Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Mbox 2
- Windows Configuration
- Macintosh Configuration
- Installation Overview
- Apple System Settings for Mac OS X
- Installing Pro Tools LE
- Connecting Mbox 2 to the Computer
- Optional Software on the Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM
- Launching Pro Tools LE
- Configuring Pro Tools LE
- Audio MIDI Setup (AMS)
- Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance
- Removing Pro Tools on Mac OS X
- Mbox 2 Hardware and Connections
- Working with Pro Tools LE
- Windows System Optimizations
- Configuring Midi Studio Setup (Windows Only)
- Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only)
- Index
Chapter 1: Welcome to Mbox 2
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chapter 1
Welcome to Mbox 2
Welcome to Mbox 2, Digidesign’s portable
Pro Tools micro-studio.
Mbox 2 provides 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-digi-
tal and digital-to-analog converters.
Mbox 2 Package
The Mbox 2 package includes the following:
• Mbox 2 desktop audio interface
• Installer CD-ROMs containing Pro Tools LE
software, DigiRack RTAS (Real-Time Audio-
Suite) and AudioSuite plug-ins, optional soft-
ware, and electronic PDF guides
• This
Getting Started with Mbox 2
Guide
, which
includes instructions for installing and con-
figuring Mbox 2, and an introduction to
Pro Tools LE software
• The
Mbox 2 Basics Guide
, designed to give new
users specific methods for accomplishing
common tasks (such as getting sound in and
out of your Mbox 2, connecting a mic or in-
strument, and recording a session)
• USB connector cable
• Digidesign registration card