The Avid Pro Tools | Carbon Pre delivers high-end analog input expansion and mastering-grade audio conversion for professional studio environments. Designed to seamlessly interface with a Pro Tools | Carbon system via AVB Ethernet or function as a standalone converter, this 1U rack unit adds eight channels of elite, transparent microphone preamplification. Outfitted with advanced 32-bit conversion architectures, it provides music tracking setups with a clean, low-latency signal path to capture acoustic details with maximum dynamic range.
Premium Preamp Configuration: Features eight pristine remote-controllable mic/line preamps, with inputs 5–8 offering variable input impedance (Variable Z) for extensive microphone tonal flexibility.
Mastering-Grade 32-Bit Conversion: Equipped with stacked analog-to-digital converters running at up to 32-bit / 192 kHz resolution to ensure clean tracking free of distortion.
Seamless Remote Control: Integrates natively with the Pro Tools Hybrid Engine, allowing engineers to remotely adjust, save, and recall phantom power, input gain, and impedance profiles directly from the DAW session window.
Flexible Digital & Analog I/O: Provides diverse back-panel routing via 8x8 balanced analog DB25 connectors, dual front-panel Hi-Z instrument jacks, 16 channels of optical ADAT digital I/O, and Word Clock sync ports.
Studio System Scalability: Connects via dual high-bandwidth AVB Ethernet ports to expand a primary interface up to a total of 24 analog inputs and 24 outputs simultaneously.