 I Gotta Crazy Mbox And I Need Some Help!, MBox/PTLE Not operating properly |
  Mon 26 Apr 2004, 22:39
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 Rookie  Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 28-Dec 03 From: Gulfport - US Member No.: 31,952  |
Hi
I am just starting my 1st HD recording project. I spent about 3 months learning my Mac, trying to learn PTLE 6, toying with my MBox.My system consists of the following: PowerBook G4 Ti (867Mhz), OS 10.3.3, PTLE 6.4, Edirol PCR-30 kybd contrl, a 250Gb USB 2 HD (via cardbus adpt.) and some MA-20D monitorz. Now, I got everything all plugged in and running, started a new session to lay down some acoustic guit and some strings using SampleTank and when I begin to play I get this horrific static! i mean it's bad! I can't seem to quiet any of the gain stages enough to cut it out. I know I'm new at this, and maybe I don't have it set up right, but I just used the "Stereo Mix" option when I made the new session, and I haven't changed any of the Bus stuff (Don't know what that does, really) Sometimes it works for a while, then all the sudden BZZZZZZZ!!! Anybody know what I've done wrong or how to help me? Maybe I just need to take a ProTools class or something. Any help would be so very appreciated! 
-------------------- lushbudget productions, ltd.
www.lushbudget.com PowerMac G5 dual 2 Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 160Gb & 200Gb HD's, Apple 20" Cinema Display PowerBook G4 Titanium 867Mhz, 1Gb RAM Digidesign Mbox - Lacie FW 4/800/USB2 160Gb External HD ProTools LE 6.4, Logic Express 7.0.1, Reason 2.5, Live 3, SampleTank 2, Amplitube, Arturia MiniMoog & CS-80V, Waves Musicians Bundle 4.0. [SIZE=1][COLOR=blue][B] |
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Wed 28 Apr 2004, 03:30
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 01-Feb 04 From: Beltsville - US Member No.: 34,594 |
While I am still new to DAWs and recording, I've run into a similar problem when my audio output was not set correctly. I believe you need to set the Mbox to receive output in Protools as well as in Sound section of the System Preferences. i am also running PT6.4, Panther, and the Mbox.
I think its when the Mbox sends a signal that tries to play through the built in sound output that the feedback buzz kicks in. Anything deeper than that I can't tell you. Still figuring it all out here, but hopefully thats all it is. Good luck. |
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Fri 30 Apr 2004, 10:32
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 29-Apr 04 From: - UK Member No.: 42,152 |
One thing that may help is to mute the track you are recording too. Also when tracking - i am on a TiBook too - disconnect the mains it helps cut down the noise floor a little. It should be pretty silent.
Check out the Digidesign User Conference too - very helpful  MacIDOL Mac Music Collective |
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Wed 5 May 2004, 20:12
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Rookie Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 28-Dec 03 From: Gulfport - US Member No.: 31,952 |
 Well, I was able to record my acoustic guitar parts. I muted the track I was recording to and instead monitored my playing from the Mbox's headphone jack. The track sounds good, but I want to be able to use a 'click' and when I set up an aux track w/click insert I get the same problem with the feedback again!  I must be doing something wrong here. Can someone please walk me through a hookup/configuration of the hardware I have? Maybe my monitors are plugged into the wrong jack or something? Once again, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, lushbudget -------------------- lushbudget productions, ltd.
www.lushbudget.com PowerMac G5 dual 2 Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 160Gb & 200Gb HD's, Apple 20" Cinema Display PowerBook G4 Titanium 867Mhz, 1Gb RAM Digidesign Mbox - Lacie FW 4/800/USB2 160Gb External HD ProTools LE 6.4, Logic Express 7.0.1, Reason 2.5, Live 3, SampleTank 2, Amplitube, Arturia MiniMoog & CS-80V, Waves Musicians Bundle 4.0. [SIZE=1][COLOR=blue][B] |
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Thu 6 May 2004, 08:10
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 11-Mar 04 From: Stevie - UK Member No.: 38,259 |
The only suggestion I can make is that the headphones output is coming almost straight from the input - 'hardware monitoring' - and so you won't get your click track that way.
I don't have an answer to the static problem, I'm afraid. |
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Tue 18 May 2004, 23:24
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 18-May 04 From: Oxford - UK Member No.: 43,485 |
You might want to try fiddling with the settings in the Audio Midi Setup utility in the Utilites folder (OS X 10.3.3). In particular the Format setting in the Audio Output panel. This seemed to be the solution when I had similar issues with static.
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