DigiDesign Mbox 2 manuals

Digidesign Mbox 2 Specifications (76 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 1.43 MB |

English

Table of contents

Getting Started with

1

Chapter 1. Welcome to Mbox 2

3

Welcome to Mbox 2

5

Mbox 2 Features

6

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

6

System Requirements

7

Hard Disk Storage Space

8

Digidesign Registration

9

About the Pro Tools Guides

9

About www.digidesign.com

10

Windows Conﬁguration

11

Management

12

Recommended Conﬁguration

13

Installing Pro Tools LE and

14

Optional Software on the

15

Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM

15

Conﬁguring Pro Tools LE

16

Launching Pro Tools LE

16

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

17

Conﬁguring I/O Setup

18

Hard Drive Conﬁguration and

19

Maintenance

19

Removing Pro Tools on

20

Windows XP

20

Macintosh Conﬁguration

21

Installing Pro Tools LE

22

Connecting Mbox 2 to the

22

Computer

22

CPU Usage Limit

24

DAE Playback Buffer Size

24

Audio MIDI Setup (AMS)

26

Mac OS X

27

Getting Started with Mbox 224

28

Mbox 2 Front Panel Features

31

Mix (Ratio) Control

32

Mono Switch and LED

32

About Phantom Power

33

Mbox 2 Back Panel Features

34

Making Signal Connections to

35

Connecting Audio Sources to

36

Mbox 2 for Recording

36

Digital Audio

37

MIDI Connections

37

Connecting a Recorder for

38

Mixdowns

38

Working with Pro Tools LE

39

Main Windows

40

Setting a Tempo

41

Using the Click Plug-In

41

Using an External MIDI Click

42

Saving Sessions

43

Transport Controls

44

New Track dialog

45

Tracks in the Mix window

45

Audio Tracks

46

MIDI Tracks

46

Regions Lists

47

Navigating in a Session

47

Memory Locations

48

Viewing and Zooming

49

Importing Audio

50

Opening the Workspace Browser

51

Basic Recording

52

Recording an Audio Track

53

Recording MIDI

53

Getting Started with Mbox 250

54

Edit Modes

55

Edit Tools

55

Editing Regions

56

Trimming the end of a region

57

The trimmed region

57

Basic Signal Routing

58

Plug-Ins

60

Mix Automation

61

Final Mixdown

62

Windows System Optimizations

63

Getting Started with Mbox 260

64

Conﬁguring Midi Studio Setup

65

(Windows Only)

65

Instrument List

66

Properties Section

66

Patch Name Support

67

6 Click Open

68

Audio MIDI Setup

69

Getting Started with Mbox 266

70

External Device Icon

70

Naming a new MIDI device

70

Enabling MIDI channels

71

Selecting a device icon

71

Numerics

73

Getting Started with Mbox 270

74

Index 71

75

Getting Started with Mbox 272

76

Digidesign Mbox 2 Setup Guide (74 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 1.54 MB |

English

Table of contents

Setup Guide

1

Legal Notices

2

Documentation Feedback

2

European Union

2

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

3

Communication Statement

3

Australian Compliance

4

European Compliance

4

Contents v

5

Mbox 2 Setup Guidevi

6

Contents vii

7

Mbox 2 Setup Guideviii

8

Welcome to Mbox 2

9

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

10

System Requirements and

10

Compatibility

10

Conventions Used in This

11

Mbox 2 Setup Guide4

12

Installing Pro Tools on Mac

13

Pro Tools LE Options

14

Additional Options

14

Launching Pro Tools LE

15

Additional Software on the

15

Pro Tools Installer Disc

15

Uninstalling Pro Tools

16

Installation Overview

17

Installing Pro Tools LE and

17

Connecting Your Interface

17

Mbox 2 Setup Guide10

18

Digidesign ASIO Driver

21

Digidesign WaveDriver

21

(Windows XP Only)

21

Starting Up or Shutting Down

23

Your System

23

Configuring Pro Tools LE

24

RTAS Processors

25

CPU Usage Limit

26

DAE Playback Buffer Size

27

(Structure Plug-in Only)

28

Configuring I/O Setup

30

Configuring MIDI Setup

30

Optimizing a Mac System for

31

Pro Tools

31

Shortcuts Used by Pro Tools

32

Optimizing a Windows System

33

Management

34

(Windows Vista Only)

35

Mbox 2 Setup Guide28

36

Mbox 2 Hardware Overview

37

Monitoring while Overdubbing

38

Checking Phase Relationships

38

About Phantom Power

39

Mbox 2 Back Panel Features

40

Mon Out (Monitor Output)

41

Input 1 and Input 2

41

Mbox 2 Setup Guide34

42

Making Hardware Connections

43

Connecting a Recorder for

44

Mixdowns

44

Connecting Audio Inputs

44

Connecting a Microphone

45

Using a Mic that Has an XLR

46

Connector

46

Connecting Instruments to

47

S/PDIF Mirroring

49

MIDI Connections

50

Audio MIDI Setup

51

Mbox 2 Setup Guide44

52

External Device Icon

52

Naming a new MIDI device

52

Enabling MIDI channels

53

Selecting a device icon

53

MIDI Patch Name Support

54

(Windows Only)

55

Interface Controls

56

Instrument List

56

Properties Section

56

Avoid Recording to the

59

System Drive

59

Supported Drive Formats and

59

Drive Types

59

Formatting an Audio Drive

60

Partitioning Drives

61

Defragmenting an Audio Drive

62

Using Mac Drives on Windows

63

Hard Disk Storage Space

64

Troubleshooting

65

Common Issues

66

Performance Factors

66

Before You Call Technical

67

Diagnostic Information

68

Resources

69

Read Me Files

70

Helpful Online Resources

70

Index 63

71

Mbox 2 Setup Guide64

72

Index 65

73

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