User Manual

Using Mbox Family Audio Devices
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To use Latch Mode:
1. Click the Latch Mode button for the appropriate tracks on the controller.
You can click the button before or during a recording session.
2. Set In and Out points, and click the Record button.
The system begins playing the section and the faders move accordingly.
3. When you want to make an adjustment, move the fader to change the volume.
The system immediately begins recording.
4. When you are finished adjusting the section, release the fader.
The system stops recording (but keeps playing) and the fader snaps back to the level in the
Timeline.
When the track is in Latch mode, the system continues to record audio volume information
after you release the fader.
5. (Option) Press the Latch Mode button to stop recording and snap the button back to its
current Timeline position.
Using Mbox Family Audio Devices
You can use the Mbox
®
family of audio input/output hardware as external audio devices for your
Avid editing application. This means you can use the Mbox devices to record source audio and to
monitor output audio.
When you attach the Mbox device to your Avid editing system, all of its audio input and output
connections are live. If you use a video input/output hardware device, you can use a an Mbox
device with either a USB or an IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connection. (For more information on
using an input/output device with a 1394 connection, see “Selecting a DV Device” on page 234.)
The Mbox device and the video I/O device remain as two separate audio sub-systems. They are
not combined to increase the number of available audio channels. For audio input/output, the
system creates a list of input options based on the audio devices that are present — for example,
Mbox Mic/Line, Mbox S/PDIF, or Host 1394.
The following table lists some of the features of the Mbox 2 and the Mbox (3rd Generation)
family of audio devices.
Device Connection Type Input/Output Types
Mbox 2 USB Analog, S/PDIF, MIDI
Mbox 2 Pro 1394 Analog, S/PDIF, MIDI, Word Clock In