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Propellerhead Balance USB Audio Interface with Reason Essentials

Build your Reason studio around the Balance 2x2 interface. With jacks for two microphones, two guitars and two stereo sources, your gear can stay connected. (2) Read 2 reviews for this product | Rate and Review This Product
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The Propellerhead Balance USB production package has everything you need to create anything you want.

2-in 2-out audio interface

Sounds as good as it looks. Works as great as it feels. Propellerhead has taken care of all the tedious stuff - calibration, 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 Propellerhead 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.

Already own Reason?

Reason owners get a FREE upgrade to Reason 6.5 with Balance.

Features:

- 2-in by 2-out audio interface
- USB 2.0 -- bus powered
- 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
- 24-bit ADC/DACs, 44.1 to 96 kHz
- 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 zZounds is an authorized dealer of Propellerhead products.

System Requirements

Minimum system requirements for Balance audio interface and Reason Essentials software.

- 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
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Overall: I am an avid user of Reason and my only limitation has always been having the ability to play and record all of my instruments. Now I am having fun thanks to Reason Balance and Essentials. Now I can record guitars, basses, drums, voice etc... with ease and total confidence. There is no latency when using Balance. I can also hit the tuner button at any time to double-check that my instruments are in perfect tune. All composers need to get this product.
Style of Music: Chillout Music, Ambient Music and some Ambient Trance I compose for TV and Movie background and for total relaxation
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Overall: AWESOME! I AM A COMPLETE PROPELLERHEAD USER MY WHOLE RIG IS PROP! JUST HAVE TO BONE UP ON MY MIXING SKILLS AND HOPFULLY I WONT HAVE TO SEND IT TO ANYONE TO MIX OR MASTER I AM SAYING I WANT TO GO FROM MY PROPELLERHEAD RIG TO MARKET STRAIGHT UP NO MID MAN. oOHH AS FOR WOW FACTOR TWO WORDS "CLIP SAFE"!
Style of Music: Rochiphoprnbgosmoviescores!
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