DigiDesign Mbox manuals

Digidesign Mbox Specifications (84 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Musical Equipment | Size: 2.06 MB |

English

Table of contents

Getting Started

1

Legal Notices

2

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

2

Communication Statement

2

Australian Compliance

3

European Compliance

3

Contents v

5

Contents vii

7

Installation QuickStart

9

Mbox 2 Getting Started Guide2

10

Welcome to Mbox 2

11

Mbox 2 Features

12

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

12

System Requirements

13

Digidesign Registration

13

About the Pro Tools Guides

14

About www.digidesign.com

15

Mbox 2 Getting Started Guide8

16

Installation Overview

17

Connecting Mbox 2 and

17

Installing Pro Tools LE

17

Installing QuickTime

18

Launching Pro Tools LE

19

Additional Software on the

19

Pro Tools Installer Disc

19

Pro Tools Demo Session

20

Pro Tools Session Templates

20

Uninstalling Pro Tools

21

Installing Pro Tools on Mac

23

Connecting Mbox 2 to the

24

Computer

24

Starting Up or Shutting Down

27

Your System

27

Configuring Pro Tools LE

28

RTAS Processors

29

CPU Usage Limit

30

DAE Playback Buffer Size

30

Cache Size

31

System Memory Allocation

31

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

32

Configuring I/O Setup

33

Optimizing a Windows System

34

Recommended Optimizations

35

Optional Optimizations

36

Optimizing a Mac System for

37

Pro Tools

37

Mbox 2 Hardware Overview

39

Headphone Level

40

Monitor Level

40

Mix (Ratio) Control

40

Mono Switch and LED

40

About Phantom Power

41

Mbox 2 Back Panel Features

42

Mon Out (Monitor Output)

43

Input 1 and Input 2

43

Making Hardware Connections

45

Connecting a Recorder for

46

Mixdowns

46

Connecting Audio Inputs

46

Connecting a Microphone

47

Using a Mic that Has an XLR

48

Connector

48

Connecting Instruments to

49

MIDI Connections

51

Recording a Pro Tools Session

53

New Session dialog

54

Importing Audio from a CD

55

Creating an Audio CD from a

56

Pro Tools Session

56

Burning a CD

58

What is MIDI?

58

(Windows Only)

63

Instrument List

64

Properties Section

64

MIDI Patch Name Support

65

6 Click Open

66

Audio MIDI Setup

67

External Device Icon

68

Naming a new MIDI device

68

Enabling MIDI channels

69

Selecting a device icon

69

Avoid Recording to the

71

System Drive

71

Supported Drive Formats and

71

Drive Types

71

Formatting an Audio Drive

72

Formatting Mac Audio Drives

73

Partitioning Drives

74

Defragmenting an Audio Drive

74

Using Mac Drives on Windows

76

Hard Disk Storage Space

76

Troubleshooting

77

Common Issues

78

Performance Factors

78

Before You Call Digidesign

79

Technical Support

79

Diagnostic Information

80

Index 73

81

Index 75

83

Digidesign Mbox Specifications (76 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Musical Equipment | Size: 1.62 MB |

English

Table of contents

Getting Started

1

Appendix D. Troubleshooting

5

Installation QuickStart

7

Welcome to Mbox 2 Mini

9

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

10

System Requirements

10

Digidesign Registration

11

About the Pro Tools Guides

11

About www.digidesign.com

12

Windows Conﬁguration

13

Enabling DMA

14

Management

14

Recommended Optimizations

15

Optional Optimizations

15

Hardware Installation.”

16

Launching Pro Tools LE

18

Conﬁguring Pro Tools LE

19

CPU Usage Limit

20

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

21

Additional Software on the

22

Pro Tools Installer Disc

22

Removing Pro Tools LE

23

Mac Conﬁguration

25

(Mac G5 Computers Only)

26

Installing Pro Tools LE

27

Connecting Mbox 2 Mini to

27

Clock Source

32

Conﬁguring I/O Setup

32

Backing Up your System

33

Conﬁguration

33

Mbox 2 Mini Hardware Overview

35

Mix (Ratio) Control

36

Input 1 Gain Control

36

Input 2 Gain Control

36

Input 1 Section

37

Input 2 Section

38

Mon Out (Monitor Output)

38

USB Port

38

Kensington Lock Port

38

Making Hardware Connections

39

Overview of Analog Inputs

40

Mic Cables and Connectors

40

Phantom Power

40

Connecting Instruments to

41

Recording a Pro Tools Session

43

Showing the Mix window

44

Input Path selector

44

Importing Audio from a CD

45

Opening the Workspace browser

46

Creating an Audio CD from a

47

Pro Tools Session

47

Burning a CD

48

What is MIDI?

49

Mbox 2 Mini

49

Conﬁguring MIDI Studio Setup

53

(Windows Only)

53

Instrument List

54

Properties Section

54

MIDI Patch Name Support

55

6 Click Open

56

Clear Cables

57

External Device Icon

58

Naming a new MIDI device

58

Enabling MIDI channels

58

Patch Select dialog

60

Change button

60

Avoid Recording to the

61

System Drive

61

Supported Drive Formats and

61

Drive Types

61

Formatting an Audio Drive

62

Partitioning Drives

64

Mac Systems

65

Window Systems

65

Using Mac Drives on Windows

66

Hard Disk Storage Space

67

Troubleshooting

69

Pro Tools Won’t Launch

70

Register Your System

71

Use Digidesign Resources

71

Gather Important Information

71

Diagnostic Information

72

Index 67

73

Digidesign Mbox User Manual (3 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Musical Equipment | Size: 0.22 MB |

English

Table of contents

Digital Performer 3

1

Digidesign Mbox Specifications (97 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Musical Equipment | Size: 1.59 MB |

English

Table of contents

Getting Started with Mbox

1

Chapter 1. Welcome to Mbox

3

Welcome to Mbox

7

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

8

System Requirements

8

Hard Drive Considerations

9

Digidesign Registration

10

About the Pro Tools Guides

10

About www.digidesign.com

11

Getting Started with Mbox6

12

Windows Conﬁguration

13

Management

14

Settings

14

Installing Pro Tools LE and

15

Optional Software on the

16

Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM

16

Digidesign WaveDriver

17

Pro Tools Demo Session

17

MacOpener

17

Launching Pro Tools LE

18

Conﬁguring Pro Tools LE

18

Hardware Buffer Size

19

CPU Usage Limit

19

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

20

Conﬁguring I/O Setup

21

Hard Drive Conﬁguration and

22

Maintenance

22

Removing Pro Tools on

23

Windows XP

23

Getting Started with Mbox18

24

Macintosh Conﬁguration

25

Installing Pro Tools LE

26

Connecting Mbox to the

27

Computer

27

Clock Source

30

Mac OS X

31

Getting Started with Mbox26

32

Mbox Hardware and Connections

33

Mbox Front Panel Features

35

Peak LEDs

36

S/PDIF LED

36

Mix (Ratio) Control

36

Mono Switch

36

Mbox Back Panel Features

37

Getting Started with Mbox32

38

Making Signal Connections to

39

Connecting Audio Sources to

40

Mbox for Recording

40

Connecting a Recorder for

41

Mixdowns

41

MIDI Connections

42

Working with Pro Tools LE

43

Main Windows

44

Setting a Tempo

45

Using the Click Plug-In

45

Using an External MIDI Click

46

Saving Sessions

47

Transport Controls

48

New Track dialog

49

Tracks in the Mix window

49

Regions Lists

50

Navigating in a Session

51

Memory Locations

52

Viewing and Zooming

52

Importing Audio

53

Basic Recording

55

Recording MIDI

56

Edit Modes

57

Edit Tools

57

Editing Regions

58

Audio region on a track

59

Trimming the end of a region

59

The trimmed region

59

Basic Signal Routing

61

Master Faders

62

Plug-Ins

63

Mix Automation

64

Final Mixdown

64

Using Dither on Mixdown

65

Getting Started with Mbox60

66

Windows System Optimizations

67

Getting Started with Mbox62

68

Introduction

69

Compatible Software

69

Installing the ASIO Driver

70

Removing the ASIO Driver

70

Conﬁguring ASIO Driver

70

Buffer Size Control

71

Advanced Button

71

Getting Started with Mbox66

72

Compatibility

73

Installing the WaveDriver

74

Removing the WaveDriver

74

Conﬁguring WaveDriver for

74

QuickTime Player (Required

74

2 Click the Audio tab

75

Getting Started with Mbox70

76

Digidesign CoreAudio Driver

77

(Macintosh Only)

77

Removing the CoreAudio

79

Conﬁguring the Digidesign

79

CoreAudio Driver

79

Buffer Size

80

HW Setup Button

80

Prefs Button

81

Connect Button

81

Quit Button

81

Conﬁguring the Apple Sound

82

Getting Started with Mbox78

84

Conﬁguring Midi Studio Setup

85

(Windows Only)

85

Instrument List

86

Properties Section

86

Patch Name Support

87

6 Click Open

88

Audio MIDI Studio

89

Getting Started with Mbox84

90

External Device Icon

90

Naming a new MIDI device

90

5 Click OK

91

Numerics

93

Getting Started with Mbox88

94

Index 89

95

Getting Started with Mbox90

96

Zoom presets 47

97

Zoomer tool 52

97

Zooming 46

97

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