PC Mag has posted a first look at the Digidesign Mbox
Digidesign, a heavy hitter in the professional audio market, powers many digital recording studios with its high-end hardware and Pro Tools software. Recently the company began offering lower-priced products to entice weekend warriors and dabbling musicians-first with its Digi001 audio interface, and now with the USB-based Digidesign Mbox ($450 street), a two-input, two-output audio interface that digitizes analog input and allows you to transfer the digital stream to a PC.Read more
At 6.3 by 1.8 by 6.5 inches (HWD), the Mbox is small, but don't let its size fool you-it manages to pack in more than enough features for beginning studio musicians and even for some seasoned home-studio jockeys-all the necessary inputs and outputs, plus 48V phantom power for microphones that require it.
