Mbox 2 With Logic, How do I use my MBox 2 with Logic Express 8? Options

[ntrprts]

Hello all, I recently purchased the Mbox 2 which came with the ProTools LE software disk. On my Mac, I have both ProTools LE and Logic Express 8. I was told it's best to record into Logic and then do most of my mastering in ProTools. The Mbox works instantly with ProTools but I was wondering if anyone could walk me through how I get Logic to read and record through the MBox? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Ok, I went into the Logic preferences and saw that I could change the input to the Mbox. Now, I can hear the guitar and it's obviously being picked up by Logic through the Mbox, but when I hit record the tracking bar starts moving and I can hear the metronome, but no actual recording appears. As though I just hit the space bar to start playing it without having recorded anything. Any ideas?

-Mischa

This post has been edited by ntrprts: Thu 5 Jun 2008, 22:54

[qusp74]

ntrprts,

Have you got the track 'Armed' for recording? there's a little red button with an R in it on each track in the logic mixer and arrange window; when you click that logic should prompt you with a dialog box asking you to choose a location to record to. Also on each track there is an input and output dropdown; you will need to select your source in the input; and the tracks you wish to monitor the recording with on the output.

The MBOX IS notorious for being finicky when not using it solely with protools unfortunately, but before we write it off as a hardware problem, see if it is setup properly. after buying the MBOX you probably aren't going to rush off and buy another PRO interface, although I would recommend you DO as soon as you can

hope this helps

Cheers