Oct  27, 2022 - Avid Technology just released a new multi-mic pre audio interface at the AES Show in NY last week. The Pro Tools | Carbon Pre uses built-in DSP derived from the flagship HDX systems to give you incredibly low-latency recording and the flexibility of the Hybrid Engine. 

Francois Quereuil, Vice President, Product Management for Audio and Music Solutions, Avid

 “Pro Tools | Carbon Pre is a high-quality I/O expansion option for users who need to record full bands. Pro Tools Carbon Pre delivers the flexibility of additional mic/line inputs and outputs to enable brilliant sound quality on every track while leveraging the system’s Hybrid Engine, with complete remote control, and recall capabilities that are fully integrated with Pro Tools.”

Here are the Highlights of the Pro Tools | Carbon Pre  Interface and why it’s Unique:

• Multi-mic pre interface that enables the highest-quality audio at 32-bit resolution
• Enables users to expand their system with 24 channels of world-class mic/line preamps and line outputs. 
• Allows users to capture large tracking sessions and multi-mic live recordings
• Users subtly change the tone of their mics due to low-noise mic preamps that have variable impedance
• Can be alternately used as an eight-channel ADAT preamp expansion unit to scale up I/O in those with existing Pro Tools HD systems.
• Users can control up to nine Pro Tools | Carbon Pre units in a Pro Tools | HD system, while also tapping into the Pro Tools Hybrid Engine for low-latency input processing.  
• Pro Tools | Carbon Pre also uses stacked AD converters on each input
• Provides industry-leading double-precision clocking
• Allows Users to optimize and color the tone of mic or instrument inputs with Variable Z impedance switching, to better hear subtle nuances 
• Artists can remotely control, save, and recall all preamp settings—including phantom power, gain, and impedance switching directly in Pro Tools (without having to access the interface)
• A hybrid audio production system features incredible sound quality with Pro Tools integration combining the power of the user’s native CPU with the unparalleled performance of HDX DSP acceleration.   

Mihai Boloni

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Mihai BoloniCreative Director & Avid Expert Pro Tools instructor

Mihai has made it his life's work to help others in the audio industry. Mihai gained experience as an audio engineering Full Sail Instructor in early 2000's and joined ProMedia in 2002. Since then, he has become one of Avid's Top Leading and most experienced, in-demand Instructor and Pro Tools technical consultant. Corporate clients include MTV, PBS, NBC, Telemundo, The Voice's Chief Engineer Mike Bernard, Atlanta Public School System, countless professors from leading Universities, CNN, Turner Broadcasting, and the top producers, artists, and engineers in leading studios and record labels. For over 20 years, Mihai has continued to work as an Audio Engineer, Record Producer, Songwriter (ASCAP), Dog Lover, and Expert Level AVID Certified Pro Tools Instructor.