DigiDesign Mbox 2 Mini manuals

Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini Setup Guide (108 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 0.65 MB |

English

Table of contents

Setup Guide

1

Legal Notices

3

Documentation Feedback

3

Mbox 2 Mini

4

Australian Compliance

5

European Compliance

5

Contents vii

7

Mbox 2 Mini Setup Guideviii

8

Contents ix

9

Mbox 2 Mini Setup Guidex

10

Welcome to Mbox 2 Mini

11

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

12

MIDI Requirements

13

Hard Drive Requirements

14

Convention Action

15

Installing Pro Tools on Mac

17

Installation Options

19

Launching Pro Tools LE

20

Quick Start dialog

21

Mbox 2 Mini CoreAudio Driver

22

Pro Tools Demo Session

23

Uninstalling Pro Tools

24

Installation Overview

25

Setup.exe icon

26

Windows Audio Drivers

31

Pro Tools System Settings

36

Hardware Buffer Size

37

RTAS Processors

38

CPU Usage Limit

39

DAE Playback Buffer Size

40

Cache Size

41

System Memory Allocation

42

Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size

42

(Structure Plug-in Only)

42

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

44

Configuring I/O Setup

45

Configuring MIDI Setup

46

Turning Off Software Update

47

Turning Off Energy Saver

47

Setting Processor Performance

47

Disabling Spotlight Indexing

50

Required Optimizations

51

(Windows Vista Only)

53

Recommended Optimizations

54

Optional Optimizations

54

Mbox 2 Mini Hardware Overview

57

Mon (Monitor) Mute Switch

58

Mix (Ratio) Control

58

Input 1 Gain Control

58

Input 2 Gain Control

58

Input 1 Section

59

Input 2 Section

60

Mon Out (Monitor Output)

61

USB Port

61

Kensington Lock Port

61

Making Hardware Connections

63

Connecting Audio Inputs

64

Mic Cables and Connectors

65

Phantom Power

65

Audio MIDI Setup

69

External Device Icon

71

Naming a new MIDI device

71

Enabling MIDI channels

72

Selecting a device icon

73

MIDI Patch Name Support

74

Patch Select dialog

75

MIDI Studio Setup

77

Interface Controls

78

Instrument List

78

Properties Section

79

Change button

82

Drive Formats

85

Formatting an Audio Drive

86

Disk Utility (Mac OS X)

87

Partitioning Drives

90

Defragmenting an Audio Drive

90

Window Systems

91

Hard Disk Storage Space

94

Troubleshooting

95

Common Issues

96

Performance Factors

97

Register Your System

98

Gather Important Information

98

Diagnostic Information

99

Mbox 2 Mini Setup Guide

100

Resources

101

About www.digidesign.com

103

Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini Specifications (82 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 1.27 MB |

English

Table of contents

Getting Started

1

Legal Notices

3

Australian Compliance

4

European Compliance

4

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

4

Communication Statement

4

Contents

5

Installation QuickStart

9

Welcome to Mbox 2 Mini

11

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

12

System Requirements

12

Digidesign Registration

13

About the Pro Tools Guides

13

About www.digidesign.com

15

Installation Overview

17

Connecting Mbox 2 Mini and

17

Installing Pro Tools LE

17

Additional Software on the

19

Pro Tools Installer Disc

19

Launching Pro Tools LE

19

Windows Audio Drivers

20

Pro Tools Demo Session

20

Uninstalling Pro Tools

21

Installing Pro Tools on Mac

23

Computer

24

Pro Tools System Settings

28

Hardware Buffer Size

29

RTAS Processors

29

CPU Usage Limit

30

DAE Playback Buffer Size

31

Cache Size

32

System Memory Allocation

32

Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size

32

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

33

Configuring I/O Setup

34

Pro Tools

35

Recommended Optimizations

36

Optional Optimizations

36

Optimizing a Mac System for

38

Mbox 2 Mini Hardware Overview

41

Mon (Monitor) Mute Switch

42

Mix (Ratio) Control

42

Input 1 Gain Control

42

Input 2 Gain Control

42

Input 1 Section

43

Input 2 Section

44

Mon Out (Monitor Output)

44

USB Port

44

Kensington Lock Port

44

Making Hardware Connections

45

Connecting Audio Inputs

46

Mbox 2 Mini

46

Connector

47

Recording a Pro Tools Session

49

Importing Audio from a CD

51

Creating an Audio CD from a

52

Pro Tools Session

52

Burning a CD

54

What is MIDI?

54

MIDI Studio Setup

59

Instrument List

60

Properties Section

60

MIDI Patch Name Support

61

Audio MIDI Setup

63

Supported Drive Formats and

67

Drive Types

67

Formatting an Audio Drive

68

Partitioning Drives

70

Defragmenting an Audio Drive

71

Using Mac Drives on Windows

73

Hard Disk Storage Space

74

Troubleshooting

75

Common Issues

76

Performance Factors

77

Before You Call Digidesign

77

Technical Support

77

Gather Important Information

78

Windows 13, 18

81

USB connection indicator 34

81

WaveDriver (Windows) 12

81

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