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 9
Pro Tools Demo Session
The Pro Tools LE Installer disc includes a demo
session that you can use to verify that your sys-
tem is working.
The demo session for Pro Tool LE is named “Fil-
tered Dream.”
To install the demo session:
1 Insert the Pro Tools LE Installer disc into your
DVD drive.
2 On the Pro Tools LE Installer disc, locate and
open the Additional Files/Pro Tools Demo Ses-
sions Installer folder.
3 Double-click Install demo session.pkg.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions.
5 When prompted, select your audio drive as
the install location and click Next to begin the
installation. When installation is complete,
click Close.
Uninstalling Pro Tools
If you need to uninstall Pro Tools software from
your computer, use the Uninstaller application.
To remove Pro Tools from your computer:
1 Make sure you are logged in as an Administra-
tor for the account where Pro Tools is installed.
2 Go to Applications/Digidesign/Pro Tools/
Pro Tools Utilities and double-click
Uninstall Pro Tools
3 Click Continue to proceed with the uninstall.
4 Choose the type of uninstall you want to per-
form:
Safe Uninstall Leaves certain plug-ins and sys-
tem files needed for compatibility with some
Avid products. Use Safe Uninstall if you are us-
ing an Avid application or preparing to update
to a CS (customer support) release.
Clean Uninstall Removes all Pro Tools files, in-
cluding system files, Avid plug-ins, and MIDI
patch names. Use Clean Uninstall whenever you
are preparing to upgrade, or to troubleshoot
from a clean system.
5 Click Uninstall.
6 Enter your Administrator password and click
OK.
7 Click Finish to close the Installer window.
Before installing the demo session to your
audio drive, make sure the drive is config-
ured as described in “Formatting an Audio
Drive” on page 68.
The demo session can be opened by double-
clicking the Filtered Dream.ptf file (located
in the Filtered Dream Demo Session folder).
For details on Administrator privileges in
Mac OS X, see your Apple OS X documen-
tation.