Do not be fooled by the Microbook’s size, it may be small but it is huge when it comes to audio quality. The MicroBook is a USB-powered audio interface that makes studio-grade performance possible at a size of your pocket. Despite its size, the MicroBook can turn your Mac or your PC into your own 4×2 recording studio all complete with the audio I/O and mixing features needed for any professional recording needs.
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Compatible with both Mac and PC, the MicroBook make complete personal recording more convenient. It has four simultaneous inputs for a microphone, a guitar, and a keyboard or any other stereo line-level device. Its mic preamp gives nothing but a neutral coloration and pristine sound, thanks to 20dB pad and 48V phantom power of its built-in condenser mics. On top of that, you can also choose among a programmable analog, a digital, and headphone outputs.
Because the MicroBook is small, its mic input ins a balanced ¼-inch jack. But if you want to use a mic cable with an XLR plug, the MicroBook comes with an XLR-to-1/4-inch adapter. Its Precision Digital Trim Feature lets you digitally control analog trim on all analog units. This means that you get to enjoy both the excellent signal quality of analog audio circuitry and the fine-tune precision of digital control. Not only that, you also get to save and recall trim settings on your computer.
But perhaps the best thing about the MicroBook is its superb audio quality. Its accurate audio quality is a perfect fit to the demands of any professional recording set up. And because the MicroBook belongs to a family of high quality devices such as the FireWire, USB and PCI audio interfaces, you are assured that it embodies decades of great engineering experience.
While most of the audio interface brands in the market today cut corners with unbalanced analog inputs and outputs, the MicroBook is different. These brands greatly compromise audio performance, making it fall way below the standards of a balanced circuit. The MicroBook has a properly balanced inputs and outputs that ensure only the best possible protection from any RF interferences, AC hum, and many other noise-generating factors.
The MicroBook’s guitar input gives only the proper guitar impedance loads for guitars, so you can play through guitar-processing plug-ins in a host software with the assurance that you will get a natural feel and a natural response. You can connect the MicroBook’s eight-inch analog input signal to an iPod or any other stereo line-level signal. This allows audio input mixing with other inputs and routed to any output device.
Who says good quality recording can be done just in the studio alone? With the MOTU MicroBook, good quality I/O recording, personal tracking as well as laptop-based DJing is possible anywhere, anytime.
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