Specifications

Mbox 2 Mini Getting Started Guide
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Disabling System Standby and Power
Management
When using Pro Tools, the Windows System Standby
power scheme must be set to Always On. This helps pre-
vent long record or playback passes from stopping due
to system resources powering down.
To configure Windows Power Management:
1 Choose Start > Control Panel.
2 Double-click Power Options.
3 Click the Power Schemes tab.
4 From the Power Schemes pop-up menu, select Always
On.
5 Click OK.
This sets System Standby, System Hibernate, and “Turn
off hard disks” to Never.
Disabling ClearType Font Smoothing
When using Pro Tools, the Effects “Clear Type” setting
must be disabled.
To disable ClearType font smoothing:
1 Choose Start > Control Panel.
2 Double-click Display.
3 Click the Appearance tab.
4 Click Effects.
5 Deselect “Use the following method to smooth edges of
screen fonts.”
6 Click OK to save your settings and close the Effects di-
alog.
7 Click OK.
8 Restart the computer.
Recommended Optimizations
Pro Tools can also be affected by other software and
hardware drivers installed on your computer. It is rec-
ommended (but not required) that you do the follow-
ing:
• Avoid running any unneeded programs at the
same time as Pro Tools.
• Turn off any software utilities that run in the back-
ground, such as Windows Messenger, calendars,
and disk maintenance programs.
• Turn off any nonessential USB devices while run-
ning Pro Tools.
• If your video display card supports it, enable Bus
Mastering in the manufacturer’s Control Panel. Re-
fer to the manufacturer’s instructions for details.
Optional Optimizations
The following system optimizations may help Pro Tools
perform better on some systems. It is recommended
that you only try these optimizations if necessary, as
they may disable or adversely affect the functionality of
other programs on your system.
Disabling Network Cards
If applicable, disable any networking cards (other than a
FireWire card that you might use to connect an external
drive to your system).
On AMD processors, be sure to check and dis-
able Cool N’Quiet in the System BIOS (in the
Cool & Quiet Configuration section). Refer to
the manufacturer’s documentation for instruc-
tions on disabling this power option, if neces-
sary.