DigiDesign Mbox 2 Academic Getting Started Manual page 52

Click Save.
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To prepare an audio track for recording:
Choose Track > New.
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Specify 1 Mono Audio Track in Samples, if
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your source is mono, or 1 Stereo Audio Track in
Samples, if your source is stereo.
Creating a new Stereo Audio track
Click Create.
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A mono instrument uses one input on the
Mbox 2 Academic, and a stereo instrument
uses two. Creating a stereo track in
Pro Tools will not make a mono instrument
into a stereo instrument. If a mono instru-
ment is recorded on a stereo track, one of the
sides of the stereo track will show no signal.
Make sure the Mix window is open by choos-
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ing Window > Mix.
In the Mix window, click the Audio Input Path
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selector on the new track.
From the pop-up menu, select the interface in-
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put you want to record. For example, select
Analog 1 if your audio source is plugged into an
Input 1 connector on the Mbox 2 Academic.
Routing an input to a stereo track
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Play the instrument or sound source at the
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volume you will record.
Use the Gain controls to maximize the signal
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going into Pro Tools while avoiding clipping.
Clipping occurs when you feed a signal to an
audio device that is louder than the circuitry
can accept. To avoid clipping, adjust the out-
put volume of the source device, then adjust
the Mbox 2 Academic Gain control. Adjust
these two levels so that the input Peak LEDs
on the front panel do not light red. (One Peak
LED is provided on the front panel for each
input; Peak LEDs light green when the input
signal is roughly –60 dBFS, light yellow at
–6 dBFS, and will turn red to indicate the in-
put signal is at –0 dBFS (also known as "full
code").
To record an audio track:
Click the track's Record Enable button.
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Record enabling a track in the Mix window
Choose Window > Transport to display the
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Transport window. Click Return to Zero to go to
the beginning of the session.
Return to Zero
Play
Rewind
Online Stop
Transport window
Fast Forward
Go to End
Record