Mbox 2 Ok As Audio Interface For Logic Express?, Logic Express hardware inquiry Options

[alexbutterfield]

I recently got a used iMac G5 1.8 gHz desktop (80G internal hard drive and external partitioned 160G hard drive). It came loaded with a bunch of software including Logic Express 7. I have purchased an Mbox 2 with bundled Pro Tools LE 7 software but I was wondering if I can also use the Mbox 2 as my audio interface for recording to Logic Express.

I don't really do MIDI yet so I would mostly be recording vocals, guitars, drums, keyboards, etc.

Thanks for any responses.

[mortalengines]

Yep...the MBox has "core audio" drivers allowing it to be used as an interface with any software program of your choosing & if I remember right you can use Logic inside of Pro Tools (Not sure how...maybe as a Rewire Slave). If you are just going for the "Band Thing", you may just want to stick with just Pro Tools for a little while as Logic's forte is midi & it does have a significant learning curve.

[alexbutterfield]

Thanks for your reply. My thought was more of trying out Logic Express as an alternative to Pro Tools rather than within Pro Tools. (Although if it can be used within Pro Tools, or as an adjunct to Pro Tools, I'd like to know how I can find out how to do that.) One of the things that interests me about Logic versus Pro Tools as that there seems to be a lot more plug-ins available free or inexpensively that can be used with Logic than are available for Pro Tools.

So I guess I'm still somewhat unclear if I can use Mbox 2 as the audio interface if I'm using Logic Express on its own. It seems like you are saying that I can but i want to be sure. So many things can go wrong with computer hardware and software!

[monkeyboy23]

Yes, you can use mbox as an interface for logic.

No, you can't use logic in pro tools. Logic pro can act as a frontend for digidesign's TDM hardware.

[mortalengines]

In answer to the freeware plugs question...Yes Logic will support more freeware plugs than Pro Tools will. One simple answer though is that there is in existence an AU/RTAS adapter or a VST/RTAS adapter that can be purchased online that will allow both plug in formats to function within Pro Tools.

[alexbutterfield]

Well, that sounds interesting and useful. Could you offer a URL to point me in that direction? I would very much appreciate it. (And others might, too.)

[mortalengines]

http://www.fxpansion.com/

Audio/midi.com may offer the same thing for cheaper as well as Sweetwater- these do cost $ but I understand that they are worth every penny.