M Box Users Options

[nlowther]

Hey all you MBox users out there.
I want the to get the Mbox 'cause Pro tools is great for what I want . Only thing is Ive been toid by some people that it cant run Virtual Instruments without noticeable latency and chews up processor speed real quick when adding effects.
Tell me its not true, tell me simplicity rules and keep away from the maze that is Logic.

[arvidtp]

Bravo MrDee. I concur.

The single client thing is just one of Digi's artificial limitations. You could in theory use as many apps as you want at once through a USB audio interface because no matter what, Coreaudio mixes it all down to 2 channels (or however many the box wants) before sending it out.

I agree also about the composing thing. I gotta find something better. Any suggestions. I am thinking logic (express?)

If you want to use more than one app with the Mbox coreaudio driver and keep others like reason from crashing, there is a free workaround - Jack Tools for OS X. And it does a lot more than just that - you should have it regardless, if you use OS X for music, but it is annoying to have to use sometimes when you just want quick functionality.

Oh and while we are on the topic I love the Mbox "feature" of not supporting sleep. If you have even iTunes connected to the Mbox and then sleep the machine, bye bye iTunes when you wake it up. (Unexpected Quit) Thank goodness for OS X protected memory or that thing would cause me to restart 10 times a day!