Avid Pro Tools Carbon Pre

Expand your Pro Tools Carbon studio with up to 24 mic/line inputs. Or add premium remote controlled preamps to your HDX system or to a third-party Thunderbolt interface.

Pro Tools Carbon Pre is an 8-channel preamp with the same transparent preamp design and 32-bit AD conversion as in the Carbon interface.
Get all the inputs needed for large studio sessions or live recordings with many microphones. Each Carbon Pre expands your setup with 8 mic/line inputs and 8 line outputs plus two instrument inputs with variable impedance, 8 x line out, ADAT I/O and Wordclock. All preamp settings can be remotely controlled from Pro Tools with instant session recall.

You can also use the Carbon Pre as a standalone preamp with other systems, and with Eucon support, the Carbon Pre integrates with Avid controllers.

• 8 balanced XLR/TRS mic/line inputs with Variable Z (impedance) on inputs 5–8, remote controllable from Pro Tools—  learn more
• 2 unbalanced Variable Z 1/4-inch TS instrument inputs
• 8 balanced line inputs (DB25)
• 8 balanced line outputs (DB25)
• ADAT: 16 channels @ 44.1–48 kHz, 8 channels @ 88.2–96 kHz, 4 channels @ 176.4–192 kHz
• Word Clock I / O

Mic preamps

Dynamic Range: 126dB (A-weighted)
THD + N: -105 dB (0.00056%)
Frequency Response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz, ± 0.1 dB
EIN: -129dB (A-weighted)