DigiDesign Mbox 2 Academic, Getting Started Manual

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44 Mbox 2 Academic Getting Started Guide
S/PDIF Mirroring
Pro Tools Academic uses S/PDIF mirroring to au-
tomatically “mirror” the audio that is sent to
Line Outputs 1 and 2 on the S/PDIF RCA out-
puts. This is useful, for example, if you are mon-
itoring a mix using your Line Outputs, and also
recording the same source to an external S/PDIF
device.
2
Connect another MIDI cable from the
MIDI In port of your device to the MIDI Out
port on the back of Mbox 2 Academic.
MIDI Out
MIDI In
MIDI Connections
The two MIDI ports on Mbox 2 Academic let
you take advantage of all the MIDI features of
Pro Tools Academic, including recording and
editing MIDI tracks.
If you need additional MIDI ports you can add a
compatible MIDI interface. USB MIDI interfaces
work effectively with Pro Tools systems on Win-
dows or Mac. Serial MIDI interfaces are sup-
ported on Windows systems only.
Only USB MIDI interfaces are compatible
with Pro Tools systems for Mac OS X. Mo-
dem-to-serial port adapters and serial MIDI
devices are not supported.
Mbox 2 Academic MIDI connections
Monitoring MIDI Instruments with
Mbox 2 Academic
If you have a MIDI instrument that has analog
outputs, you can connect it to Mbox 2 Aca-
demic to monitor its output.
To connect your MIDI instrument for monitoring in
Pro Tools:
■
Connect the MIDI instrument’s audio output
to a Line (TRS) input on your Mbox 2 Academic.
Input 2 Input 1
(right channel) (left channel)
To connect your MIDI device to Mbox 2 Academic:
1
Connect a standard 5-pin MIDI cable from the
MIDI Out port of your device to the MIDI In
port on the back of Mbox 2 Academic.
Mbox 2 Academic connections for line-level stereo
input source
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