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Title: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: bl6216@yahoo.com on June 30, 2004, 01:14:10 AM
I am thing of geting a M-Box to tape with. The laptop that I am useing is a mac. The M-Box works off of the laptop and you dont need to go out a buy recording softwear. I want to know if any one can tell me if it is a good way to go at taping with a laptop. I hope that they is some one that can help me on my way.

-Brian
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: dklein on June 30, 2004, 04:43:03 PM
Let's see how long before John Kelly and the fw410 fluffers take to spot this...
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: John Kelly on June 30, 2004, 07:20:16 PM
The MBox works great as a laptop interface, as long as you are sure you want to use protools.  There are many other solutions out there as well, including the M-Audio Firewire410 (and now the Firewire1814), Edirol UA-5, Metric Halo ULN-2 (although it's much more expensive), and probably a few more. ;)

Quote from: dklein on June 30, 2004, 04:43:03 PM
Let's see how long before John Kelly and the fw410 fluffers take to spot this...

That good? ;D
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: creekfreak on July 01, 2004, 10:47:30 PM
firewire audiophile works well also as an interface
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: radioboy1977 on July 02, 2004, 09:28:08 PM
Quote from: creekfreak on July 01, 2004, 10:47:30 PM
firewire audiophile works well also as an interface

i love my firewire audiophile.  i not only use mine for taping, but also as an interface between my computer and my home stereo system.  for the price, you can't beat the versatility of the unit ;D
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: mirth on July 03, 2004, 12:25:00 AM
You can only get the M-box with a purchase of the cheap version of protools... At least, I thought thats what I had seen.
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: John Kelly on July 03, 2004, 12:32:22 AM
Quote from: mirth on July 03, 2004, 12:25:00 AM
You can only get the M-box with a purchase of the cheap version of protools... At least, I thought thats what I had seen.

Nah, you get the full version of ProTools with the purchase of an MBox.
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: mirth on July 03, 2004, 12:38:44 AM
sorry, didn't mean to imply that the edition w/the m-box was lesser than the protools used with the higher end digidesign hardware.... my point was that the m-box is a bonus w/the purchase of protools.

I understand that you can use the m-box outside of protools in Windows, but you still need PT installed to get the asio driver.
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: John Kelly on July 03, 2004, 01:39:23 AM
Quote from: mirth on July 03, 2004, 12:38:44 AM
sorry, didn't mean to imply that the edition w/the m-box was lesser than the protools used with the higher end digidesign hardware.... my point was that the m-box is a bonus w/the purchase of protools.

I dunno if I would put it that way.  ProTools includes their software with any hardware purchase.  In effect, the software is a bonus with the purchase of their hardware, not the other way around.
Title: Re: useing M-Box for tapeing
Post by: mirth on July 03, 2004, 10:25:26 AM
How about we just return to this & stick with it? :)

Quote from: John Kelly not Kelley on June 30, 2004, 07:20:16 PM
The MBox works great as a laptop interface, as long as you are sure you want to use protools.