The Propellerheads Balance & X1 Reason Recording Bundle includes the essentials for great recordings and music production. This bundle includes a Balance USB 2.0 Audio Interface with Reason Essentials, an sE Electronics X1 Condenser Microphone Microphone, Pop Screen and Mic Cable.
The Propellerhead Balance USB Audio Interface with reason essentials offers an all-in-one solution for MIDI and instrument production via a compact recording interface. Suitable for those who are just starting to record music to studio professionals, this is a high-quality music production package that is quick to set up and easy to use allowing you concentrate on making music rather than the technical details.
The Balance is a simple recording interface offering two channels of pristine audio recording, left and right inputs, XLR inputs with phantom power, stereo line-in, monitor outputs and guitar inputs – everything an interface needs. It features separate volume controls for monitors and headphones and includes a Big Meter function allowing you to tune your guitar and set your levels across the room. The USB interface means connecting the Balance to your computer couldn’t be easier or quicker.
Included in this package is Reason Essentials, a digital recording interface (DAW) perfectly integrated with Balance supplying you with editing, composition and mixing tools for your music. A huge sound library is also included with Essentials providing you with a huge range of options for your music. It is also possible to upgrade from Reason Essentials to Reason for an even more instruments, sounds and effects. No software control panel is needed to operate the Balance because of its enhanced integration with Reason Essentials. Propellerheads new ‘Clip Safe’ technology is included which heals clipped audio with one click means you’ll never lose a good take to distortion again.
With its sleek and high quality build, the Balance takes up no room on your desktop and is powerful enough so that you don’t have to worry about latency and delay on your recordings. The simple and intuitive nature of the Propellerhead package makes this an extremely desirable package for those looking for a simple way to produce music.
The sE Electronics X1 Microphone is a large diaphragm condenser with a 10dB pad and bass cut added. The X1 is hand built in sE’s own facility in Shanghai using quality components. The SE Electronics Metal Pop has a mesh head made entirely from steel, rather than the old-style ‘ladies tights’ design.
The main features of the Propellerheads Balance include:
- 2-in by 2-out audio interface
- USB 2.0 – bus powered
- Hi-end pre-amplifiers
- Hi-end 24-bit ADC/DACs, 44.1 to 96kHz
- 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)
- Two XLR microphone inputs w. 48V phantom power
- Two 1/4" guitar inputs with padding
- Four 1/4" line inputs (two stereo pairs)
- One 1/4” headphone output
- Two 1/4" TRS balanced main outputs
- Hardware input source selection
- Input level control
- Separate output and headphone level control
- Output muting
- Includes Reason Essentials
- Minimum System Requirements 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
- Minimum System Requirements 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
- Includes Reason Essentials
The sE X1 Specifications:
- Frequency Response: 20Hz-20KHz
- Sensitivity: -32 dBV/Pa (25.1mV/Pa)
- Polar Pattern: Cardioid
- Impedance: = 200 Ohms
- Equivalent Noise Level: 16dB(A weighted)
- Max SPL for 0.5% THD@1000Hz: 125dB
- Power Requirement: Phantom power 48V±4V
- Connector: 3-pin
Propellerheads Balance & X1 Reason Recording Bundle (code 94800)
Limited Offer Including Reason Essentials, Balance USB 2.0 Interface, sE Electronics X1 Microphone, Pop Screen and Cable [UXB]
£345.00 (inc vat)