Recording And Playing Back With An Mbox, Recording and Playing back with an MBox Options

[pablodog]

Just got an MBox & of course now I'm asking the hard questions.

Is there a way to record while playing back, simultaneously?

I have a Mac G-4 with a single processor.

And a related question: How are folks dealing with the need to use the computer to play audio files (for instance on Performer or Finale), and record those into ProTools.

I believe ProTools will run inside DP, but I'm not sure that means it will record what I am playing, withoot saving it first as an audio file.

And I am pretty sure Finale wants nothing to do with ProTools and vice-versa.

PabloDog

[eric_berlin]

"Is there a way to record while playing back, simultaneously?"
sure, just choose a input source, record enabled a track and start
make sure that the tracks you are playing back don't go back to your input source... f ex in a external mixboard

"And a related question: How are folks dealing with the need to use the computer to play audio files (for instance on Performer or Finale), and record those into ProTools."
your question is unclear... if a program like dp can play an audio file, that means this audio file in on a hd linked to the computer... then just use the import function in protools to import that file

"I believe ProTools will run inside DP, but I'm not sure that means it will record what I am playing, withoot saving it first as an audio file."
proTools is a stand alone application
have the impression you're mixing audio and midi and aren't sure of the difference... no?

"And I am pretty sure Finale wants nothing to do with ProTools and vice-vers"
Finale is basicaly a notation program... you can also use it to trig your sound modules and play a score trought midi... your sound modules will generate some audio that you can record in protools or dp in realtime

hope that helps a little
mail me for more specific questions
eric@theloofok.net