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Anyone have any experience using Pro Tools and the Mbox? I am thinking about getting either the new MBox 2 mini or regular Mbox 2 to record with, which is best and it seems the mbox2 (not the mini) uses firewire, is that how you plug it into your PC? I know the mini uses plain USB 2.0 to go into the PC to use Pro Tools, Would I have to buy a seperate Firewire card to use the Mbox 2, and which unit is better and faster?

anyone using these please chime in and let me know what you think about these 2 before I plunge into somethin I may not need or just dont think is that good or which is better........

Or is the firewire 410 that Rockstar uses better than the mbox which is th ebetter untis that can use the most/best software does the firewire 410 able to use PropellerHeads Reason and protools also
I have around $300 or so to spend I have seen brand new on the 'bay the mbox2 mini for around $300 and the regular mbox 2 for $399 the firewire 410 for less that $200 some places used.

Please help me decide


Jeff

MRX2099 wrote:Anyone have any experience using Pro Tools and the Mbox? I am thinking about getting either the new MBox 2 mini or regular Mbox 2 to record with, which is best and it seems the mbox2 (not the mini) uses firewire, is that how you plug it into your PC? I know the mini uses plain USB 2.0 to go into the PC to use Pro Tools, Would I have to buy a seperate Firewire card to use the Mbox 2, and which unit is better and faster?

anyone using these please chime in and let me know what you think about these 2 before I plunge into somethin I may not need or just dont think is that good or which is better........

Or is the firewire 410 that Rockstar uses better than the mbox which is th ebetter untis that can use the most/best software does the firewire 410 able to use PropellerHeads Reason and protools also
I have around $300 or so to spend I have seen brand new on the 'bay the mbox2 mini for around $300 and the regular mbox 2 for $399 the firewire 410 for less that $200 some places used.

Please help me decide


Jeff

spend the extra and get the mbox2 - firewire - it comes with protools the 410 does not. ( protools can be purchsed to use with the 410)
i use the digi 002r and protools.
Mark

will I need to get a firewire card also to install in the PC, ( those are pretty cheap the firewire/USB card) is that how it plugs into the PC? then just insall the software, nothing else needed? I can use plugins to get the reverb/delay, etc.?

Jeff

yes. it connects via firewire - what is your pc spec at the moment?

self Home built P4 1.8Gig 512 megs RAMBUS RAM, 160G HD dual 17" monitors , Gforce 3 TI 128meg AGP Video card, 5.1 surround sound with SB Audigy with front panel s/pdif etc inputs
will this handle it??

Jeff

sure - u may want to double the ram and cpu speed for more tracks/effects and performance. or just go with the mbox mini.

read the system requirements for all the above mentioned. youll figure it out.

You would think that that motherboard would have onboard IEEE 1394
I have an older ASUS A7N8X I beleive and it has it.. so you may not have to buy a card... Just a thought.

my asus p4p800 e deluxe does. it also has 2 gig ram and P4 3.2cpu in it

I don't think it has IEEE 1394 , its a AbIt BE7II board without it I am sure


Jeff

Just went to the Abit site its got it check it out

http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/pro ... &model=165

Just got around to looking at the board at home, its actually A Abit TH7II , I forgot which board it was its been like 4 yrs since I built this thing.......


so no firewire, but I see them new cheap on the fleabay


Jeff

you can get a Belkin Fw for about 30 bucks.. and like mark said double up that ram

St August wrote:you can get a Belkin Fw for about 30 bucks.. and like mark said double up that ram

And a fast hard drive (or two actually).

NY Chief wrote:

St August wrote:you can get a Belkin Fw for about 30 bucks.. and like mark said double up that ram

And a fast hard drive (or two actually).

Sata drives are the BOMB +1

I haven't posted my 2C becuase there is a lot of much more experience than I have but....

Depending what your experience level is I might suggest getting something simple such as a Guitar Port or Tone port, etc. I had little experience in the DAW world. I paid my dues on tape decks and mixing consoles. Trying to jump back I was gonna be a big sgot and go straight to Pro Tools. A few advised against it as I am advising now. Pro Tools was a major steep learning curve (for me at least) and I'm still just doing basic tracking. I should have started small then got bigger.