PRO TOOLS | CARBON
Audio Interface with HDX DSP
Built to Capture Brilliance
Create Without Constraint
Avid Pro Tools | Carbon Audio Interface
with HDX DSP
Built to capture brilliance
For artists, bands, editorial and producers, Pro Tools | Carbon is a new breed of audio interface—built to capture brilliance. It’s a hybrid audio production system that features incredible sound quality and combines the power of your native CPU with onboard HDX DSP acceleration.
So you can push your computer to the limit when you mix and record through AAX DSP plugins with near-zero latency monitoring. All at the touch of a button. All in Pro Tools.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Pro Tools | Carbon Technical Specifications
ADAT: 16 channels @ 44.1–48 kHz
ADAT: 8 channels @ 88.2–96 kHz
ADAT: 4 channels @ 176.4–192 kHz
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
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
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
* Carbon comes with a 1-year subscription to Pro Tools software, which includes access to the Avid Complete Plugin Bundle, HEAT, UVI Falcon 2, Celemony Melodyne 5 essential, a 5,4 GB Sound-Library, and Standard support, renewable annually. If you choose not to renew your subscription, your Pro Tools license includes a “perpetual parachute” that allows you to continue using Pro Tools at the last version you downloaded (it won’t ever expire). Please note that you will need to renew your subscription if you’d like to continue receiving access to the latest Pro Tools updates and all bundled items noted above. To learn more, visit avid.com/carbon-faq.
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