PreSonus has announced the release of MegaStudio Artist. A complete audio and video production studio including the FireBox 6×8 firewire recording interface (available in stores in September 2007).
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 song 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.
Included Hardware—Firebox 6×8 recording interface:
* High-Speed FireWire audio interface
* Professional 24-bit/96k sampling rate
* 2 Class A microphone/instrument preamps
* 6 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:Sony Vegas Movie Studio + DVD Architect, Multi-track video and audio editing software and DVD creation software
* VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS:
o Reason Adapted (Synths, Sounds, Loops)
o Drumagog LE (Drum replacer)
o BFD Lite (Virtual studio drummer)
o Ultra Analog Session (Synthesizer)
o PreSonus VI by SoniVox (Virtual sample instrument)
o Lounge Lizard Session (Vintage electric pianos)
o Amplitube LE (Virtual guitar amplifier)
o KeytoSound (General synthesizer)
* REAL-TIME EFFECTS:
o MasterVerb (Mono and stereo reverb)
o EyeQ (Graphic EQ and spectral analyzer)
o Chamberverb (Reverb)
o Track Plug LE (Channel Strip)
o Camel Crusher (Compressor)
o PitchCraft (Pitch correction)
o FuzzPlus 2 (Guitar effect)
o SFX Machine (Virtual synthesizer)
o Pluggo Jr (12 real-time effects plug-ins)
* DRUM LOOPS & SOUND EFFECTS:
o Sony 1001 Sound Effects
o Discrete Drums PreSonus Edition/li>
o Cycling 74 loops
o Twiddly Bits
* CD BURNING: Sony CD Architect
* OTHER: House of Worship Video Toolkit from CCI Solutions
* DISTRIBUTE & SELL ON iTUNES: TuneCore.com one album upload (5 free songs) to iTunes
* SHARE AND PROMOTE: FREE BroadJam.com membership