User guide

Avid Mbox Pro User Guide32
About
The About pop-up menu lets you view the firm-
ware version of the Mbox Pro hardware, and the
package version of the Mbox Pro driver installer.
Accessing the Web Links
Along the bottom-right of the Driver Control Panel
you can easily access helpful online resources on
our Avid website (www.avid.com) by clicking on
the following pop-up menus:
• Manual
• Updates
• Support
• FAQs
• Register
Stereo Mix Section
These 16-input, 2-output mixes allow you to create
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 recording application.
For example, if you are recording 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 microphone channel in the stereo mix.
This will make the vocal part louder in the vocal-
ist’s headphones, 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 con-
sole. There are 16 input channels (eight hardware
inputs from Mbox Pro, and eight software returns
from your recording application). Each input chan-
nel has its own volume fader, pan and aux send
knobs, solo, and mute buttons, 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 click-
ing the link icon between the two channels. Link-
ing channels lets you adjust mute, solo, and fader
settings simultaneously by modifying parameters
on either one of the linked channels. However,
linking two channels will not have any effect on
their Pan controls, which are always made on a
per-channel basis.
Clicking on any of the “Web links” will open
your web browser. Your computer must have
Internet access for these pages to load.
Web links
Firmware and driver information