Record your music and create professional-quality music videos, independent films, action sport videos, wedding videos, television commercials and more with the MegaStudio Artist. 

Record your music and create professional-quality music videos, independent films, action sport videos, wedding videos, television commercials and more with the MegaStudio Artist.

The MegaStudio Artist gives you everything you need to record your music, create your videos and distribute and sell your music worldwide!

Included with the MegaStudio Artist are more than FOUR HOURS OF TUTORIAL VIDEOS showing you step-by-step how to produce professional-quality recordings and videos taking the mystery out of music and video production.

MegaStudio Artist features the award-winning PreSonus FireBox FireWire recording interface, more than $2,000 worth of music and video production software, 5 free uploads to iTunes from TuneCore, as well as free BroadJam.com membership and a complete “Go Pro” guide with tons of information on sharing, distributing and selling your music and videos.

Hardware
      FireBox (6x8 FireWire Recording Interface
    * High-Speed FireWire audio interface
    * Professional 24-bit/96k sampling rate
    * 2 Class A microphone preamps (2 instrument inputs)
    * 4 analog line outputs
    * S/PDIF input/output, MIDI input/output
    * Zero-latency monitoring
    * Mac and Windows (XP and Vista) compatible

Included Software
      AUDIO RECORDING & PRODUCTION
    * Steinberg Cubase 4 LE
    * 48-track audio recording and production software

      VIDEO EDITING AND PRODUCTION (Windows only)
    * Sony Vegas Movie Studio + DVD Architect (Windows only)
    * Multi-track video and audio editing software and DVD creation software

      VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS
    * Reason Adapted (Synths, Sounds, Loops)
    * Drumagog LE (Drum replacer)
    * BFD Lite (Virtual studio drummer)
    * Ultra Analog Session (Synthesizer)
    * SoniVox PreSonus VI (Virtual sample instrument)
    * Lounge Lizard Session (Vintage electric pianos)
    * Amplitube LE (Virtual guitar amplifier)
    * KeytoSound (General synthesizer)

      REAL-TIME EFFECTS
    * MasterVerb (Mono and stereo reverb)
    * EyeQ (Graphic EQ and spectral analyzer)
    * Chamberverb (Reverb)
    * Track Plug LE (Channel Strip)
    * Camel Crusher (Compressor)
    * PitchCraft (Pitch correction)
    * FuzzPlus 2 (Guitar effect)
    * SFX Machine (Virtual synthesizer)
    * Pluggo Jr (12 real-time effects plug-ins)

      DRUM LOOPS & SOUND EFFECTS
    * Sony 1001 Sound Effects
    * Discrete Drums PreSonus Edition
    * Cycling 74 loops
    * Twiddly Bits

      CD BURNING (Windows only)
    * Sony CD Architect (Windows only)

      OTHER
    * House of Worship Video Toolkit from CCI Solutions

      DISTRIBUTE & SELL ON iTUNES
    * TuneCore.com one album (5 free songs) upload to iTunes included

      SHARE AND PROMOTE
    * FREE BroadJam.com membership

Instructional Videos and Booklets
      OVER 4 HOURS OF VIDEO TUTORIALS TO SHOW YOU HOW!
    * Cubase LE4 Demystified – video manual
    * Sony Vegas Movie Studio Training by VASST
    * How to recording a song using the FireBox
    * How to make a music video with Sony Vegas
    * Mixing a song in Cubase LE4
    * Distributing your music on TuneCore
    * Tour:Smart “Go Pro” Guide written by Martin Atkins
    * House of Worship Toolkit by CCI Solutions

Computer System Requirements
Below are the minimum computer system requirements for the MegaStudio Artist's FireBox hardware and all included software:
Windows
    * OS: Microsoft Windows XP
    * Computer: Windows compatible computer with IEEE 1394 FireWire port.
    * CPU/Clock: Pentium, Athlon with 900Mhz or higher (1.5GHz recommended)
    * Memory(RAM): 256 MB (512MB recommended)

Macintosh
    * OS: MacOS X ver. 10.3.7 or later
    * CPU/Clock: PowerPC G4/800Mhz or higher (G4/Dual 1 GHz recommended), all Intel/Mac models
    * Memory(RAM): 256 MB (512MB recommended)

Note:Due to a circuit design change, Mac Book Pro laptop computers will notsupply sufficient power over the FireWire bus to initially boot up theFireBox. Once the FireBox has beeen initially powered on with theincluded external power supply, you may disconnect the external powersupply, the FireBox can then be bus-powered.

Software Compatibility
      All included software is compatible with both Windows Vista/XP and Macintosh operating systems EXCEPT:
    * Sony Vegas Movie Studio + DVD (Windows Visat/XP only)
    * Sony CD Architect (Windows Visat/XP only)

FireBox Specifications
Preamp Bandwidth    10Hz to 50kHz
Preamp Input Impedance    1.3k Ohms
Instrument Input Impedance    1M Ohms
Preamp THD    <0.005%
Preamp EIN    -125dB
Preamp Gain    45dB (+12dB digital boost switch)
Line Input Impedance    10k Ohms
TRS Output Impedance    51 Ohms
TRS Main Outputs    Impedance 51 Ohms
Headphone Output    150mW/Ch 20Hz-20kHz
Phantom Power    48V +/- 2V
Power Supply    Ext line Transformer, Internal Switching
Bus Power    Six-pin FireWire Port
Analog to Digital Converters    24-bit / up to 96khz
ADC Dynamic Range    107dB
DAC    24-bit / up to 96kHz
DAC Dynamic Range    110dB
IEEE1394 Speed    400mbps

Manufacturer: Presonus
SKU:	PRE:MEGASTUDIOARTIST