DISC Propellerhead Balance USB Audio Interface with Reason Essentials

Full Description

Design and Features

Sounds as good as it looks. Works as great as it feels. We've taken care of all the tedious stuff - installation, setup, the works. You can concentrate on having fun instead: making music. With two channels of recording and inputs for all your gear, your instruments are always connected and you are always ready to record.

2-in 2-out USB Audio Interface

Sounds as good as it looks. Works as great as it feels. We've taken care of all the tedious stuff - installation, 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/Specifications:

• 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)
• Hardware input source selection
• Input level control
• Separate output and headphone level control
• Output muting
• Dimensions:
• Length: 192 mm
• Width: 130 mm
• Height: 70 mm
• Weight: 569 grams
• Two XLR microphone inputs with 48V phantom power
• Two 1/4" guitar inputs with padding
• Four 1/4" balanced line inputs (two stereo pairs)
• One 1/4" headphone output
• Two 1/4" TRS balanced main outputs

System Requirements:

• 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

• 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