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Avid Pro Tools Carbon
A NEW BREED OF AUDIO INTERFACE FOR MUSIC PRODUCTION
Built to capture brilliance. And ready for yours.
With superior sound quality and intelligent software integration, Pro Tools | Carbon removes barriers to creativity, so you can bring out the best in your performance and capture it beautifully.
PERFORMANCE
Power and simplicity that drive your creative spark.
With HDX DSP acceleration under the hood and deep Pro Tools integration, Carbon has the power to keep pace with your imagination. Create in the moment, free from technical hassles. And focus on the music you’re making—not what you’re making it with.
Epic performance eliminates latency.
Carbon is cut from the same cloth as our flagship Pro Tools systems used in the world’s most acclaimed studios. Its custom-designed FPGA and eight HDX DSPs achieve remarkable sub-1 ms recording latency and free up your computer to run big, plugin-heavy sessions smoothly. Learn how Carbon minimizes fan noise
Fast, intuitive, and fully integrated.Move effortlessly between tracking and mixing—without messing with buffer settings. The magic is in the Hybrid Engine, which lets you toggle tracks in and out of DSP Mode at the touch of a button. Record naturally through real-time AAX DSP plugins, without distracting latency. Then mix with the same plugins in Native Mode, without taxing Carbon’s onboard DSP.
See how Carbon and the Hybrid Engine eliminates the distraction of latency >
PRODUCTION
Turn your music into records.
From idea to final mix, Pro Tools is the heartbeat of your studio. And with Carbon turbocharging the experience, as well as a suite of hit-making AAX plugins at your fingertips, you can act on inspiration the instant it strikes.
Plug into an inspired sonic palette.
Shape your sound with a full range of AAX plugins—from warm, dimensional analog emulations, to cutting edge processors that define modern music making. In addition to the 118 plugins that come with Pro Tools, Carbon includes a premium collection to get you started from the biggest brands in the business.
SOUND
Super sonics.
Superior audio conversion. Double resolution clocking. And our most transparent preamp design ever. All details have been meticulously considered, so that Carbon captures every nuance of your performance with the greatest depth, dimension, and clarity. All you have to do is push record.
Converters and preamps. Musical and transparent.
With four ADCs per channel and pristine 32-bit precision throughout its gain structure, Carbon captures clean, natural-sounding audio without coloration. And with Variable Z built in, you can optimize or alter the tone of any microphone or instrument by simply adjusting input impedance.
High-resolution clocking. Flawless sound.
Precision clocking is crucial for distortionless, artifact-free audio. That’s why we designed a double resolution implementation of the JetPLL™ jitter elimination technology to ensure the best sound quality for your music. It runs twice as fast as typical JetPLL clocks—and it’s twice as accurate.
I/O
Connect the whole band.
Whether you’re a solo artist or part of a band, Carbon has your I/O needs covered. With 25 x 34 simultaneous I/O—including eight mic pres and four headphone outs—you can record your entire band. With plenty of creative possibilities for miking, cue mixing, and expansion to meet your needs.
The future is Ethernet.
Carbon connects to your computer over Ethernet using a proprietary version of AVB to stream audio at 32-bit float precision—a first in the industry. This enables a consistently high headroom and the highest possible sound quality from input to output. And it primes Carbon for the future.
Premium plugins included.
In addition to the 118 plugins included with Pro Tools, Carbon comes with a suite of premium plugins that’ll take your production further. Find your groove and lay down melodies with unique virtual instruments. And shape, enhance, warm up, and master your vocal and instrument tracks with acclaimed EQ, dynamics, and sound processing plugins.
Arturia REV PLATE-140
Bring the silky-smooth, resonant tones of vintage plate reverbs to shape vocal performances, give drum tracks air, and bring whole mixes together with bright, sweet overtones. This circuit-accurate re-creation of the iconic EMT®️ 140 reverb and its vacuum tube preamp adds that sought-after glue and space to your mix.
Embody Immerse Virtual Studio
Mix in the “sweet spot” of some of the world’s most iconic sound studios—right through your headphones. By modeling your unique ear shape and combining it with precise room measurements and sophisticated AI algorithms, you experience a true studio mixing environment on headphones that you won’t find anywhere else.
Brainworx bx_masterdesk
Master your own music with a minimal learning curve. With a clearly defined workflow and pre-tuned processing chain, bx_masterdesk contains every component you need for professional results. From setting levels and compression, to dialing in the right tone for your mix, the entire mastering process is as easy as 1-2-3.
Brainworx bx_Purple Audio MC77
Get access to the same unrivaled functionality and lightning-fast response as the original 1176 Peak Limiter hardware compressor, with the added bonus of onboard side-chain and stereo linking facilities. This re-creation is your one-stop shop for taming dynamics and adding character to your tracks.
Brainworx bx_rockrack
Have the sounds of the most coveted guitar amps at your fingertips with an emulator that not only sounds like a tube amp, it feels like one too. Crank up the sounds of eight famous amp models in a single plugin, which includes 40 impulse responses for different tones and timbres.
McDSP 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip
Get everything you need to make your music sound great. With over 25 EQs, compressors, gates, expanders, signal saturators, and specialized filters, this award-winning plugin offers enormous possibilities for customization and a variety of uses—from vocals, to drums, to keys, and more.
Brainworx bx_console N
Give your tracks the unmistakable magical sound and infectious warmth of a legendary large-format Neve console. This revolutionary plugin delivers a startlingly realistic model of the rare 72-channel Neve® VXS™ analog console. And thanks to Brainworx’s pioneering Tolerance Modeling Technology, no two channels sound exactly alike—just like analog.
UVI Model D for UVI Falcon
Sit down at a beautiful Concert Grand Model D piano captured in the brilliant Guillaume Tell sound stage in Paris. With its deep multi-sampling, precision mastering, and advanced scripting, you can experience all the warmth, expressiveness, and detail of playing the real thing right in Pro Tools.
Native Instruments Vintage Organs
Bring that 60s and 70s vibe to your sound with a virtual instrument that authentically reproduces the sounds of five legendary vintage organs. Experience the authentic character and charm of classic tone-wheel and combo organs in perfect, expressive detail, with full control over the drawbars, chorus/vibrato, rotary effect, and more.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Avid-qualified Ethernet or Thunderbolt-equipped Mac computer (see details)
INPUTS
Combo Mic/Line Inputs
8 balanced XLR/TRS with Variable Z (impedance) on inputs 5–8
DB25 Line Inputs
8 balanced via 25-pin D-sub
Instrument (Variable Z) Inputs
2 unbalanced ¼-inch TS
Digital Inputs
ADAT: 16 channels @ 44.1–48 kHz
ADAT: 8 channels @ 88.2–96 kHz
ADAT: 4 channels @ 176.4–192 kHz
A/D CONVERSION
Mic Preamps
Dynamic Range: 126 dB (A-weighted)
THD+N: -105 dB (0.00056%)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB
EIN: -129 dB (A-weighted)
Line Inputs
Dynamic Range: 125 dB (A-weighted)
THD+N: -106 dB (0.0005%)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB
Line Inputs (True Bypass)
Dynamic Range: 126 dB (A-weighted)
THD+N: -113 dB (0.00022%)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB
Instrument Inputs
Dynamic Range: 125 dB (A-weighted)
THD+N: -103 dB (0.0007%)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB
OUTPUTS
DB25 Line Outputs
8 balanced via 25-pin D-sub
Monitor Outputs
2 balanced ¼-inch TRS
Headphone Outputs
4 stereo ¼-inch TRS
Digital Outputs
ADAT: 16 channels @ 44.1–48 kHz
ADAT: 8 channels @ 88.2–96 kHz
ADAT: 4 channels @ 176.4–192 kHz
D/A CONVERSION
Line Outputs
Dynamic Range: 120 dB (A-weighted)
THD+N: -110 dB (0.0003%)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB
Monitor Outputs
Dynamic Range: 120 dB (A-weighted)
THD+N: -110 dB (0.0003%)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB
Headphone Outputs
Power: 100 mW into 300 ohm; 200 mW into 32 ohm
Dynamic Range: 116 dB (A-weighted)
THD+N (32 ohm): -87 dB (0.0045%)
THD+N (300 ohm): -100 dB (0.001%)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0.1 dB
DSP ACCELERATION
HDX DSP
8 HDX DSP processors
(2.8 GHz aggregated processing)
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Pro Tools | Carbon audio interface
Pro Tools software
1-year subscription with a Pro Tools perpetual parachute*
116 AAX plugins (over 70 AAX DSP plugins), including UVI Falcon, Celemony Melodyne 5 essential, the Avid Complete Plugin Bundle, and HEAT
3 free months of Antares Auto-Tune Unlimited, including Auto-Tune Hybrid
5.4 GB sound library
Standard support
Included premium plugins
Arturia Rev PLATE-140
Brainworx bx_console N
Brainworx bx_rockrack
Brainworx bx_masterdesk
Brainworx bx_Purple Audio MC77
Embody Immerse Virtual Studio
McDSP 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip HD
Native Instruments Vintage Organs
UVI Model D
Accessories
Power cable
Ethernet cable
Rackmount screws and desktop feet
Registration card