbon has the I/O you need. On top of its eight built-in preamps, Pro Tools | Carbon contains eight analog line inputs and outputs and 16 channels of digital I/O over ADAT, so you can easily expand your channel count as needed. Pro Tools | Carbon is an ideal interface for producers who are working in a hybrid studio setup, as it makes it easy to integrate your outboard gear. Additionally, it features four headphone outputs on the front panel — a handy addition when you’re recording small ensembles.
Connects via High-Bandwidth Ethernet
Ethernet is offering lots of possibilities when it comes to professional audio. With an eye toward the future, Avid forwent creating Pro Tools | Carbon as a USB or Thunderbolt interface. Rather, they opted to equip it with Ethernet connectivity based on the open-source AVB (Audio Video Bridging) protocol. Avid’s version of AVB offers vanishingly low latency and streams audio at 32-bit–float precision.
Experience Pro Tools Like Never Before!
Seasoned Pro Tools users are certain to be impressed by the deep hardware and software integration Pro Tools | Carbon provides — we sure are! To learn more about this fantastic new interface, please reach out to our knowledgeable Sales Engineers at (800) 222-4700 — they’ll be happy to walk you through the details!
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