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Balance sounds as good as it looks. Works as great as it feels. Propellerheads has taken care of all the tedious stuff calibration, setup, the works. You can concentrate on having fun instead: making music. With two channels of pristine audio recording, and with inputs for all your gear, your instruments are always connected and you are always ready to record.Integrated music recording environmentBalance is perfectly integrated with Reason and Reason Essentials. With Clip Safe you'll never lose a good take to distortion again. Big Meter lets you tune your guitar and set the levels from across the room. Use it with Reason software, other pro audio apps, or even iTunes Balance works with everything.Balance Features:Clip SafeClip Safe is a magical lifeline for distorted takes a red-eye tool for recorded audio. Clip Safe records your take on two channels, one at a lower volume. If you're recording clips, it lets you substitute it for the other one. Don't ask us how it works, it just does.Recording Meter/TunerJust a button-tap away, Reason Essentials' Recording Meter lets you tune your guitar and set the levels from across the room.All the inputs you'll ever need. And then someOn the back of Balance you'll find inputs for all your gear: two microphone preamps with phantom power, high impedance guitar and bass inputs with pads, and four line inputs.Hardware input source selectionWith Balance your instruments are always connected and you are always ready to record. Use the buttons on the front panel to select the active inputs.Record-ready LEDsWhen a Reason Essentials audio channel is active and armed for recording, the Ready LEDs light up. Just hit record and play. The software will take care of the rest.Large main output and headphone level controlsOn Balance the controls you reach for most often are the easiest to find.Output muting and Direct MonitoringHit the Mute button once to mute the main outs. Press and hold the button to activate direct monitoring of the input channels, for latency free recording or standalone use.Powerful headphone amplifierNo headphones are too tough for Balance's powerful headphone amp, ensuring earshattering volumes with even the quietest of headphones.USB 2.0 poweredPlug and playBalance is powered through the USB port. On the Mac, no drivers are required. On Windows, the drivers come pre-installed with Reason Essentials.Built-in Ignition KeyYour license is stored on your interface. When you're at your friend's house, authorize the software through Internet Verification. Or bring Balance it fits in your laptop bag.Reason EssentialsReason Essentials packs all the recording, editing, effects, instruments, and mixing tools you need to sound great. With its generous sound bank and familiar creative flow, it's the software that lets you focus on the music and finish that song. Need more? Upgrade to Reason for even more instruments, sounds, and effects.Reason Essentials, just like its bigger brother Reason, puts making music in focus. From concept to completion, it comes with all the essential tools for turning good ideas into great songs.Reason Essentials comes with a great selection of instruments and effects in a virtual rack that builds itself or can be tweaked to your hearts content drum machine, loop player, sampler, synths, reverb, delay, distortion and more.Reason Essentials' masterfully modeled mixing console gives you flexible routing, a built-in two-band EQ on every channel, advanced effects handling, full automation, and that radio-ready master bus compressor gives you a big studio sound.For guitar players, the built-in virtual guitar and bass PODs from Line 6 bring a wide range of top quality guitar amps, cabinets, and effects. The intuitive audio and MIDI sequencer makes recording and arranging your music a breeze.With its generous sound bank and familiar creative flow, Reason Essentials is the software that lets you focus on the music and finish that song.Essentials within ReasonCreate re Minimize