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PreSonus AudioBox 22VSL

RRP $249.00
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Product Overview

The AudioBox 22VSL introduces a new generation of PreSonus USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interfaces that take hardware/software integration to the logical next step.

Using your computer CPU and PreSonus Virtual StudioLive™ (VSL) software, AudioBox VSL-series interfaces provide reverb and and delay effects and the same Fat Channel compression, limiting, semi-parametric EQ, and high-pass filter, as the PreSonus StudioLive™ 16.0.2 digital mixer — all with inaudible latency. Now you can monitor and record with or without real-time dynamics processing and EQ!

Applications

What’s so great about effects and processing on monitors?

Tracking without hearing effects and signal processing is like playing a video game with your eyes closed. Musicians rely on aural cues when performing, and their performance can vary depending on what they hear in their monitors. Adding just the right amount of compression, EQ, and reverb can make a huge difference in their ability to hear themselves clearly and to experience their performance as if it occurred in a natural space rather than in the artificial sonic environment of the studio. The result is a better performance and ultimately a better recording.

You have plenty of effects plug-ins for your DAW, but processing audio with a DAW takes more time than you might think. True, we’re talking milliseconds, but it’s long enough that if you put DAW effects in your studio monitors, you’ll hear the original sound slightly before the processed signal, which is very disorienting. That much delay might be acceptable for live gigs, where the band is playing together in an ambient space that has natural delay. But you can’t record that way in the studio.

Fortunately, our engineering wizards have dramatically reduced processing delay in the AudioBox VSL series. The result: dynamics processing, EQ, reverb, and effects that feel real, with no audible delay.

And if you like what you hear, you can record with AudioBox VSL-series effects, too! These are the same high-quality StudioLive 16.0.2 Fat Channel dynamics processors and EQs that professional musicians, engineers, and producers record with every day.

Features

Details on the full range of features are available under the Downloads tab above

  • 24-bit / 96 kHz 2 x 2 USB 2.0 recording interface
  • 2 dual-purpose front-panel input channels, each with:
    • Combo XLR mic and balanced ¼" instrument input
    • Class A XMAX™ mic / instrument preamp
    • Individual channel-trim controls with 0 to +35 dBu mic gain range
    • 48V phantom power for condenser microphones (global)
  • Mixer control (blends the input signal with the computer playback stream for zero-latency monitoring)
  • Headphone jack with level control
  • Main-output level control
  • LED clip indicator for each channel
  • Studio One™ Artist digital audio workstation software included
  • Virtual StudioLive™ (VSL) control software included; manages:
    • Near-zero-latency monitoring with extensive signal processing
    • 4 x 2 DSP mixer
    • StudioLive™16.0.2 Fat Channel compressor, limiter, expander, high-pass filter, and semi-parametric EQ for each analog input and its DAW return
    • 2 stereo effects buses with reverb and delay
    • More than 50 Fat Channel DSP presets for enhancing instrument and vocal recordings
  • Input/Output:
    • 1 USB 2.0 port
    • 2 combo XLR / ¼” mic/instrument inputs
    • 2 balanced ¼” main (L/R) line outputs
    • 1 stereo ¼” headphone output
    • MIDI In/Out

Specifications

Full specifications are available under the Downloads tab above

Microphone Inputs

  • Connector Type: Combo, XLR, female, balanced
  • Mic Preamp EIN: -129 dB, 20 kHz BW, max gain, Rs=40Ω, A-wtd
  • Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz, ±0.3 dB, unity gain
  • THD+N: 0.005%, 0 dBu, 1 kHz, unity gain, 20 kHz BW, A-wtd
  • S/N Ratio: 94 dB, 0 dBu, 1 kHz, unity gain, 20 kHz BW, unwtd
  • Gain Control Range: -15 dB to +65 dB
  • Input Max Headroom: +10 dBu, < 0.5% THD
  • Input Impedance: 1.7 kΩ
  • Phantom Power: +48 VDC, 10 mA total 

 

Instrument Inputs

  • Connector Type: Combo, ¼" TS, female, unbalanced
  • Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz,  ±0.3 dB, unity gain
  • THD+N: 0.006%, 0 dBu, 1 kHz, unity gain, 20 kHz BW, A-wtd
  • S/N Ratio: 89 dB, 0 dBu, 1 kHz, unity gain, 20 kHz BW, unwtd
  • Gain Control Range: -30 dB to +50 dB
  • Input Max Headroom: +15 dBu, < 0.5% THD
  • Input Impedance: 1 MΩ 

 

Analog Outputs

  • Connector Type: ¼" TRS, female, impedance balanced
  • Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz, ±0.2 dB
  • THD+N: 0.002%, 1 kHz, 20 kHz BW, A-wtd
  • S/N Ratio: 107 dB, 1 kHz, max gain, 20 kHz BW, unwtd
  • Output Level: +10 dBu
  • Output Impedance: 51Ω 

 

Power

  • Type: USB bus-powered, +5 VDC, < 500 mA

Product Downloads

  • AudioBox 22VSL Manual PDF 4.8 MB
  • AudioBox 22VSL AudioBox 22VSL JPG 1.9 MB
  • AudioBox 22VSL AudioBox 22VSL Rear JPG 2.0 MB
  • AudioBox 22VSL AudioBox USB Front JPG 2.2 MB

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