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Hi. This is my first Apple Support post. It was recommended that I post to this forum. I've been using my good old MBox 2 with GarageBand on my old MacBook without incident. Someone stole my laptop so I had to buy a new MacBook Pro the other day. On that system, GarageBand at first didn't recognize the MBox at all. A trip to the Genius Bar led to downloading a core audio driver. This enabled GarageBand to recognize the MBox 2 as an interface, and it records without much incident when the audio input/output settings remain on the DigiDesign MBox. HOWEVER, when I change the audio setting to the build-in output, all **** breaks loose. The selected signal bar starts registering a regular, loud, red-lining metalic beeping sound, and at this point the issue remains whether or not I change the audio setting back. They've tried several audio drivers at the Apple Store and nothing is working. Avid requires you to buy support codes, which is ridiculous, so any help on this forum would be extremely appreciated. Thank you!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Jun 25, 2012 7:05 PM

Digidesign Hardware Supplied with System

  • Mbox 2
  • USB Cable (12')

Digidesign Software Compatibility

  • Pro Tools LE 7.0 and 7.1 for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
  • Pro Tools LE software will not work without Digidesign hardware connected
  • Pro Tools LE supports the use of any single supported Pro Tools LE audio interface. Simultaneous use of multiple Pro Tools LE hardware devices is not supported.
Mbox

Included and Optional Plug-Ins:

Optional Software Bundles:

  • Music Production Toolkit
    • Requires Pro Tools LE 7.1 or higher
  • DV Toolkit 2
    • Requires Pro Tools LE 7.1 or higher
  • DV Toolkit
    • Requires Pro Tools LE 6.1 thru 7.0
    • Not supported with 7.1 and higher

Optional Digidesign Hardware

  • MIDI I/O
  • PRE (For use as standalone microphone preamplifier. For remote control within Pro Tools, TDM hardware and software is required)

Control Surfaces & MIDI Interfaces

  • Supported Hardware (Digidesign & Third Party)

Optional Digidesign & Avid Storage

SCSI

  • Avid MediaDrive rS300/320 LVD
  • Avid MediaDrive rS146/320 LVD
  • Avid MediaDrive rS73/320 LVD
  • Avid MediaDrive rS36/320 LVD
  • Avid MediaDock Shuttle iS146/320 LVD
  • Avid MediaDock Shuttle iS73/320 LVD
  • Avid MediaDock Shuttle iS36/320 LVD
  • Avid MediaDock Dual
  • Avid MediaDock Dual+
  • DigiDrive MediaDock
  • DigiDrive SCSI Drives
  • SCSI-128 Kit
    • Includes ATTO ExpressPCI-UL3D
    • Qualified for up to 48 mono or 48 stereo tracks (48 tracks in PTLE requires DV Toolkit 2 or Music Production Toolkit option)
    • Power Mac G4 & G5 PCI Models Only
      (Not compatible with Power Mac G5 PCI Express models)

Not compatible with Power Mac G5 or tested with Pro Tools 6.9 and higher:

  • SCSI-64 Kit/ATTO ExpressPCI-DC

Power Mac G5 PCI Express Models

The following PCIe storage host adapter card is now qualified with the Power Mac G5 PCI Express models:

  • ExpressPCI UL5D - Dual-channel Ultra320 PCI Express SCSI Host Adapter
  • Qualified for up to 48 mono or 48 stereo tracks (48 tracks in PTLE requires DV Toolkit 2 or Music Production Toolkit option)
Mac

FireWire Storage

  • Avid MediaDrive rS250
  • Avid MediaDrive rS80
  • DigiDrive FireWire 80

Important information for Avid rs80 and rs250 users on Mac OS X: Initio Firmware Update for Avid rs80 and rs250

For more information and specific requirements for FireWire drives, see FireWire Drive Requirements

Video Options

Software

  • DV Toolkit 2
    • Requires Pro Tools LE 7.1 or higher
  • DV Toolkit
    • Requires Pro Tools LE 6.1 thru 7.0
    • Not supported with 7.1 and higher

Hardware

  • Canopus ADVC-110 DV Transcoder
  • Canopus ADVC-100 DV Transcoder

See the Video Options page for more information on the Canopus Transcoder models

Maximum Performance Guidelines

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  • Recording to the system startup drive is not recommended or supported
  • For Power Mac G5 or G4 desktop models, a separate internal or external dedicated audio hard drive is highly recommended for maximum performance and track count.Although limited recording and playback of audio tracks may be possible using the internal drive in iBook, PowerBook, iMac and Mac mini models, a separate external dedicated audio hard drive is highly recommended for maximum performance and track count. Digidesign recommends the use of FireWire drives for use with these computers.
  • Dual processor users will experience increased performance over single processor CPUs
  • Mbox 2 will not function properly if connected to a passive USB hub. If you need to use a hub for other USB peripherals, use a powered hub or a separate dedicated USB port for Mbox 2 to function properly.

Known Incompatibilities

  • Mbox 2 will not function if any Digidesign PCI cards are installed in the CPU. (Digi 001, Audiomedia III, TDM cards, SampleCell)
  • Pro Tools LE core hardware systems cannot be combined
  • Pro Tools does not work in the OS 9 'Classic Mode'. You must choose Mac OS X as your Startup Disk.

New Session File Format ('.ptf')

Pro Tools 7.0 uses a new session file format and extension (.ptf) to distinguish its sessions from sessions created with previous versions. Pro Tools 7 sessions need to be saved as an earlier format to be used with pre-7.0 Pro Tools systems. For more information, see the following:

Energy Saver Settings

Pro Tools Does Not Support Sleep Mode

In the Macintosh System Preferences, launch Energy Saver, click the Sleep tab, and disable all Sleep features. Set 'Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive' to Never. Do not manually put your computer to sleep when running Pro Tools.

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Processor Performance & Power Mac G5

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For optimal Pro Tools performance, you must set Processor Performance (located in System Preferences > Energy Saver > Options) to 'Highest'. Updating your Mac OS may reset this to the default setting: 'Automatic'. After updating your Mac OS, check to make sure this is set to 'Highest'.

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Apple's Mac OS help documentation provides the following info on Energy Saver Processor settings:

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  • The PowerPC G5 processor in your Power Mac G5 can run at various speeds. The default setting for this feature is 'Automatic', which allows the system to run the processor at full speed when required, and at a lower speed during periods of light processing activity. Certain real-time applications, such as audio creation or gaming, may perform optimally when using the highest processor performance setting. You can change the processor performance setting in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences.