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Chapter 5: Mbox 2 Micro Hardware Overview 47

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Mbox 2 Micro Hardware Overview

Mbox 2 Micro Hardware Features

The Mbox 2 Micro provides the following hardware features:

USB LED

The USB LED indicates that the Mbox 2 Micro has received power from its USB connection.

Once the USB light is on, you can play back audio through the Mbox 2 Micro 1/8-inch Stereo

Output.

Figure 1. Mbox 2 Micro panel

Lanyard hole

Output Level

1/8th-Inch Stereo Output

USB LED

(lower)

(raise)

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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

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