Product Description

The Firebox is the most powerful 24-bit/96k FireWire recording interface that fits in the palm of your hand. The Firebox is a complete 24bit/96k personal recording studio combining two high quality PreSonus microphone/instrument preamplifiers, 24-bit/96k sample rate and Steinberg's Cubase LE 48-track recording software. The perfect hardware and software combination for a professional quality, powerful, yet compact personal computer-based studio.

The Firebox has the highest record/playback track count of its size with the ability to record 6 inputs and playback through 10 outputs simultaneously. Two ultra low noise high-headroom microphone/instrument preamplifers with separate trim control and 48V phantom power are on the front panel for quickly and easily connecting your favorite microphones and instruments. The Firebox also includes a high quality stereo headphone output with volume adjustment on the front panel. Two additional balanced TRS line inputs are located on the rear of the Firebox along with six balanced TRS line outputs. Two channels of SPDIF input/output and MIDI input/output are also included via DB9 breakout cable. Firebox comes with a software router/mixer to control your inputs and outputs in the computer. The 1/3U wide metal chassis of the Firebox is designed to fit the MAXRACK system from PreSonus and can be racked with the TubePRE, COMP16, EQ3B and HP4 for a neat and compact computer recording system.

Additionally, the Firebox can be powered by a computer that provides 6-pin FireWire bus power, or powered by an external power transformer. The Firebox is also equipped with a second FireWire port making it possible to connect a Firebox or a Firepod to your system for additional inputs and outputs.

ProPak Software Suite comes free with the FireBox FireWire recording system. The ProPak gives you everything you need to get started producing music immediately. The ProPak comes with recording software, real-time plug-in effects as well as over 2 GB of drum loops and samples giving a powerful bundle of software tools for music production.

Cubase LE is the new music production software based on award-winning Cubase SX technology featuring 48 audio tracks, VST plug-ins and full VSTi support. Cubase LE combines powerful audio and MIDI recording features with professional editing and effects. Cubase LE and all included plug-ins are compatible with both Mac and PC systems. Also, Cubase LE sessions are completely upward compatible with both Cubase SX and Nuendo. So if you choose to upgrade down the road to Cubase SX or Nuendo, you can seemlessly upgrade all of your existing sessions when you upgrade your software. Cubase LE is the perfect entry into professional recording software giving you the ability to produce professional level recordings right-away, and giving you a system that you can expand into the future!

Features
High-speed FireWire audio interface

24-bit / 44.1, 48, 96K conversion

2 microphone / instrument preamps

2 analog line inputs, 6 analog line outputs

S/PDIF input / output, MIDI input / output

Low-latency monitoring

Headphone output with separate audio stream

Powered via FireWire bus or externally

Fits Maxrack rack mounting system

Free ProPak Software Suite (ver. 1) Included
Cubase LE 4 48-track music recording and production software

Audio Damage– FuzzPlus2, Filterpod plug-ins

Pluggo Jr. – Average Injector, Chamberverb, Feedback Network, Filter Taps, Generic Effect, HF Ring Mod, Jet, Limi, Nebula, Resonation, Resosweep, Spectral Filter.

Camel Crusher – Distortion Compressor plug-in

Voxengo - SPAN, Boogex, EssEQ , OldSkoolVerb, Tempo Delay and Tube Amp plug-ins.

Discrete Drums Sampler– over 1GB of drum loops and drum samples

Twiddly bits – 100 MIDI drum loops created by real drummers

Optional MegaStudio Artist Bundle
The MegaStudio Artist gives you everything you need to record your music, create your videos and distribute and sell your music worldwide!

Included with the MegaStudio Artist are more than FOUR HOURS OF TUTORIAL VIDEOS showing you step-by-step how to produce professional-quality recordings and videos taking the mystery out of music and video production.

MegaStudio Artist features the award-winning PreSonus FireBox FireWire recording interface, more than $2,000 worth of music and video production software, 5 free uploads to iTunes from TuneCore, as well as free BroadJam.com membership and a complete “Go Pro” guide with tons of information on sharing, distributing and selling your music and videos.

Included Software;
Audio recording and production:
Steinberg Cubase 4 LE
48-track audio recording and production software

Video editing and production:
Sony Vegas Movie Studio + DVD
Multi-track video and audio editing software and DVD creation software

Virtual instruments;
Reason Adapted (Synths, Sounds, Loops)

Drumagog LE (Drum replacer)

BFD Lite (Virtual studio drummer)

Ultra Analog Session (Synthesizer)

SoniVox PreSonus VI (Virtual sample instrument)

Lounge Lizard Session (Vintage electric pianos)

Amplitube LE (Virtual guitar amplifier)

KeytoSound (General synthesizer)

Real-time effects;
MasterVerb (Mono and stereo reverb)

EyeQ (Graphic EQ and spectral analyzer)

Chamberverb (Reverb)

Track Plug LE (Channel Strip)

Camel Crusher (Compressor)

PitchCraft (Pitch correction)

FuzzPlus 2 (Guitar effect)

SFX Machine (Virtual synthesizer)

Pluggo Jr (12 real-time effects plug-ins)

Drum loops and sounds effects;
Sony 1001 Sound Effects

Discrete Drums PreSonus Edition

Cycling 74 loops

Twiddly Bits

CD burning;
Sony CD Architect

Other;
House of Worship Video Toolkit from CCI Solutions

Distribute and sell on iTunes;
TuneCore.com one album (5 free songs) upload to iTunes included

Share and Promote;
Free BroadJam.com membership

Instructional Videos and Booklets;
Cubase LE4 Demystified – video manual

Sony Vegas Movie Studio Training by VASST

How to recording a song using the FP10

How to make a live recording & video with the FP10 & Sony Vegas

How to make a music video with Sony Vegas

Mixing a song in Cubase LE4

Distributing your music on TuneCore

Tour:Smart “Go Pro” Guide written by Martin Atkins

House of Worship Toolkit by CCI Solutions

Technical Description

Computer System Requirements

Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista
Computer: Windows compatible computer with IEEE 1394 FireWire port.
CPU/Clock: Pentium, Athlon with 900Mhz or higher (1.5GHz recommended)
Memory(RAM): 256 MB (512MB recommended)

Macintosh
OS: MacOS X ver. 10.3.7 or later (MacOSX Tiger 10.4.0 click here)
CPU/Clock: PowerPC G4/800Mhz or higher (G4/Dual 1 GHz recommended), all Intel/Mac models
Memory(RAM): 256 MB (512MB recommended)

Note: Due to a circuit design change, Mac Book Pro laptop computers will not supply sufficient power over the FireWire bus to initially boot up the FireBox. Once the FireBox has beeen initially powered on with the included external power supply, you may disconnect the external power supply, the FireBox can then be bus-powered.

Catalog Description

Super-compact FireWire audio interface@2 high-quality mic/instrument preamps@4 inputs, 6 outputs@S/PDIF and MIDI I/O@Includes Cubase LE for Mac/PC

Product Rated 7.7 Out of 10 (16 ratings)

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