DigiDesign Mbox Pro manuals

Digidesign Mbox Pro Specifications (84 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 2.13 MB |

English

Table of contents

Getting Started

1

Mbox 2 Pro

3

Important Safety Instructions

4

Appendix D. Troubleshooting

7

Installation QuickStart

9

Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started

10

Welcome to Mbox 2 Pro

11

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

12

MIDI Requirements

13

Hard Drive Requirements

13

About the Pro Tools Guides

14

About www.digidesign.com

15

Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started8

16

Installation Overview

17

Connecting Mbox 2 Pro and

17

Installing Pro Tools LE

17

Installing QuickTime

18

Windows Audio Drivers

19

Pro Tools Demo Session

20

Installing Pro Tools on Mac

21

Connecting Mbox 2 Pro to the

22

Computer

22

Launching Pro Tools LE

22

Mbox 2 Pro CoreAudio Driver

23

Pro Tools Session Templates

24

Starting Up or Shutting Down

25

Your System

25

Pro Tools System Settings

26

RTAS Processors

27

CPU Usage Limit

27

Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started20

28

DAE Playback Buffer Size

29

Cache Size

29

System Memory Allocation

29

Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size

30

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

31

Conﬁguring I/O Setup

31

Optimizing a Windows System

32

Management

33

Recommended Optimizations

34

Optional Optimizations

34

Optimizing a Mac System for

35

Pro Tools

35

Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started28

36

Hardware Overview

37

Headphone Outputs

38

Headphone Level

38

3–4 Switch and LED

38

Monitor Level

38

48V Switch and LED

38

Gain Controls

39

DI Inputs

39

Peak LEDs

39

Pad Switches and LEDs

39

DC Power

40

FireWire (1394) Port

40

MIDI I/O

40

Grounding Post

42

Mic/Line 1 and 2

42

Making Studio Connections

43

Additional Analog Outputs

44

Overview of Analog Inputs

45

Connecting a Microphone

46

Using a Mic that Has an XLR

47

Connector

47

Connecting DJ Equipment

49

Digital Input and Output

50

MIDI Connections

51

Using Word Clock with

52

Pro Tools LE

52

Using a Footswitch

53

Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started46

54

Recording a Pro Tools Session

55

Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started48

56

Importing Audio from a CD

57

Creating an Audio CD from a

58

Pro Tools Session

58

Burning a CD

59

What is MIDI?

60

Conﬁguring MIDI Studio Setup

63

(Windows Only)

63

Instrument List

64

Properties Section

64

MIDI Patch Name Support

65

6 Click Open

66

Audio MIDI Setup

67

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68

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

Partitioning Drives

73

Mac Systems

74

Window Systems

74

Using Mac Drives on Windows

75

Hard Disk Storage Space

76

Troubleshooting

77

Pro Tools Won’t Launch

78

Register Your System

79

Use Digidesign Resources

79

Gather Important Information

79

Diagnostic Information

80

Index 73

81

Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started74

82

Index 75

83

Digidesign Mbox Pro Setup Guide (76 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 4.17 MB |

English

Table of contents

Setup Guide

1

Legal Notices

2

Documentation Feedback

2

Important Safety Instructions

4

Chapter 5. Hardware Overview

6

Appendix D. Troubleshooting

7

Appendix E. Resources

7

Mbox 2 Pro Setup Guide

8

Welcome to Mbox 2 Pro

9

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

10

MIDI Requirements

11

Hard Drive Requirements

11

Conventions Used in This

12

Installing Pro Tools on Mac

13

Launching Pro Tools LE

14

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

Installation Options

18

Third-Party Applications and

20

Plug-ins

20

Mbox 2 Pro Factory Bundle

20

Windows Audio Drivers

20

Uninstalling Pro Tools LE

21

Mbox 2 Pro Setup Guide14

22

Starting Up or Shutting Down

23

Your System

23

Pro Tools System Settings

24

3 Click OK

24

CPU Usage Limit

26

Cache Size

28

Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size

28

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

29

Optimizing a Mac System for

30

Pro Tools

30

Turning Off Software Update

31

Turning Off Energy Saver

31

Setting Processor Performance

31

Shortcuts Used by Pro Tools

31

Disabling Spotlight Indexing

32

Optimizing a Windows System

33

Recommended Optimizations

34

Optional Optimizations

35

Mbox 2 Pro Setup Guide28

36

Hardware Overview

37

Mbox 2 Pro Setup Guide30

38

Gain Controls

39

DI Inputs

39

Peak LEDs

39

Pad Switches and LEDs

39

DC Power

40

FireWire (1394) Port

40

MIDI I/O

40

Grounding Post

42

Mic/Line 1 and 2

42

Making Studio Connections

43

Additional Analog Outputs

44

Overview of Analog Inputs

45

Using a Mic that Has an XLR

46

Connector

46

Connecting Instruments to

48

Digital Input and Output

49

MIDI Connections

50

Word Clock

51

Using a Footswitch

52

1 Do one of the following:

53

Mbox 2 Pro Setup Guide46

54

External Device Icon

54

Naming a new MIDI device

54

5 Click OK

55

MIDI Patch Name Support

56

Conﬁguring MIDI Studio Setup

57

(Windows Only)

57

2 Click Create

58

Avoid Recording to the

61

System Drive

61

Supported Drive Formats and

61

Drive Types

61

Formatting an Audio Drive

62

Partitioning Drives

63

Mac Systems

64

Window Systems

64

Using Mac Drives on Windows

65

Hard Disk Storage Space

66

Troubleshooting

67

Pro Tools Won’t Launch

68

Register Your System

69

Gather Important Information

69

Diagnostic Information

70

Resources

71

Documentation Installed

72

Automatically with Pro Tools

72

Index 65

73

Mbox 2 Pro Setup Guide66

74

Index 67

75

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