User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Mbox
- Installing Pro Tools on Mac
- Installing Pro Tools on Windows
- Configuring Your Pro Tools System
- Mbox Hardware Overview
- Making Hardware Connections
- Using the Driver Control Panel
- Using the Multi Button
- Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only)
- Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only)
- Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Resources
- Compliance Information
- Index
Chapter 2: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 7
Pro Tools Creative Collection Options
Select any of the Pro Tools Creative Collection
options you want installed. For more informa-
tion, see the Audio Plug-Ins Guide.
Effect Plug-Ins Installs 6 free virtual instrument
plug-ins from Avid’s AIR group.
Virtual Instruments Installs 20 free effects plug-
ins from Avid’s AIR group.
Virtual Instrument Content Installs sample con-
tent for AIR virtual instruments.
Additional Options
The Pro Tools installer provides the following
additional options to install along with
Pro Tools software and plug-ins.
Avid CoreAudio Drivers This option installs a
multichannel sound driver that allows CoreAu-
dio-compatible applications to record and play
back through Avid audio interfaces.
Avid Video Engine This option lets you integrate
Avid
®
video peripherals (such as the Avid Mojo
®
with your Pro Tools system). Do not install un-
less you will be using one of these products.
MIDI I/O Driver The MIDI I/O
™
Driver is re-
quired if you are using the Avid MIDI I/O inter-
face. Do not install unless you will be using a
MIDI I/O.
Launching Pro Tools LE
When launching Pro Tools LE the first time, you
are prompted to enter an authorization code to
validate your software. (The code begins with
the letters DIGI.)
To authorize Pro Tools LE software:
1 Make sure Mbox is connected to your com-
puter.
2 Click the Pro Tools LE icon in the Dock (or
double-click the application icon in the
Pro Tools folder inside the Digidesign folder).
3 Enter the authorization code in the dialog
(making sure to type it exactly as printed, and
observing any spaces and capitalization), then
click Validate. (Your authorization code is lo-
cated on the inside front cover of this guide.)
4 Use the Quick Start dialog to do one of
the following:
• Create a new session from template.
• Create a new blank session.
• Open any other session on your system.
Virtual Instrument Content is very large
and may take up to 20 minutes to install.
During this time, the progress bar may not
appear to move but your software is still in-
stalling. Do not terminate your installation.
Quick Start dialog
For more information on the Quick
Start dialog and session templates, see the
Pro Tools Reference Guide (Help > Pro
Tools Reference Guide).