Mbox Mini User Guide ® Version 8.0.
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contents Chapter 1. Welcome to Mbox Mini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mbox Mini Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Pro Tools LE Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 System Requirements and Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 5. Mbox Mini Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Mbox Mini Front Panel Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Mbox Mini Back Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chapter 6. Making Studio Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Connecting Headphones . . . . . .
Appendix F. Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 About the Pro Tools Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Appendix G. Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Environmental Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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chapter 1 Welcome to Mbox Mini Welcome to the Mbox® Mini audio production system from Avid®. ® Mbox Mini and Pro Tools LE provides your USB-equipped computer with two channels of analog audio input, two analog monitor outputs, and one headphone output. Mbox Mini includes one professional-quality mic preamp and 24-bit analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters.
Pro Tools LE Capabilities Pro Tools LE™ on Mac or Windows provides the following capabilities with Mbox Mini: • 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 your computer’s capabilities. • Up to 128 audio tracks (with up to 48 active tracks), 128 Auxiliary Input tracks, 64 Master Fader tracks, 256 MIDI tracks, and 32 Instrument tracks per session.
Hard Drive Requirements For optimal audio recording and playback, all Pro Tools systems require one or more qualified hard drives. If you are using an ATA/IDE or FireWire hard drive, initialize your drive with the Disk Utility application included with Apple System software (Mac) or Windows Disk Management (Windows). For more information, see Appendix D, “Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance.” Avoid Recording to the System Drive Recording to your system drive is not recommended.
About www.avid.com The Avid website (www.avid.com) is your best online source for information to help you get the most out of your Pro Tools system. The following are just a few of the services and features available. Product Registration Register your purchase online.
chapter 2 Installing Pro Tools on Mac This chapter contains information for Mac systems only. If you are installing Pro Tools on a Windows computer, see Chapter 3, “Installing Pro Tools on Windows.” Before installing this version of Pro Tools, refer to the Read Me information included on the Pro Tools Installer disc. Installation Overview Installation of the Mbox Mini on a Mac includes the following steps: 1 “Installing Pro Tools LE and Connecting Your Interface” on page 5.
3 On the Installer disc, locate and double-click 11 Connect the small end of the included USB Install Pro Tools LE.mpkg. cable to the USB port on Mbox Mini. Connect the other end of the USB cable to any available USB port on your computer. Install Pro Tools LE.mpkg icon 4 Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed with installation. 5 Click Continue each time you are prompted.
Pro Tools Creative Collection Options Select any of the Pro Tools Creative Collection options you want installed. For more information, see the Audio Plug-Ins Guide. Effect Plug-Ins Installs six free virtual instrument plug-ins from Avid’s AIR group. Virtual Instruments Installs 20 free effects plugins from Avid’s AIR group. Launching Pro Tools LE When launching Pro Tools LE the first time, you are prompted to enter an authorization code to validate your software. (The code begins with the letters DIGI.
Additional Software on the Pro Tools Installer Disc The Pro Tools LE Installer disc provides additional software for your system, including audio drivers (for playing other audio applications through your Pro Tools hardware) and a Pro Tools demo session. Check your Pro Tools Installer disc for additional software and installers.
Pro Tools Demo Session The Pro Tools LE Installer disc includes a demo session that you can use to verify that your system is working. The demo session for Pro Tool LE is named “Filtered Dream.” Before installing the demo session to your audio drive, make sure the drive is configured as described in “Formatting an Audio Drive” on page 50.
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chapter 3 Installing Pro Tools on Windows This chapter contains information for Windows systems only. If you are installing Pro Tools on a Mac computer, see Chapter 2, “Installing Pro Tools on Mac.” Before installing this version of Pro Tools, refer to the Read Me information included on the Pro Tools LE Installer disc. Installation Overview Installing the Mbox Mini on a Windows computer includes the following steps: 1 “Installing Pro Tools LE and Connecting Your Interface” on page 11.
In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, if the User Account Control dialog appears, click Allow. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed In Windows XP, a series of Software Installation dialogs about the driver not passing Windows Logo testing may appear. Click “Continue Anyway” on each one until they go away. with installation and click Next when prompted. 4 To install the complete compliment of Pro Tools software and plug-ins, leave Pro Tools selected.
Installation Options Pro Tools LE Options To install a subset of Pro Tools software and plug-ins (and associated content), click the reveal triangle for the Pro Tools LE option in the installer, and deselect any of the following options that you do not want installed. (If an item is checked, it will be installed.) Application Files (Required for Pro Tools) Installs the Pro Tools application and supporting library files needed to run Pro Tools. This option must be selected to install Pro Tools.
To install QuickTime: 1 Visit www.apple.com and go to the Quick- Time page. 2 Download the QuickTime installer applica- tion to your computer. 3 Double-click the QuickTime installer applica- tion and follow the on-screen installation instructions. 4 Restart your computer. Quick Start dialog Launching Pro Tools LE When launching Pro Tools LE the first time, you are prompted to enter an authorization code to validate your software. (The code begins with the letters DIGI.
Avid Audio Drivers 3 Double-click LE Demo Session Setup.exe. The Avid Audio Drivers are multi-client, multichannel sound drivers that allow Pro Tools and third-party audio programs that support the ASIO Driver or WaveDriver MME/DirectX (Multimedia Extension) standards to record and play back through qualified Pro Tools audio interfaces. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions.
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chapter 4 Configuring Your Pro Tools System After you have connected your system and installed Pro Tools software, you are ready to start up and configure your Pro Tools system. 6 With the volume of all output devices low- Starting Up or Shutting Down Your System 7 Turn on your computer. To ensure that the components of your Pro Tools system communicate properly with each other, you need to start them in a particular order. MIDI applications. ered, turn on your Pro Tools audio interfaces.
Configuring Pro Tools LE Pro Tools System Settings In the Playback Engine dialog, Pro Tools LE lets you adjust the performance of your system by changing system settings that affect its capacity for processing, playback, and recording. To change the Hardware Buffer Size: 1 Launch Pro Tools. 2 Choose Setup > Playback Engine. 3 From the H/W Buffer Size pop-up menu, select the audio buffer size, in samples.
Host Processors To set the number of Host Processors: The Host Processors setting lets you manage multi-processor support for RTAS (Real-Time AudioSuite) plug-in processing. 1 Choose Setup > Playback Engine. Used in combination with the CPU Usage Limit setting, the Host Processors setting lets you control the way RTAS and other host-based processing tasks are carried out by the system.
CPU Usage Limit Host Engine (Error Suppression) The CPU Usage Limit setting controls the percentage of CPU resources allocated to Pro Tools host processing tasks. Used in combination with the Host Processors setting, the CPU Usage Limit setting lets you control the way Pro Tools tasks are carried out by the system. The Host Engine option determines error reporting during playback and recording. This is especially useful when working with instrument plug-ins.
Minimize Additional I/O Latency (Mac Only) When enabled, any additional latency due to suppressing errors during playback and record is minimized to 128 samples. Suppressing RTAS errors requires at least 128 samples of additional buffering on some systems. If this option is disabled, the buffer is half the H/W Buffer Size, or at least 128 samples (whichever is greater). If you are on an older, slower computer, you may want to disable this option to avoid adverse performance.
Cache Size Plug-In Streaming Buffer Size The Cache Size setting determines the amount of memory DAE allocates to pre-buffer audio for playback and looping when using Elastic Audio. (Structure Plug-In Only) Minimum Reduces the amount of system memory used for disk operations and frees up memory for other system tasks. However, performance when using Elastic Audio features may decrease. Normal Is the optimum Cache Size for most sessions.
Optimizing the Plug-In Streaming Buffer Size (Structure Plug-In Only) This option appears in the Playback Engine dialog only if one of the Structure sampler instrument plug-in is installed on your system. This option is useful when you are playing samples from the same drive that contains audio for the current session. When this option is selected, Pro Tools automatically optimizes the size of the Plug-In Streaming Buffer to facilitate disk access from both Pro Tools and Structure.
Clock Source To rename I/O paths in I/O Setup: The Pro Tools Hardware Setup dialog lets you select the Clock Source for the system. 1 Choose Setup > I/O. Internal If you are recording an analog signal directly into Pro Tools, you will usually use the Pro Tools Internal clock source. S/PDIF Use this setting if you are recording through the Mbox Mini S/PDIF input from an external digital device. This setting will synchronize Pro Tools to that digital device.
Backing Up your System Configuration Turning Off Energy Saver To turn off the Energy Saver feature: After configuring your system and Pro Tools, you should save an image of your system drive using a backup utility such as Bombich Carbon Copy Cloner or Time Machine (Mac) or Acronis True Image or Norton Ghost (Windows). By doing this, you can quickly restore your system configuration and settings if you encounter any problems.
To disable or reassign Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts: 4 Press and hold Command+Option+Con- 1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and click Keyboard. trol+Shift and select “Control+Option+Shift+Command+F8” from the “To activate Spaces” pop-up menu. 2 Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. 5 Press and hold Command+Option+Con- 3 Do one of the following: trol+Shift and select “Control+Option+Shift+Command+Arrow Keys” from the “To switch between spaces” pop-up menu.
Enabling Journaling for Audio Drives Enabling DMA To yield higher performance from audio drives, enable journaling. Enabling your computer's DMA (Direct Memory Access) frees up CPU bandwidth so your computer can do other Pro Tools tasks. To enable journaling: 1 Launch the Disk Utility application, located in Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities. In most cases the DMA option will already be set correctly, as Windows detects and activates DMA mode by default.
Configuring Windows Power Management Settings Pro Tools requires maximum CPU performance for optimal RTAS processing and disk streaming. For best performance, use the following recommended Windows Power Management settings. To configure Windows Power Management Settings (Windows XP): 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 To configure Windows Power Management Settings (Windows 7, Windows Vista): Always On.
Recommended Optimizations Disabling Network Cards Pro Tools can also be affected by other software and hardware drivers installed on your computer. For best possible performance, it is recommended (but not required) that you do the following: If applicable, disable any networking cards (other than a FireWire card that you might use to connect an external drive to your system). • Avoid running any unneeded programs at the same time as Pro Tools.
Adjusting Processor Scheduling To adjust Processor Scheduling performance (Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP): 1 Right-click Computer (Windows 7, Windows Vista) or My Computer (Windows XP) and choose Properties. 2 Click the Advanced system settings link in the left pane (Vista, Windows 7) or the Advanced tab (Windows XP). 3 Under the Performance section, click the Set- tings button.
chapter 5 Mbox Mini Hardware Overview Mbox Mini Front Panel Features Figure 1 identifies controls, indicators, and input and output ports on the front panel on the Mbox Mini. Mon/Mute switch Gain/–20 dB pad switches 1–2 Master monitor knob Mix (Ratio) Signal Clip LEDs Signal Clip LEDs Phantom power (+48V) LED Headphone output Power LED Figure 1.
Mix (Ratio) Signal Clip LEDs This knob mixes between input and playback. These two signal clip LEDs illuminate green in the presence of audio signal, and illuminate red when the signal reaching Mbox Mini is about to clip. The LEDs are associated with signals routed from Inputs 1– 2. Mbox Mini gives you the ability to monitor your analog input signals while recording, without the delay incurred by A/D/A converters and host-based processing.
Mbox Mini Back Panel Features The Mbox Mini back panel has the following features: Line/DI switch DI input USB port Combo/DI switch Monitor outputs USB 2.0 01 Left 02 Right Line DI DI Mic/Line Mic/Line input +48V DI 02 01 Mic/Line Monitor Output Line/DI Line/DI Input 2 Phantom power (+48V) switch Figure 2. Mbox Mini back panel USB Port Line/DI Switch This standard USB connector is used to connect your computer to the Mbox Mini. One standard USB cable is included with your system.
Line/DI (Input 2) The Line/DI input accepts line level signals, instruments, and other 1/4-inch TRS (Tip-RingSleeve) or TS (Tip-Sleeve) connections. On the front panel, the input signal is adjusted by the Input 2 Gain control. The source (Line or DI) is chosen using the Line/DI switch on the back panel. Combo/DI Switch This switch selects either the Mic/Line input for channel 1 or the DI input for channel 1. When pressed in, the channel 1 DI input is selected.
chapter 6 Making Studio Connections To hear audio recorded into a Pro Tools session, you will need to connect headphones or an external sound system (such as powered monitors or a home stereo) to Mbox Mini. Sound from Mbox Mini cannot be played through your computer’s speakers or your computer’s sound output. Connecting Headphones On the front panel of the Mbox Mini is a 1/4inch jack to connect headphones. Use the Headphone and Monitor Output Level control to adjust headphone and monitor output volume.
Connecting Audio Inputs Mbox Mini inputs (sources) support microphones, guitars, keyboards, and other types of instruments. For information about connecting specific audio sources, see “Connecting a Microphone to the Mbox Mini” on page 36, and “Connecting Instruments to the Mbox Mini” on page 37. Overview of Analog Inputs Mbox Mini provides a total of two channels of analog input on the back panel. These jacks are labeled Mic/Line and DI (input 1) and Line/DI (input 2).
Using a Mic that Has an XLR Connector To use a microphone that has an XLR connector: 1 Plug your microphone cable into the Mic/Line input on the back of Mbox Mini. 3 On the front of the Mbox Mini, turn the Mix control fully left to Input. 4 On the front of the Mbox Mini, carefully turn the input’s Gain control to the right to increase the input level of your guitar. 5 If the incoming signal is too loud, pull the 2 Set the Combo/DI switch on the back to Gain knob out to engage the 20 dB pad.
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appendix a Using the Driver Control Panel The Mbox Mini Driver Control Panel lets you configure settings for your audio interface for use with Pro Tools or other audio applications that support the CoreAudio Drivers (Mac) or ASIO Audio Drivers (Windows) standard. The Driver Control Panel also features convenient links to driver updates, downloadable manuals, FAQs, tech support, product registration, and our website (www.avid.com).
Setting Sample Rate and Buffer Size From the Driver Control Panel, you can change the Sample Rate or Buffer Size setting or access the Hardware Setup dialog for your Mbox Mini or third-party application. To set the Sample Rate: Click the Sample Rate pop-up menu (located in the upper part of the Driver Control Panel) and choose the Sample Rate you want.
appendix b Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only) Audio MIDI Setup Pro Tools recognizes the ports on your MIDI interface as generic ports. With Mac OS X, you use Apple’s Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) utility to identify external MIDI devices connected to your MIDI interface and configure your MIDI studio for use with Pro Tools. 2 Click MIDI Devices. AMS scans your system for connected MIDI interfaces. If your MIDI interface is properly connected, it appears in the window with each of its ports numbered.
5 Connect the MIDI device to the MIDI inter- face by clicking the arrow for the appropriate output port of the device and dragging a connection or “cable” to the input arrow of the corresponding port of the MIDI interface. 2 Select a manufacturer and model for the new device from the corresponding pop-up menus. (If the Manufacturer and Model pop-up menus do not provide a name for your particular device, you can type a name.
3 Click the More Information arrow to expand the dialog, then enable the appropriate MIDI channels (1–16) for the Transmits and Receives options. (These determine which channels the device will use to send and receive MIDI.) 4 Click the device image. The window expands to show images for various MIDI devices (such as keyboards, modules, interfaces, and mixers). Select an icon for your device.
MIDI Patch Name Support Pro Tools supports XML (Extensible Markup Language) for storing and importing patch names for you external MIDI devices. Pro Tools installs MIDI patch name files (.midnam) for the factory default patch names of many common MIDI devices. These files reside in directories, sorted by manufacturer, in Macintosh HD/ Library/Audio/MIDI Patch Names/Digidesign. 4 In the Patch Select dialog, click Change.
appendix c Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only) MIDI Studio Setup MIDI Studio Setup (MSS) lets you configure the MIDI controllers and sound modules that are connected to your system, and control the routing of MIDI data between your MIDI equipment and Pro Tools. MSS automatically finds MIDI interfaces, and lets you specify a custom name for each of the MIDI ports within the MIDI Studio Setup document. MIDI Studio Setup Window The MIDI Studio Setup window is organized into three sections.
Interface Controls Properties Section Create Adds a new instrument to the Instrument Name list. The Properties section lets you edit information for new instruments, or instrument currently selected in the Instrument list. Delete Deletes the instrument or instruments selected in the Instrument Name list. Import Imports an existing MIDI Studio Setup file. Export Exports the current MIDI Studio Setup file.
6 From the Output pop-up menu, select the output port on your MIDI interface that is connected to the MIDI In of your instrument. 7 Enable the appropriate MIDI channels (1–16) for the Send Channels and Receive Channels options (These determine which channels send and receive MIDI.) terface port that is set and displayed here is the port through which MIDI data is sent from the external MIDI device specified in the Instrument Name field into your MIDI interface.
To import MIDI patch names into Pro Tools: 1 Verify the MIDI Device name in the MIDI Stu- dio Setup window (see “MIDI Studio Setup” on page 45). The Patch Select dialog is populated with patch names and the Patch Name Bank pop-up menu appears in the upper left hand corner of the window. 2 Verify the Instrument or MIDI track output is correctly assigned to the MIDI device. 3 Click the Instrument or MIDI track Patch Se- lect button.
appendix d Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance It is recommended that you start with a newly formatted external or secondary internal audio drive. You should also periodically defragment your audio drive to ensure continued system performance. Always back up any important data on your drive before formatting it, as it will erase all data on the drive. Avoid Recording to the System Drive Recording to your system drive is not recommended.
SCSI Hard Drives 2 Click the Erase tab. Avid recommends qualified SCSI hard drives and a qualified SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card or (on Windows systems) a qualified built-in SCSI HBA connector on the motherboard. For complete information on track count and the supported number and configuration of SCSI drives, visit our website (www.avid.com). FireWire Hard Drives Avid recommends qualified FireWire drives and (on Windows systems) a qualified FireWire host adapter.
Formatting Windows Audio Drives 3 If the volume is “Healthy,” do the following: For optimal performance, audio drives should be formatted as NTFS. Healthy volumes are volumes that have previously been partitioned and formatted. Pro Tools only supports Basic drive types. Do not convert the drive to a Dynamic type. • In the Disk Management window, rightclick the hard drive you will use for audio and choose Format.
Partitioning Drives Partitioning creates a logical volume or volumes on a physical drive, almost as if you were creating virtual hard drives. Partitions can then be formatted with the appropriate file system (NTFS for Windows, HFS+ for Mac). Mac OS allows drives larger than 4096 MB to be seen as whole volumes. Drives must be initialized with a disk utility that recognizes the 2 terabyte limit. Single Pro Tools audio files cannot exceed 3.4 GB in size.
Optimizing (Defragmenting) Drives To prevent fragmentation, you can optimize your drive, which rearranges your files into a contiguous format. Most optimizing software lets you run a check on a drive to find out the percentage of fragmentation. If your drive shows moderate to heavy fragmentation, you should consider optimizing it.
Using Mac Drives on Windows Systems Pro Tools for Windows lets you record and play back sessions directly from a Mac-formatted (HFS+) drive connected to a Windows system. This functionality requires that all Mac session and audio files be stored on Mac-formatted drives. During Pro Tools installation, make sure to select the Mac HFS+ Disk Support option. This option lets your Pro Tools system read, write, record, and play back using Mac-formatted HFS+ disks.
Hard Disk Storage Space Mono audio tracks recorded with 16-bit resolution at 44.1 kHz (CD quality) require approximately 5 MB of hard disk space per minute. The same tracks recorded with 24-bit resolution require about 7.5 MB per minute. Stereo audio tracks recorded with 16-bit resolution at 44.1 kHz (CD quality) require approximately 10 MB of hard disk space per minute. The same tracks recorded with 24-bit resolution require about 15 MB per minute.
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appendix e Troubleshooting Backing Up Your Work It is highly recommended that you back up your work on a regular basis, and especially before making changes to your system configuration. Backing Up Your Session Data Back up your session and audio data frequently. There are a variety of media that are suited to back up projects of various sizes, from automated tape backup systems to high-capacity optical drives, or to CD burners.
If you tried to launch Pro Tools by doubleclicking a Pro Tools session file, do the following: • Close any error message. • Double-click the Pro Tools application. • In Pro Tools, choose File > Open Session to open the session. Reinstall the Pro Tools application, using the Pro Tools Installer disc. Audio Interface Is Not Recognized Problem When you launch Pro Tools it does not recognize an audio interface, or a connected audio interface is not available.
Before You Call Avid Support Register Your System Register your purchase by following the instructions on the Registration Information Card included with your system.
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appendix f Resources Whether you are new to Pro Tools or just starting out with your new system, we encourage you to read and utilize the many guides that Pro Tools provides. There are also useful online resources available, giving you everything from Pro Tools tips to Pro Tools answers. Printed Intro to Pro Tools Guide The printed Intro to Pro Tools has tutorials on using Pro Tools (such as recording in a Pro Tools session, importing audio from a CD, and creating an audio CD from a Pro Tools session).
Documentation Installed Automatically with Pro Tools When you install Pro Tools, you get useful PDF versions of many Pro Tools guides and Read Mes. This documentation can be found in the following locations: Mac Applications/Digidesign/Documentation Windows C:\Program Files\Digidesign\ Documentation To view or print PDF guides, you can use Adobe Reader (recommended) or Apple Preview (Mac only).
appendix g Compliance Information Environmental Compliance Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union Proposition 65 Warning This product contains chemicals, including lead, known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling. Perchlorate Notice This product may contain a lithium coin battery.
EMC (Electromagnetic Compliance) Australian Compliance Avid declares that this product complies with the following standards regulating emissions and immunity: • FCC Part 15 Class B • EN 55022 Class B • EN 55204 Class B • AS/NZS 3548 Class B • CISPR 22 Class B Canadian Compliance FCC Compliance for United States This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Radio and Television Interference This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device
Important Safety Instructions 1) Read these instructions. 12) For products that are not rack-mountable: Use only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the equipment. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/equipment combination to avoid injury from tip-over. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this equipment near water. 6) Clean only with dry cloth.
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index A H Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) (Macintosh) 41 authorizing Pro Tools LE Mac 7 Windows 14 hard drives drive formats 49 FireWire requirements 50 formatting 50, 51 formatting (Mac) 50 IDE/ATA requirements 50 maintenance 49, 52 optimizing 53 partitioning 52 requirements 3 SCSI requirements 50 space requirements 55 Hardware Buffer Size 18 C Cache Size 22 Clean Uninstall (Mac) 9 Clock Source 24 Internal setting 24 S/PDIF (digital) setting 24 compatibility 2 CPU Usage Limit 19, 20 I D DAE Playback Buffer Si
M R Mbox Mini back panel 33 MIDI setup (Macintosh) 41 setup (Windows) 45 MIDI Studio Setup (MSS) (Windows) 45 Minimize Additional I/O Latency option 21 removing Pro Tools Windows 9, 15 RTAS Processors setting 19 N network cards (Windows), disabling 29 network connections 58 O optimizing hard drives 53 P partitioning hard drives 52 Patch Select dialog Macintosh 44 Windows 48 phantom power when to use 36 Playback Engine RTAS Processors setting 19 Plug-In Streaming Buffer 23 Plug-In Streaming Buffer Size
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