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Moe Egan · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: Mbox 2 Question

I tried to find an answer in the archives, but I'm search-challanged....

I had to get a new computer (virus, bad). My Mia sound card doesn't fit into the new computer so I'm looking at getting an Mbox 2 or Mbox 2 Mini. They come with Pro Tools LE™ software.

Here's my question. If I get an Mbox....do I HAVE to use Protools? Or can I continue to use Soundforge or Audition?

Thanks!!!!!
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bobbinbeamo · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:25 am Post subject:

Moe- I believe the M-Box is proprietary to ProTools. I have M-Box and use PT-LE, too.
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dMichaelb · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

Hi Moe,

Although it's no longer my setup, I have successfully used an MBox2 with Adobe Audtion 2. The Digidesign ASIO drivers should be selected from within Audition. (Select 48K)

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Yoda117 · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:55 am Post subject:

Moe Egan · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:20 am Post subject:

Cool. Thanks. Ordering now Smile

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bobsouer · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:54 am Post subject:

Moe,

When I'm traveling, I've often used Sound Forge with an MBox 2. Using Audition should be just as simple, as was noted above just choose the Digidesign ASIO drivers.
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Moe Egan · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

Thanks Bob!!
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Yoda117 · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:

verbcrunch · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject:

i use my M-Box to play i-Tunes all the time. behaves like any other audio interface, although ProTools definitely capitalizes on all the capabilities of an M-Box (switching from analog to digital input, ferinstance)
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Kim White · Guest

Moe,

I recently went through all of this. If you are using Windows XP, you will probably be fine. HOWEVER, I went through this huge hassle, because The MBOX Mini, Adobe Audition3 and Windows VISTA do not play well together. Now I have a Mac, and I use my mini with Sound Studio. The great Anna Vocino and Dan Lenard are creditied for helping me make the switch....and I LOVE IT!

Hope that helps!

Yoda117 · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject:

Kim, there's a way to go into the properties for your drivers. Use that, do the same with AA and tell them to mimic a Windows XP environment when running.

I've gotten several devices without Vista drivers to run on the OS using that method, and more than a few other folks have been able to get their MBoxes to run as well.

Getting PT to work on Vista is another story... but that's a very touchy application.
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Edo · Guest

I recently installed an Mbox2 with PT7.4LE on a HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop running Vista Home Premium and it works fine... I had to because I had two consecutive Macbook Pro's dying on me within two weeks of opening up the box. I do however prefer running PT on Macs though (no I'm not starting that 'war' again Wink

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dMichaelb · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:45 pm Post subject:

FWIW, no problems here with running ProTools 7.4LE with Vista Business. (If I recall correctly, 7.4 is the first Vista-supported release.)
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georgethetech · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject:

Who knows, maybe Vista will become the most stable platform upon which to run Pro Tools? This is what happens when you "cross the streams" (think Ghostbusters)
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