User guide

Mbox User Guide34
Stereo Mix Section
These 16-input, 2-output mixes allow you to cre-
ate up to six stereo mixes when running at a
sample rate at or below 96 kHz, and up to two
stereo mixes when running at a sample rate
above 96 kHz.
This lets you set up near-zero latency cue mixes
in which the performers hear a “customized”
mix while recording.
It is important to note that any changes made to
the stereo mix will only affect what is audible
from the mixer’s outputs—the stereo mix does
not affect the signals that are sent to your re-
cording application. For example, if you are re-
cording a vocalist and he/she tells you to turn
up the vocal track so they can hear themselves
better, you can increase the vocalist’s micro-
phone channel in the stereo mix. This will make
the vocal part louder in the vocalist’s head-
phones, but it will still be recorded into
Pro Tools at the volume determined by the front
panel Gain Adjustment Knob.
The stereo mix is set up like a standard mixing
console. There are 16 input channels (eight
hardware inputs from Mbox Pro, and eight soft-
ware returns from your recording application).
Each input channel has its own volume fader,
pan and aux send knobs, solo, and mute but-
tons, as well as a master output section with its
own pair of faders and mute buttons.
A pair of channels can be linked together by
clicking the link icon between the two channels.
Linking channels lets you adjust mute, solo, and
fader settings simultaneously by modifying pa-
rameters on either one of the linked channels.
However, linking two channels will not have
any effect on their Pan controls, which are al-
ways made on a per-channel basis.
The stereo mix features multi-segment meters to
show input channel levels (directly above each
channel) and main mixer output levels (at the
top right of the mixer). The pre/post fader me-
tering operation can be set from the Setup Tab
of the Control Panel. The clip indicators can be
set to “stick” by choosing Hold Clipping Indicators
until Clicked in the Setup pop-up menu, and reset
by clicking on the clip indicator itself.
The stereo mix section is located in the main
view of the Control Panel and is divided into
five main sections:
• Hardware Inputs
• Software Returns
•Output Pairs
•Master
•Effects