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 Mon 31 May 2004, 12:55
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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. |
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Thu 3 Jun 2004, 13:51
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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! -------------------- -Arvid •• Squish the Squid Productions, Modest Machine
•• digitally augmented trumpet, TOOB, flugelhorn, cracklebox, percussicube, no-input-mixers and Macbook Pro, 2.4 GHz 15", MacOS 10.5, MOTU Ultralite, Logic Studio 9, MaxMSP 5, JackOSX •• •• Electronic-experimental, jazz, digital instrument design, electronics, unique software and performance.•• |
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nlowther M Box Users Mon 31 May 2004, 12:55
arvidtp Unfortunately I can't tell you it's not tr... Mon 31 May 2004, 17:01 Lord Pasty Hrmmm... I'm thinking about getting an MBox. ... Tue 1 Jun 2004, 03:43 nlowther I didnt know about the driver issues, maybe its so... Wed 2 Jun 2004, 13:22 arvidtp Powerbook G4 1.25GHz 15", OS 10.3(.4 now). I ... Wed 2 Jun 2004, 15:34 Lord Pasty This info distresses me!!! The MBox i... Wed 2 Jun 2004, 21:24 macyu Yeah I also hear to stay away from Cubase.. I dunn... Wed 2 Jun 2004, 21:31 Lord Pasty Exactly, macyu. It seems like it would be best to... Thu 3 Jun 2004, 02:41 MrDee I did just that a while ago for uni... i bought a ... Thu 3 Jun 2004, 13:29 MrDee Lol while i'm on the issue...
True true true,... Thu 3 Jun 2004, 14:11 Lord Pasty Well, I still have a problem here, if I may again ... Fri 4 Jun 2004, 02:55 MrDee Note that the version of reason you get with the b... Fri 4 Jun 2004, 04:20 Lord Pasty HAHA! That's what it comes down to, I sup... Fri 4 Jun 2004, 04:29 nlowther Well I suppose from what yo've all said Logic ... Fri 4 Jun 2004, 09:14 arvidtp hey, its not all bad - things are looking up aroun... Fri 4 Jun 2004, 13:52 Lord Pasty Arvid! Make sure to post on how things are go... Fri 4 Jun 2004, 14:28 lepetitmartien First checks on the new drivers in the FR forums a... Sat 5 Jun 2004, 17:13 arvidtp For once the mbox coreaudio driver doesn't com... Sun 6 Jun 2004, 05:35 MrDee Yay! Digidesign has moved to the year 1999... Mon 7 Jun 2004, 01:36 abcdaniel I AgRee MrDee. Thank´s digi, but come on digi... Mon 7 Jun 2004, 18:42 majn Yeah.
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