DigiDesign Mbox 2 Micro manuals

Digidesign Mbox 2 Micro Specifications (74 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Software | Size: 3.45 MB |

English

Table of contents

Getting Started

1

Legal Notices

3

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

3

Mbox 2 Micro

4

Contents

5

Installation QuickStart

9

Welcome to Mbox 2 Micro

11

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

12

System Requirements

12

Digidesign Registration

13

About the Pro Tools Guides

13

About www.digidesign.com

15

Windows Configuration

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

Pro Tools Session Templates

21

Uninstalling Pro Tools

22

Mac Configuration

23

Computer

24

Pro Tools System Settings

29

Hardware Buffer Size

30

RTAS Processors

30

CPU Usage Limit

31

DAE Playback Buffer Size

32

Cache Size

33

System Memory Allocation

33

Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size

33

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

34

Configuring I/O Setup

34

Pro Tools

35

Enabling DMA

36

Management

36

Recommended Optimizations

37

Optional Optimizations

37

Optimizing a Mac System for

38

Turning Off Energy Saver

39

Setting Processor Performance

39

Disabling Spotlight Indexing

39

1/8-Inch Stereo Output

41

Lanyard Hole

41

Output Level

41

Making Hardware Connections

42

Creating a Pro Tools Session

43

Opening and Playing Back a

44

Pro Tools Session

44

Importing Audio from a CD

44

Creating an Audio CD from a

45

Burning a CD

48

What is MIDI?

49

MIDI Studio Setup

53

Instrument List

54

Properties Section

54

MIDI Patch Name Support

55

Audio MIDI Setup

57

6 Click Open

60

Supported Drive Formats and

61

Drive Types

61

Formatting an Audio Drive

62

Partitioning Drives

63

Defragmenting an Audio Drive

64

Hard Disk Storage Space

66

Troubleshooting

67

Performance Factors

68

Before You Call Digidesign

69

Technical Support

69

Diagnostic Information

70

WaveDriver (Windows) 12

73

Digidesign Mbox 2 Micro Setup Guide (100 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Software | Size: 0.61 MB |

English

Table of contents

Setup Guide

1

Legal Notices

3

Documentation Feedback

3

European Union

3

Mbox 2 Micro

4

Australian Compliance

5

European Compliance

5

Contents vii

7

Mbox 2 Micro Setup Guideviii

8

Contents ix

9

Mbox 2 Micro Setup Guidex

10

Welcome to Mbox 2 Micro

11

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

12

MIDI Requirements

13

Hard Drive Requirements

14

Convention Action

15

Mbox 2 Micro Setup Guide

16

Installing Pro Tools on Mac

17

Installation Options

19

Launching Pro Tools LE

20

Quick Start dialog

21

Mbox 2 Micro CoreAudio Driver

22

Pro Tools Demo Session

23

Uninstalling Pro Tools

24

Installation Overview

25

Setup.exe icon

26

Installing QuickTime

29

Windows Audio Drivers

31

Pro Tools System Settings

36

Hardware Buffer Size

37

RTAS Processors

37

CPU Usage Limit

39

DAE Playback Buffer Size

41

Cache Size

42

System Memory Allocation

42

Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size

43

(Structure Plug-in Only)

43

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

Figure 1. Mbox 2 Micro panel

57

Output Level

58

Lanyard Hole

58

1/8-Inch Stereo Output

58

Making Hardware Connections

59

Audio MIDI Setup

61

External Device Icon

63

Naming a new MIDI device

63

Enabling MIDI channels

64

Selecting a device icon

65

MIDI Patch Name Support

66

Patch Select dialog

67

MIDI Studio Setup

69

Interface Controls

70

Instrument List

70

Properties Section

71

Change button

74

Drive Formats

77

SCSI Hard Drives

78

FireWire Hard Drives

78

IDE/ATA/SATA Hard Drives

78

Formatting an Audio Drive

79

Partitioning Drives

82

Defragmenting an Audio Drive

83

Hard Disk Storage Space

86

Troubleshooting

87

Common Issues

88

Performance Factors

89

Register Your System

90

Gather Important Information

90

Diagnostic Information

92

Resources

93

About www.digidesign.com

95

Digidesign Mbox 2 Micro User Manual (29 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Software | Size: 4.58 MB |

English

Table of contents

Getting Started

1

Welcome to Pro Tools LE

2

Listen to the Demo Session

3

Play and Listen

4

Welcome to Pro Tools LE 5

5

Vertical

6

Horizontal

6

Mix window

7

Bring in a Song from a CD

8

Transport window

9

Track List

10

Make an Audio Edit

11

Trim tool

11

Make a Beat

12

Inserting Xpand!

13

Click the Librarian menu to

14

Instrument track

15

Edit a Note

16

Using a Click (Metronome)

17

One long note (for a loop)

17

Librarian menu

18

Highlighted Metronome button

18

Changing Your Tempo

19

Add Tempo Change symbol (+)

19

Default tempo is 120 BPM

19

What’s MIDI?

20

Welcome to Pro Tools LE 21

21

Selector

22

Librarian

23

Track Input

24

Fade Out the End of the Song

25

Raise the Send fader

25

Automation Mode

26

Timeline

27

Session audio selected

27

Bounce to Disk

27

Learn More

29

Digidesign Mbox 2 Micro User Manual (2 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Software | Size: 0.93 MB |

English

Table of contents

Mbox 2 Micro Quick Setup

1

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