Presonus AudioBox 44VSL USB Audio Interface

The PreSonus AudioBox 44VSL is a USB 2.0 Audio/MIDI Interface for home and project studios. The AudioBox 44VSL includes Virtual StudioLive™ (VSL) and Studio One Artist software so you can start recording and making music straight away.

The AudioBox 44VSL works seamlessly with your MAC or PC system. The AudioBox 44VSL lets you make 24-bit, 96 kHz recordings and connect two microphones and instruments straight into the AudioBox.

Virtual StudioLive Software is your virtual studio mixer for the AudioBox 44VSL. Add reverb and delay effects, Fat Channel compression, limiting, semi-parametric EQ, and high-pass filters to your tracks for a professional mixing experience.

Studio One Artist is a groundbreaking music creation and production application for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista that makes audio recording, MIDI sequencing, and audio mastering very simple right out of the box. Studio One Artist integrates perfectly with the Audiobox 44VSL for a complete professional studio setup.

The main features of the AudioBox 44VSL includes:

• 24-bit / 96 kHz 4 x 4 USB 2.0 recording interface
• 2 dual-purpose, front-panel, mic/instrument input channels with:
• • Combo XLR mic and balanced ¼" instrument input
  • Class A XMAX™ mic / instrument preamp
  • Individual channel-trim controls with 0 to +35 dBu mic gain range
• 2 dual-purpose, front-panel, mic/line input channels with:
• • Combo XLR mic and balanced ¼" line input
  • Class A XMAX™ mic preamp
  • Individual channel-trim controls with 0 to +35 dBu mic gain range
• True +48V phantom power for condenser microphones (global)
• Mixer control (blends the input signal with the computer playback stream for zero-latency analog monitoring)
• Headphone jack with level control
• Main-output level control
• Power/USB sync LED
• LED clip indicator for each channel
• Mix, adjust input and playback-returns levels, and add effects and signal processing from your laptop or other computer
• Studio One™ Artist digital audio workstation software included
• Virtual StudioLive™ (VSL) control software included; manages:
• • Near-zero-latency monitoring with extensive signal processing
  • 8 x 4 DSP mixer
  • StudioLive™ 16.0.2 Fat Channel compressor, limiter, expander, high-pass filter, and semi-parametric EQ for each analog input and its DAW return
  • 2 stereo effects buses with reverb and delay
  • More than 50 Fat Channel DSP presets for enhancing instrument and vocal recordings
• Input/Output
• • 1 USB 2.0 port
  • 2 combo XLR / ¼” mic/instrument inputs
  • 2 combo XLR / ¼” mic/line inputs
  • 2 balanced ¼” main (L/R) line outputs
  • 4 balanced ¼” auxiliary (L/R) line outputs
  • 1 stereo ¼” headphone output
  • MIDI In/Out
• Digitalia
• • 24-bit resolution and 44.1, 48, 88.2, and 96 kHz sampling rate
  • Professional-grade A/D/A converters (+114 dBu dynamic range)
  • Zero-latency analog monitoring with playback/input Mix control knob
  • Mac®- and Windows®-compatible, including Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7
  • Supports ASIO, Core Audio, Direct Sound (Windows XP), Windows Audio Session API (Windows Vista and Windows 7)
• Physical
• • 1/2U rack-mountable (screw-mount to standard rack tray, not included)
  • Road-rugged construction with all-metal chassis and metal knobs
  • Weight 2.6 lb. (1.2 kg)
  • 12 VDC external power supply (included)
• Software
• • Virtual StudioLive (VSL)
  • • PreSonus’ groundbreaking control software
  • Studio One Artist
    • PreSonus’ revolutionary digital audio workstation, with unlimited track count and 4+ GB of 3rd-party resources.
• PC System Requirements: Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz processor or AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Turion) (2.8 GHz or faster recommended), 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
• MAC System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or later (32- and 64-bit), Intel Core 1 Solo 1.5 GHz processor (Intel Core Duo or Intel Xeon processor recommended), 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)