Carbon Pre - 24-Channel Preamp

Expand your studio
Get all the inputs you need for large tracking sessions and multi-mic live recordings. Each Pro Tools | Carbon Pre provides eight mic/line preamps and eight line outputs, enabling you to expand your Pro Tools | Carbon-based studio up to 24 mic/line inputs and 24 lines outputs total. Two Hi-Z instrument inputs, 8x8 line I/O, ADAT I/o, and World Clock I/O provide even more connection versatility.
Sound exceptional
Get impeccable sound quality across your entire systme, from capture to output. With superior audio conversion, stacks ADCs, double resolution clocking, and our most transparent preamp design ever-the same preamps as in Pro Tools | Carbon-you can capture every sonic nuance of a performance with the greatest depth, dimension, and clarity. Even optimize or color the tone of any mic or instrument input with Variable Z impedance switching.
Speed up your workflow
No need to access your interface to make changes. You can remotely control, save, and recall all of your preamp settings-including phantom power, gain, and impedance switching-directly in Pro Tools across all Pro Tools | Carbon-connected interfaces. And with instant recession recall, courtesy of the virtual assistant, you can quickly switch between sessions without any manual setup and reconfiguration delay.
Extend your workflow capabilities
With up to 24 channels available in an expanded system, you can capture live performances easily in pristine sound quality, making it an ideal companion for your next gig. You can also use Pro Tools | Carbon Pre as a standalone preamp, enabling you to use it to expand other systems. And because it's EUCON-enabled, it integrates with Avid control surfaces for seamless recording and mix control.
Expand an existing Pro Tools | HD system
Got an existing Pro Tools system that needs more mic pres? Use Pro Tools | Carbon Pre as an 8-channel preamp expansion unit to scale up your I/O, with the flexibility of remotely controlling and recalling all preampes right from Pro Tools. Or replace an aging Pro Tools | PRE and enjoy better performance and pristine sound quality. Integrate up to nine Carbon Pres in a Pro Tools | HD system through your interface's ADAT inputs.