The Muto MicroBook II, Complete Solution For Making Quality Recordings

Written By Unknown on Friday, May 11, 2012 | 9:55 AM

  
The MicroBook II provides a complete solution for us, Microbook II able to meet all the requirements for recording. With Microbook II, we get simultaneous inputs for microphone, keyboard, guitar and even the other line stereo. With Preamp mic is able to provide a neutral color with a pure voice, with 20 dBpad and 48V  phantom power for condenser mic. Programmable outputs provideflexible monitoring options.

MicroBookII comes with a small size is 5.5 x 3.6 x 1.25 inches. With this sizeMicroBook II we can easily take it and place it anywhere. The device comes with having a high speed USB2.0 with high bandwidth and lowlatency make MicroBook II is able to record and play all channels simultaneously,with high-speed USB 2.0, which provides plenty of bandwidth, even at 96 kHz.

 
Motu MicroBook II Specifications:
Converters                          
24-bit
Sample Rates                   
44.1, 48, 88.2, 96kHz
Analog In                            :
1 x XLR mic input with preamp 
1 x 1/4" hi-Z guitar
 
2 x 1/4" TRS phone (balanced/unbalanced)
 
1 x 1/8" stereo "mini" (unbalanced)
Analog Outputs                   :
2 x 1/4" balanced TRS main out 
1 x 1/8" stereo "mini" line out (unbalanced)
 
2 x 1/4" TRS headphone
Digital Input                          
 - none –
Digital Output                       
1 x RCA coaxial S/PDIF
Computer I/O                     
1 x USB 2.0 "High-speed"
Sync Out                               
S/PDIF
Headphone Output            
1 x 1/4" TRS phone with volume control
Phantom Power                 
+48V
Top panel                              
2 x 3-segment ladder LEDs • main outs 
1 x 4-segment LEDs • mic in
 
1 x 4-segment LEDs • guitar in
 
1 x 3-segment LEDs • line in
 
2 x 3-segment LEDs • main out
 
1 x 3-segment LEDs • line out
 
1 x LED • 48V phantom power
 
1 x LED • -20 dB pad
 
2 x LEDs • main/phone vol
 
1 x digital rotary encoder • mic trim
 
1 x digital rotary encoder • main/phone volume
Power Requirements     
USB bus power


 Mac System Requirements
  • PowerPC G4 CPU 1 GHz or faster (including any Mac with a PowerPC G5 or any Intel processor)
  • 1 GB RAM; 2 GB or more recommended
  • Mac OS X version 10.5, 10.6, or 10.7; v10.5.8 or later required
  • Available high-speed USB 2.0 port
  • A large hard drive (preferably at least 250 GB)
Windows System Requirements
  • 1 GHz Pentium-based PC compatible or faster equipped with at least one USB2 or FireWire port
  • 1 GB RAM; 2 GB or more recommended
  • Windows 7 or Vista, 32- or 64-bit; Vista SP 2 or later required
  • Available high-speed USB 2.0 port
  • A large hard drive (preferably at least 250 GB)
Included software
Operating Systems
  • Mac OS X version 10.5, 10.6, or 10.7 (v10.5.8 or later is required)
  • Windows 7 or Vista (SP2 or later is required)
64-bit operation
  • Available for Mac OS X v10.6 or 10.7
  • Available for 64-bit versions of Windows 7 or Vista
  • Requires a 64-bit CPU (and host application for plug-in versions) 
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