Presonus AudioBox 22VSL USB Audio Interface

Full Description

Adding just the right amount of compression, EQ, and reverb can make a huge difference in a musician's ability to hear themselves clearly and to experience their performance as if it occurred in a natural space rather than in the artificial sonic studio environment.

You have plenty of effects plug-ins for your DAW, but processing audio with a DAW takes more time than you might think. This may only be milliseconds, but it's long enough that you'll hear the original sound through your studio monitors slightly before the processed signal, which is very disorienting. That much delay might be acceptable for live gigs, where the band is playing together in an ambient space that has natural delay. But you can't record that way in the studio.

The Presonus AudioBox dramatically reduces processing delay, resulting in dynamics processing, EQ, reverb, and effects that feel real, with no audible delay.

Great processors are a PreSonus tradition

The AudioBox Series provides a compressor, EQ and effects, plus a separate limiter, expander, and high-pass filter. The AudioBox VSL-series' Virtual StudioLive (VSL)-based effects and Fat Channel processing have been extensively field-tested and proven popular by tens of thousands of StudioLive-series mixer users, including many top professionals.

Thanks to VSL's drag-and-drop convenience, adding processing, creating and loading presets is easy. Pro-level processing and superior ease of use mean you'll get better results and have more fun!

High-end sound in a portable, roadworthy interface

Bus-powered, compact, and rugged, the AudioBox 22VSL offers two convenient front-panel mic/instrument combo inputs with global phantom power and provides two line-level outputs. It sports the same high-headroom Class A XMAX preamps as the StudioLive mixers and has 24-bit, 96 kHz converters with 114 dB dynamic range for clear, clean audio. And it boasts PreSonus' legendary 120 mW headphone output.

The flexibility and power of software

VSL enables you to easily manage the processing and mixing from your Mac or PC and provides editor/librarian functions, making it simple to create and use a library of presets. To get you started, you get the same library of more than 50 Fat Channel presets that comes with StudioLive mixers. These presets were created by professional musicians and engineers and let you instantly set up dynamics processing and EQ for vocals, guitar, and much more.

Seamlessly integrated with the included Studio One Artist DAW and VSL, the AudioBox 22VSL interface works with virtually all Mac and PC audio-recording software. And unlike most things nowadays, it's very easy on your budget.

So get the next-generation USB 2.0 interface that gives you real-time, low-latency effects; rock-solid construction; and high-end audio for low-end prices: AudioBox 22VSL!

Features/Specifications

Download the PDF from the link below to view detailed specifications for the Presonus AudioBox 22VSL USB Audio Interface:

• 24-bit / 96 kHz 2 x 2 USB 2.0 recording interface
• 2 dual-purpose front-panel input channels, each 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
• 48V phantom power for condenser microphones (global)
• Mixer control (blends the input signal with the computer playback stream for zero-latency monitoring)
• Headphone jack with level control
• Main-output level control
• LED clip indicator for each channel
• Studio One™ Artist digital audio workstation software included
• Virtual StudioLive™ (VSL) control software included; manages:
  • Near-zero-latency monitoring with extensive signal processing
  • 4 x 2 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 balanced ¼" main (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:
• 1/3U rack-mountable (with optional 3UMR rack-mounting system)
• Road-rugged construction with all-metal chassis and metal knobs
• Powered via USB bus
• 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.