Do not be fooled by the Microbook’s size, it may be small but it is huge when it comes to audio quality. It is a USB bus-powered audio interface that provides studio-grade audio performance. Despite its size, the MicroBook can turn your Mac or your PC into your own 4×2 recording studio all complete with the audio I/O and mixing features needed for any professional recording needs.

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Whether on a Mac or a PC, the MicroBook gives you a complete personal recording set up on any platform. It has four simultaneous inputs that allows for a microphone, a guitar, a keyboard, or any other stereo line-level device. Its mic preamp produces nothing but the most neutral and most pristine sound possible, thanks to its condenser mics powered by a 20dB pad and a 48V phantom power. On top of that, you can also choose among a programmable analog, a digital, and headphone outputs.

Because the MicroBook is small, its mic input ins a balanced ?-inch jack. If in case you would like to use a mic cable with an XLR plug, there is no need to worry because the MicroBook comes with a XLR-to-1/4-inch adapter. Its Precision Digital Trim allows you to control analog trim on all analog units digitally. This only means one thing you get to enjoy both worlds: the excellent signal quality of analog audio circuitry and the fine-tune precision of digital control. On top of that, you also get to save and recall the trim settings on your computer.

But the main feature of the MicroBook is its unparalleled audio quality. It provides rigid audio quality particularly tailored to meet the demands of most professional recording applications. Because it comes from MOTU’s award-winning family of FireWire, USB and PCI audio interfaces, the MicroBook is without a doubt a product that signifies decades of engineering expertise.

While most of the audio interface brands in the market today cut corners with unbalanced analog inputs and outputs, the MicroBook is different. These brands greatly compromise audio performance, making it fall way below the standards of a balanced circuit. The MicroBook has a well balanced inputs and outputs that makes sure of the best protection possible from RF interferences, AC hum, and other noise-creating factors.

The MicroBook’s guitar input gives only the proper guitar impedance loads for guitars, so you can play through guitar-processing plug-ins in a host software with the assurance that you will get a natural feel and a natural response. Its “mini” eight-inch analog input can also be connected to an iPod or any other stereo line level signal. This allows audio input mixing with other inputs and routed to any output device.

Thanks to the MicroBook, you can now have high quality I/O recording, personal audio tracking, laptop-based DJing, anywhere and anytime.

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