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7 Click Save.
To prepare an audio track for recording:
1 Choose Track > New.
2 Specify 1 Mono Audio Track in Samples, if
your source is mono, or 1 Stereo Audio Track in
Samples, if your source is stereo.
3 Click Create.
4 Make sure the Mix window is open by choos-
ing Window > Mix.
5 In the Mix window, click the Audio Input Path
selector on the new track.
6 From the pop-up menu, select the interface in-
put you want to record. For example, select
Analog 1 if your audio source is plugged into an
Input 1 connector on the Mbox 2 Academic.
7 Play the instrument or sound source at the
volume you will record.
8 Use the Gain controls to maximize the signal
going into Pro Tools while avoiding clipping.
To record an audio track:
1 Click the track’s Record Enable button.
2 Choose Window > Transport to display the
Transport window. Click Return to Zero to go to
the beginning of the session.
Creating a new Stereo Audio track
A mono instrument uses one input on the
Mbox 2 Academic, and a stereo instrument
uses two. Creating a stereo track in
Pro Tools will not make a mono instrument
into a stereo instrument. If a mono instru-
ment is recorded on a stereo track, one of the
sides of the stereo track will show no signal.
Routing an input to a stereo track
Clipping occurs when you feed a signal to an
audio device that is louder than the circuitry
can accept. To avoid clipping, adjust the out-
put volume of the source device, then adjust
the Mbox 2 Academic Gain control. Adjust
these two levels so that the input Peak LEDs
on the front panel do not light red. (One Peak
LED is provided on the front panel for each
input; Peak LEDs light green when the input
signal is roughly –60 dBFS, light yellow at
–6 dBFS, and will turn red to indicate the in-
put signal is at –0 dBFS (also known as “full
code”).
Record enabling a track in the Mix window
Transport window
Fast Forward
Record
Go to EndPlay
Stop
Rewind
Return to Zero
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