DigiDesign Mbox 2 Manual de usuario

Setup Guide

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Communications and Safety Regulation Information

Compliance Statement

This model Mbox 2 complies with the following standards

regulating interference and EMC:

• FCC Part 15 Class B

• EN 55022 Class B

• EN 55204 Class B

• AS/NZS 3548 Class B

• CISPR 22 Class B

Radio and Television Interference

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the

limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the

FCC Rules.

Any modifications to the unit, unless expressly approved by

Avid, could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

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tel: 650-731-6300

declare under our sole responsibility that the product

Mbox 2

complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules.

Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this

device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this

device must accept any interference received, including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

Communication Statement

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply

with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part

15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference in a

residential installation. This equipment generates, uses,

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed

and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause

harmful interference to radio communications. However,

there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful

interference to radio or television reception, which can be

determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is

encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or

more of the following measures:

• Reorient or locate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and

receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician

for help.

Mbox 2

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Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme

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Europénne) mark on this compliant equipment thereby

declaring conformity to EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Low

Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC.

Contents v

contents

Chapter 1. Welcome to Mbox 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Mbox 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Pro Tools LE Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System Requirements and Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Conventions Used in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2. Installing Pro Tools on Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installing Pro Tools LE and Connecting Your Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Launching Pro Tools LE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Additional Software on the Pro Tools Installer Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Uninstalling Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 3. Installing Pro Tools on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing Pro Tools LE and Connecting Your Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Launching Pro Tools LE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Additional Software on the Pro Tools Installer Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Uninstalling Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 4. Configuring Your Pro Tools System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Starting Up or Shutting Down Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Configuring Pro Tools LE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Optimizing a Mac System for Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Optimizing a Windows System for Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 5. Mbox 2 Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Mbox 2 Front Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Mbox 2 Back Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Chapter 6. Making Hardware Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting a Sound System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting a Recorder for Mixdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Connecting Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Connecting a Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Connecting Instruments to the Mbox 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

MIDI Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Appendix A. Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Audio MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

MIDI Patch Name Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Appendix B. Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

MIDI Studio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

MIDI Patch Name Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Appendix C. Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Avoid Recording to the System Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Supported Drive Formats and Drive Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Formatting an Audio Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Partitioning Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Defragmenting an Audio Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Mac Drives on Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Hard Disk Storage Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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Appendix D. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Backing Up Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Common Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Performance Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Before You Call Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Appendix E. Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

About the Pro Tools Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

About www.digidesign.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Chapter 1: Welcome to Mbox 2 1

chapter 1

Welcome to Mbox 2

Welcome to the Mbox®2 audio and MIDI pro-

duction system.

Mbox 2 and Pro Tools LE®provide your

USB-equipped computer with two channels of

analog audio input and output, two channels of

digital audio input and output, MIDI In and Out

ports, analog monitor outs, and a headphone

output with front panel level control. Mbox 2

provides professional-quality mic preamps and

24-bit analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog

converters.

Mbox 2 Features

The Mbox 2 provides the following:

• Two channels of analog audio input with mi-

crophone preamps and switchable 48V phan-

tom power

• Analog input jacks include two XLR and

two 1/4-inch connectors (one TRS, one TS),

with switchable Mic, Line, and DI levels

• –20 dB pad available separately on each an-

alog input channel

• Two channels of S/PDIF digital input and out-

put

• S/PDIF inputs are available independently,

in addition to analog inputs 1–2

• S/PDIF outputs mirror analog outs 1–2

• Up to a total of four channels of input, using

analog and digital inputs simultaneously

• One MIDI In and one MIDI Out port, provid-

ing 16 MIDI input channels and 16 MIDI out-

put channels

• Two 1/4-inch TRS analog monitor outputs

• 24-bit A/D and D/A converters, supporting

sample rates of 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz

• Zero-latency analog record monitoring with

adjustable balance between input and play-

back

• Mono switch for enhanced monitoring of sin-

gle-channel input sources (does not affect re-

cording)

• 1/4-inch (TRS) stereo headphone output with

adjustable level control

• USB-powered operation

Mbox 2 will not function properly if con-

nected to a passive USB hub. If you need to

use a hub for other USB peripherals, use a

powered hub or a separate dedicated USB

port for Mbox 2 to function properly.

Mbox 2 Setup Guide2

Pro Tools LE Capabilities

Pro Tools LE on Mac or Windows provides the

following capabilities with Mbox 2:

• Playback of up to 48 mono or stereo digital

audio tracks, or a combination of playing

back and recording up to 48 mono or stereo

digital audio tracks, depending on the ca-

pabilities of your computer.

• Up to 128 audio tracks (with up to 48 active

tracks), 128 Auxiliary Input tracks, 64 Mas-

ter Fader tracks, 256 MIDI tracks, and 32 In-

strument tracks per session.

• 16-bit or 24-bit audio resolution, at sample

rates up to 48 kHz.

• Non-destructive, random-access editing

and mix automation.

• Audio processing with up to 10 inserts per

track (RTAS®plug-ins or hardware inserts)

• Up to 10 sends per track.

• Up to 32 internal mix busses.

System Requirements and

Compatibility

Mbox 2 can be used with a qualified Windows

or Mac computer running Pro Tools LE soft-

ware.

A DVD drive is required to use the Pro Tools In-

staller disc.

We can only assure compatibility and provide

support for hardware and software it has tested

and approved.

For complete system requirements and a list of

qualified computers, operating systems, hard

drives, and third-party devices, refer to the latest

information on our website:

www.digidesign.com/compatibility

MIDI Requirements

Mbox 2 includes one MIDI In port and one

MIDI Out port, providing 16 channels of MIDI

input and 16 channels of MIDI output.

If you require additional MIDI ports, add a MIDI

interface to your system.

USB MIDI interfaces work effectively with

Pro Tools systems on Windows or Mac. Serial

MIDI interfaces are supported on Windows sys-

tems only.

For a list of supported adapters, visit our website

at:

www.digidesign.com/compatibility

Pro Tools LE uses your computer’s CPU to

mix and process audio tracks (host process-

ing). Computers with faster clock speeds

yield higher track counts and more plug-in

processing.

Only USB MIDI interfaces are compatible

with Pro Tools systems for Mac OS X.

Modem-to-serial port adapters and serial

MIDI devices are not supported.

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